Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 233 — Teachers; required to be compensated at or above national average.

Last action — Left in Education

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Teacher compensation; at or above national average. Requires public school teachers to be compensated at a rate that is at or above the national average. Under current law, compensation at such rate is aspirational. The foregoing provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. The bill requires funding to be provided on an incremental basis pursuant to the general appropriation act to implement such teacher compensation rate by the effective date.

Bill Text

  • Impact statement from DPB (HB233) View text Current html December 29, 2019

Action History

  1. Left in Education

  2. Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

  3. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N)

  4. Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 3-N)

  5. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

  6. Impact statement from DPB (HB233)

  7. Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ

  8. Referred to Committee on Education

  9. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102564D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (11)

Not signed on (136)

136 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N)

Passed 5 Yea · 3 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5301
Total 5301
% of votes cast 56%33%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Bulova, David L. — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Nay
Guy, Nancy D. — Yea
Guzman, Elizabeth R. — Yea
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Nay
Robinson, Roxann L. — Nay
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Subramanyam, Suhas — Yea
Tyler, Roslyn C. — Not Voting

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Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 3-N)

Passed 4 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4302
Total 4302
% of votes cast 44%33%0%22%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Subramanyam, Suhas — Not Voting
Guy, Nancy D. — Nay
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Yea
Robinson, Roxann L. — Yea
Tyler, Roslyn C. — Not Voting
David L. Bulova — Nay
Elizabeth R. Guzman — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Nay
Will Davis — Yea

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Subjects

labor education
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 233 do?
Teacher compensation; at or above national average. Requires public school teachers to be compensated at a rate that is at or above the national average. Under current law, compensation at such rate is aspirational. The foregoing provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. The bill requires funding to be provided on an incremental basis pursuant to the general appropriation act to implement such teacher compensation rate by the effective date.
Who sponsors HB 233?
HB 233 is sponsored by Joshua G. Cole, Patrick A. Hope, Alfonso H. Lopez, Sam Rasoul, Shelly A. Simonds, Jeion A. Ward, Subramanyam, Suhas, Samirah, Ibraheem S., Jenkins, Clinton L., Coyner, Carrie E., Avoli, G. "John", and Mugler, Martha M..
What is the current status of HB 233?
This bill died with 2020 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 HB 233?
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