Virginia House Bill 1351 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 23 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0564)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Diploma seals; biliteracy. Requires the Board of Education to establish, in time to apply to high school seniors graduating in 2016, criteria for awarding a diploma seal of biliteracy to any student who demonstrates proficiency in English and at least one other language. The bill requires the Board to consider criteria including the student's (i) score on a College Board Advanced Placement foreign language examination, (ii) score on an SAT II Subject Test in a foreign language, (iii) proficiency level on an ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) measure or another nationally or internationally recognized language proficiency test, or (iv) cumulative grade point average in a sequence of foreign language courses approved by the Board.

Diploma seals; biliteracy.

Del. Jeion Ward [D]	Del. James LeMunyon [R]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. David Ramadan [R]
Del. Daun Hester [D]

2015-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 1-N) (Y: 35 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-18 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 92-N) (Y: 0 N: 94 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2015-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 4-N) (Y: 33 N: 4 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 4-N) (Y: 31 N: 4 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 3-N) (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-02 - House - House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0564)
2015-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 564 (effective 7/1/15)
2015-03-10		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
2015-03-10	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
2015-03-07	Senate	Signed by President
2015-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2015-03-06	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1351ER)
2015-03-06	House	Enrolled
2015-02-26	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N)
2015-02-26	House	Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
2015-02-26	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 1-N)
2015-02-26	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2015-02-25	House	Conference substitute printed 15105501D-H1
2015-02-25		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2015-02-24	Senate	Senators: McWaters, Wexton, Smith
2015-02-24	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2015-02-23	House	Delegates: Ramadan, Landes, Bulova
2015-02-23	House	Conferees appointed by House
2015-02-23	House	House acceded to request
2015-02-20	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2015-02-20	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
2015-02-18	House	VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 92-N)
2015-02-18	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 15105067D-S1 (0-Y 92-N)
2015-02-17	House	Placed on Calendar
2015-02-16	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 4-N)
2015-02-16	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2015-02-16	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 4-N)
2015-02-16	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1351S1
2015-02-16	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 15105067D-S1
2015-02-16	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2015-02-16	Senate	Read third time
2015-02-13	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2015-02-12	Senate	Committee substitute printed 15105067D-S1
2015-02-12	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 3-N)
2015-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2015-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2015-02-05	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2015-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2015-02-04	House	Read second time and engrossed
2015-02-03	House	Read first time
2015-02-02	House	Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
2015-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
2015-01-16	House	Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
2014-12-02	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2014-12-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100367D

SB916 (Same As) 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0565)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	253.13:4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	254.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1351
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1351+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1351S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1351H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1351ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0564+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H0901V0014+HB1351
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H09V0053+HB1351
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV1895+HB1351
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S04V0153+HB1351
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0465HB1351+HB1351
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0483HB1351+HB1351
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0490HB1351+HB1351
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0491HB1351+HB1351
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV2470+HB1351
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0645HB1351+HB1351
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0933HB1351+HB1351
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV2851+HB1351