Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 261 — Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; comprehensive review of labor statistics categories.

Last action — Continued to 2023 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)

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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; comprehensivereview of labor statistics categories; report. Directs the VirginiaScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) EducationAdvisory Board (the Board) to perform a comprehensive review of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics categories within the standard occupational classification system and assess deficit areas that do not captureVirginia's existing STEM+C (Computing) workforce profile for thepurpose of better aligning K-12 and higher education priorities.The Board shall report its findings to the Virginia Economic DevelopmentPartnership Authority Office of Education and Labor Market Alignmentand the Chairmen of the House Committee on Communications, Technologyand Innovation and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technologyno later than October 1, 2022.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Continued to 2023 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)

  2. Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

  3. Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

  4. Impact statement from DPB (SB261)

  5. Assigned Education sub: Public Education

  6. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  7. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101764D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (145)

145 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Continued to 2023 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Total 16000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea

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Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Barker, George L. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea

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Subjects

labor education technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 261 do?
Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; comprehensivereview of labor statistics categories; report. Directs the VirginiaScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) EducationAdvisory Board (the Board) to perform a comprehensive review of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics categories within the standard occupational classification system and assess deficit areas that do not captureVirginia's existing STEM+C (Computing) workforce profile for thepurpose of better aligning K-12 and higher education priorities.The Board shall report its findings to the Virginia Economic DevelopmentPartnership Authority Office of Education and Labor Market Alignmentand the Chairmen of the House Committee on Communications, Technologyand Innovation and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technologyno later than October 1, 2022.
Who sponsors SB 261?
SB 261 is sponsored by Betsy B. Carr, Irene Shin, and Ghazala F. Hashmi.
What is the current status of SB 261?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 261?
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