Virginia 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 2 — Teacher licensure; reciprocity, spouses of Armed Forces members.

Last action — Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 20, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 14 sponsors

    1 primary, 13 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Requires the Board of Education to provide for teacher licensure by reciprocity for any spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Commonwealth who has obtained a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials and without deficiencies, that is in force at the time the application for a Virginia license is received by the Department of Education. The bill provides that no service requirements or licensing assessments shall be required for any such individual. This bill is identical to

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018

  2. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 7, 2018

  3. Signed by President

  4. Signed by Speaker

  5. Enrolled

  6. Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107484D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)

  7. Placed on Calendar

  8. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2S1

  9. Committee substitute agreed to 18107484D-S1

  10. Reading of substitute waived

  11. Read third time

  12. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  13. Constitutional reading dispensed

  14. Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

  15. Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House

  16. Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)

  17. Read second time and engrossed

  18. Read first time

  19. Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1

  20. Referred to Committee on Education

  21. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100912D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 134 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Richard P. Bell

Co-sponsors (13)

Not signed on (134)

134 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

Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107484D-S1

Passed 99 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 99000
Total 99000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
Cline — Yea
Habeeb — Yea
Hugo — Yea
Landes — Yea
Pogge — Yea
Rodman — Yea
Turpin — Yea
Bell, Richard P. — Yea
Collins — Yea
Jones, S.C. — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Helsel — Yea
Ingram — Yea
James — Yea
Lindsey — Yea
Peace — Yea
Stolle — Yea
Toscano — Yea
Yancey — Yea
Adams, Dawn M. — Yea
Adams, Les R. — Yea
Aird, Lashrecse D. — Yea
Alfonso H. Lopez — Yea
Ayala, Hala S. — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Betsy B. Carr — Yea
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Yea
Bulova, David L. — Yea
Byron, Kathy J. — Yea
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Yea
Campbell, Jeffrey L. — Yea
Carter, Lee J. — Yea
Charniele L. Herring — Yea
Christopher T. Head — Yea
Cole, Mark L. — Yea
Convirs-Fowler, Kelly K. — Yea
Danica A. Roem — Yea
David A. Reid — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Yea
Edmunds, James E., II — Yea
Emily M. Jordan — Yea
Fariss, C. Matthew — Yea
Filler-Corn, Eileen — Yea
Fowler, Hyland F."Buddy," Jr. — Yea
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Yea
Gilbert, C. Todd — Yea
Gooditis, Wendy W. — Yea
Guzman, Elizabeth R. — Yea
Heretick, Steve E. — Yea
Hurst, Chris L. — Yea
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Jeion A. Ward — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — Yea
Jones, Jerrauld C. "Jay" — Yea
Joshua E. Thomas — Yea
Karrie K. Delaney — Yea
Kathy K.L. Tran — Yea
Keam, Mark L. — Yea
Knight, Barry D. — Yea
Kory, Kaye — Yea
LaRock, Dave A. — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Yea
Levine, Mark H. — Yea
Luke E. Torian — Yea
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Yea
Marcus B. Simon — Yea
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Yea
McGuire, John J., III — Yea
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Miyares, Jason S. — Yea
Mullin, Michael P. — Yea
Murphy, Kathleen — Yea
Orrock, Robert D., Sr. — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Yea
Paul E. Krizek — Yea
Plum, Kenneth R. — Yea
Poindexter, Charles D. — Yea
R. Lee Ware — Yea
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Yea
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Robinson, Roxann L. — Yea
Rush, Nick — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Sickles, Mark D. — Yea
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Terry L. Austin — Yea
Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — Yea
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea
Tyler, Roslyn C. — Yea
Vivian E. Watts — Yea

Official roll call →

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 98000
Total 98000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (98)
Member Party Vote
Byron — Yea
Carter — Yea
Collins — Yea
Filler-Corn — Yea
Freitas — Yea
Gooditis — Yea
Habeeb — Yea
Hugo — Yea
Hurst — Yea
Kory — Yea
LaRock — Yea
Landes — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Orrock — Yea
Pogge — Yea
Poindexter — Yea
Rodman — Yea
Rush — Yea
Tyler — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bell, Richard P. — Yea
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Jones, J.C. — Yea
Jones, S.C. — Yea
Marshall — Yea
Bourne — Yea
Bulova — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Cline — Yea
Cole — Yea
Edmunds — Yea
Fariss — Yea
Gilbert — Yea
Helsel — Yea
Heretick — Yea
Ingram — Yea
James — Yea
Keam — Yea
Levine — Yea
Lindsey — Yea
Miyares — Yea
Murphy — Yea
Peace — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Plum — Yea
Ransone — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Stolle — Yea
Toscano — Yea
Turpin — Yea
Yancey — Yea
Alfonso H. Lopez — Yea
Barry D. Knight — Yea
Betsy B. Carr — Yea
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Yea
Charniele L. Herring — Yea
Christopher T. Head — Yea
Danica A. Roem — Yea
David A. Reid — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Yea
Elizabeth R. Guzman — Yea
Emily M. Jordan — Yea
Garrett McGuire — Yea
Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — Yea
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Jeion A. Ward — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — Yea
Joshua E. Thomas — Yea
Karrie K. Delaney — Yea
Kathy K.L. Tran — Yea
Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — Yea
Kimberly Pope Adams — Yea
Kimberly Pope Adams — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Yea
Lashrecse D. Aird — Yea
Luke E. Torian — Yea
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Yea
Marcus B. Simon — Yea
Mark D. Sickles — Yea
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Yea
Paul E. Krizek — Yea
R. Lee Ware — Yea
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Yea
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — Yea
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea
Vivian E. Watts — Yea
Will Davis — Yea

Official roll call →

Passed House BLOCK VOTE

Passed 99 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 99000
Total 99000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
Ayala — Yea
Cole — Yea
Fariss — Yea
Freitas — Yea
Gooditis — Yea
Habeeb — Yea
Hugo — Yea
Hurst — Yea
Kory — Yea
LaRock — Yea
Landes — Yea
Orrock — Yea
Pogge — Yea
Poindexter — Yea
Rodman — Yea
Rush — Yea
Turpin — Yea
Tyler — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bell, Richard P. — Yea
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Bourne — Yea
Bulova — Yea
Byron — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cline — Yea
Collins — Yea
Edmunds — Yea
Filler-Corn — Yea
Gilbert — Yea
Helsel — Yea
Heretick — Yea
Jones, J.C. — Yea
Jones, S.C. — Yea
Marshall — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Ingram — Yea
James — Yea
Keam — Yea
Levine — Yea
Lindsey — Yea
Miyares — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Murphy — Yea
Peace — Yea
Plum — Yea
Ransone — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Stolle — Yea
Toscano — Yea
Yancey — Yea
Alfonso H. Lopez — Yea
Barry D. Knight — Yea
Betsy B. Carr — Yea
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Yea
Charniele L. Herring — Yea
Christopher T. Head — Yea
Danica A. Roem — Yea
David A. Reid — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Yea
Elizabeth R. Guzman — Yea
Emily M. Jordan — Yea
Garrett McGuire — Yea
Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — Yea
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Jeion A. Ward — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — Yea
Joshua E. Thomas — Yea
Karrie K. Delaney — Yea
Kathy K.L. Tran — Yea
Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — Yea
Kimberly Pope Adams — Yea
Kimberly Pope Adams — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Yea
Lashrecse D. Aird — Yea
Luke E. Torian — Yea
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Yea
Marcus B. Simon — Yea
Mark D. Sickles — Yea
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Yea
Paul E. Krizek — Yea
R. Lee Ware — Yea
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Yea
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — Yea
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea
Vivian E. Watts — Yea
Will Davis — Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

veterans education
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2 do?
Requires the Board of Education to provide for teacher licensure by reciprocity for any spouse of an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Commonwealth who has obtained a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials and without deficiencies, that is in force at the time the application for a Virginia license is received by the Department of Education. The bill provides that no service requirements or licensing assessments shall be required for any such individual. This bill is identical to
Who sponsors HB 2?
HB 2 is sponsored by Todd E. Pillion, Richard P. Bell, R. Steven Landes, Kathy K.L. Tran, Thomas C. Wright, Jr., Christopher P. Stolle, Karrie K. Delaney, Israel D. O'Quinn, Jennifer Carroll Foy, Bell, John J., Edmunds, James E., II, Ayala, Hala S., Kory, Kaye, and Murphy, Kathleen.
What is the current status of HB 2?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 20, 2017. Enacted.
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