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type: "Bill"
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title: "Teacher licensure; career and technical education or dual enrollment, three-year licenses."
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description: "Teacher licensure; three-year renewable license to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses at public high schools. Requires the Board of Education to provide for the issuance of a three-year renewable license to teach solely career and technical education courses or dual enrollment courses that are creditable toward the completion of an undergraduate course, degree, or credential offered in and accepted at a public institution of higher education at public high schools in the Commonwealth to any individual who (i) is employed as an instructor by an institution of higher education that is accredited by a nationally recognized regional accreditation body, (ii) is teaching in the specific career and technical education or dual enrollment subject area at such institution in which the individual seeks to teach at a public high school, and (iii) complies with certain requirements set forth in relevant law enumerated by the bill. The bill requires the Board to require any such instructor to maintain continuous employment in such position at the institution of higher education as a condition of continued licensure. The bill also requires each school board that employs an individual issued such a three-year license to provide such instructor training on instruction and assessment during his first year of employment. Finally, the bill directs the Board to amend its regulations in accordance with the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 332."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 203"
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citation: "Virginia SB 203 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-09"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68f35671-ab7e-4022-ba4e-2dae22f276d5"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB203"
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source_hash: "0dd35fa14a9b4183faf3084f6717fcb13bc5e4ce01199a466e51f4cb27dc189e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 203 (2026) — Teacher licensure; career and technical education or dual enrollment, three-year licenses.
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Teacher licensure; three-year renewable license to teach career and technical education or dual enrollment courses at public high schools. Requires the Board of Education to provide for the issuance of a three-year renewable license to teach solely career and technical education courses or dual enrollment courses that are creditable toward the completion of an undergraduate course, degree, or credential offered in and accepted at a public institution of higher education at public high schools in the Commonwealth to any individual who (i) is employed as an instructor by an institution of higher education that is accredited by a nationally recognized regional accreditation body, (ii) is teaching in the specific career and technical education or dual enrollment subject area at such institution in which the individual seeks to teach at a public high school, and (iii) complies with certain requirements set forth in relevant law enumerated by the bill. The bill requires the Board to require any such instructor to maintain continuous employment in such position at the institution of higher education as a condition of continued licensure. The bill also requires each school board that employs an individual issued such a three-year license to provide such instructor training on instruction and assessment during his first year of employment. Finally, the bill directs the Board to amend its regulations in accordance with the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 332.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083722.PDF)
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2. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1169166.PDF)
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3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1132217.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186665.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Concur House Substitute R — **0–40** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
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- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100676D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-15** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB203)
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- **2026-01-29** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-05** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Committee substitute printed 26106237D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB203)
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- **2026-02-06** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-18** Committee substitute printed 26107952D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB203)
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- **2026-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** House receded from substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB203ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB203)
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 817 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68f35671-ab7e-4022-ba4e-2dae22f276d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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