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type: "Bill"
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title: "Graduation with an advanced studies diploma; requirements, complet. of Int'l Baccalaureate diploma."
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description: "Board of Education; high school graduation; simultaneous completion of International Baccalaureate diploma and advanced studies diploma. Requires the Board of Education to permit any student who (i) during or after grade 10, transferred into a public high school in the Commonwealth and (ii) is simultaneously pursuing an advanced studies diploma and an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma to complete certain courses or sequences of courses required for an IB diploma, as approved by the Board, including substitutes for the Virginia and U.S. history and government courses and for the economics and personal finance credit requirement. The bill also directs the Board to grant a waiver from the training in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the use of automated external defibrillators required for graduation to any student who (a) pursuant to his individualized education program or Section 504 Plan cannot successfully complete the training or (b) after grade 10, transfers from a school or other education program that does not require or give credit for such training. This bill is identical to HB 595."
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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 63"
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citation: "Virginia SB 63 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Saddam Azlan Salim"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-12-15"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ecbb1ef-2cbb-4bd6-85cb-2227be13ff52"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB63"
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source_hash: "b53a592974751b150ba518389c5e975b0ad6ab5e75ef2e29fa99f9160b6f0a92"
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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 63 (2026) — Graduation with an advanced studies diploma; requirements, complet. of Int'l Baccalaureate diploma.
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Board of Education; high school graduation; simultaneous completion of International Baccalaureate diploma and advanced studies diploma. Requires the Board of Education to permit any student who (i) during or after grade 10, transferred into a public high school in the Commonwealth and (ii) is simultaneously pursuing an advanced studies diploma and an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma to complete certain courses or sequences of courses required for an IB diploma, as approved by the Board, including substitutes for the Virginia and U.S. history and government courses and for the economics and personal finance credit requirement. The bill also directs the Board to grant a waiver from the training in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the use of automated external defibrillators required for graduation to any student who (a) pursuant to his individualized education program or Section 504 Plan cannot successfully complete the training or (b) after grade 10, transfers from a school or other education program that does not require or give credit for such training. This bill is identical to HB 595.
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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/1081872.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216725.PDF)
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3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1104862.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191304.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **22–17** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **12–2** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Saddam Azlan Salim — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101077D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-15** 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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- **2026-01-22** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-30** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-30** Committee substitute printed 26105899D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB63)
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- **2026-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed House (96-Y 3-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB63ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB63)
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** 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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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 183 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0183)
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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/5ecbb1ef-2cbb-4bd6-85cb-2227be13ff52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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