HB 647 VA

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Board of Education; Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience; certain credit substitution allowance permitted. Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to provide that teachers in the field of career and technical education, where the licensure requirement calls for occupational work experience beyond the apprenticeship level, may be allowed salary placement credit for one year of teaching experience for each one or two years of work experience. The bill satisfies the reenactment requirement of Chapter 677 of the Acts of Assembly of 2025.

• Hillary Pugh Kent Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102678D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws · lower
3. Jan 27, 2026 Referred from General Laws and referred to Education (Voice Vote) · lower
4. Jan 29, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB647) · lower
5. Jan 30, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
6. Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 3, 2026 House committee offered · lower
8. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) · lower
9. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
10. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 9, 2026 committee amendment agreed to · lower
12. Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by House as amended · lower
13. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
14. Feb 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB647) · lower
15. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
16. Feb 11, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
17. Feb 19, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
18. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) · upper
19. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
20. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
22. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
23. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Mar 6, 2026 Enrolled · lower
25. Mar 6, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB647ER) · lower
26. Mar 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB647) · lower
27. Mar 6, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
28. Mar 6, 2026 Signed by President · upper
29. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
30. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
31. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 802 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Education Amendment · HTML
• Education Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML