SB 450 VA

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Department of Education; public school teacher licensure requirements; comprehensive review of alternative licensure pathways; stakeholder work group; report. Directs the Department of Education (the Department) to convene a stakeholder work group to conduct a comprehensive review of the alternative licensure pathways, as that term is defined in the bill, available to public school teachers in the Commonwealth and make recommendations on improving the quality, efficacy, and outcomes of such alternative licensure pathways. The bill directs the Department to submit to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health (i) by October 1, 2026, an interim report on the preliminary findings and initial recommendations of the work group and (ii) by October 1, 2027, a final report on the findings and recommendations of the work group.

• Lamont Bagby Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103778D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
3. Jan 22, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
4. Jan 29, 2026 Rereferred from Education and Health to Rules (15-Y 0-N) · upper
5. Feb 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB450) · upper
6. Feb 6, 2026 Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
7. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
8. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107566D-S1 · upper
9. Feb 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB450) · upper
10. Feb 11, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
11. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
12. Feb 11, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
13. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
14. Feb 12, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
15. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
16. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
17. Feb 18, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
18. Feb 18, 2026 Read first time · lower
19. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rules · lower
20. Mar 1, 2026 Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee · lower
21. Mar 2, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) · lower
22. Mar 6, 2026 Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) · lower
23. Mar 10, 2026 Read second time · lower
24. Mar 11, 2026 Read third time · lower
25. Mar 11, 2026 Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
26. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
27. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB450ER) · upper
28. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
29. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB450) · upper
30. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
31. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
32. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
33. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 891 (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
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML