Virginia House Bill 1972

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-17 - Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Statewide unified public-private system for early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth; state goal; capacity and family choice. Requires the statewide, unified, public-private system for early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth to be established with the goal of increasing and maintaining capacity systemwide to provide each family with meaningful access to high-quality and affordable choices among publicly funded, federally funded, mixed delivery, and private providers.

Early childhood care & education; statewide unified public-private system, capacity & family choice.

Del. Debra Gardner [D]	Del. Bonita Anthony [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]	Del. Katrina Callsen [D]
Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Laura Jane Cohen [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Rae Cousins [D]
Del. Michael Feggans [D]	Del. Rozia Henson [D]	Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra [D]	Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling [D]
Del. Marty Martinez [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. David Reid [D]	Del. Holly Seibold [D]
Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Joshua Thomas [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]

2025-02-17 - Senate - Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - Senate - Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-04 - House - Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N) (Y: 51 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - House - Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-22 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-17	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (14-Y 0-N)
2025-02-13	Senate	Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
2025-02-10	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2025-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2025-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2025-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)
2025-02-03	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute
2025-02-03	House	Education Substitute agreed to
2025-02-03	House	Read second time
2025-01-31	House	Read first time
2025-01-30	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1972)
2025-01-30	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1972)
2025-01-29	House	Committee substitute printed 25105869D-H1
2025-01-29	House	Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
2025-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
2025-01-13	House	Assigned Educ sub: Early Childhood
2025-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2025-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104469D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1972
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1972/text/HB1972
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1972/text/HB1972H1
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1972/text/HB1972HC1
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030048.PDF
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035371.PDF
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035689.PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1972/20251/H09003V2510651
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1972/20251/H09V2511590
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1972/20251/2518402
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1972/20251/S04V1760
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1972/20251/S05V1997