Virginia House Bill 2137 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: Passed on March 21 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0124)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

School boards; divisionwide literacy plans; contents; posting. Requires each divisionwide literacy plan to be submitted to the Department of Education and to identify which core literacy curricula, supplemental instructional practices and programs, and intervention programs from the list developed by the Department or alternative programs approved by the Department that consist of evidence-based literacy instruction and align with science-based reading research will be used in each grade level, kindergarten through 12, at each of the schools within such school division. The bill requires each local school board to post, maintain, and update as necessary on such school board's website a copy of its divisionwide literacy plan and the job description and contact information for any reading specialist employed by such school division pursuant to relevant law and for any dyslexia specialist employed by such school division. The bill requires the Department to post each divisionwide literacy plan on its website. School boards; divisionwide literacy plans; contents; posting. Requires each divisionwide literacy plan to be submitted to the Department of Education and to identify which core literacy curricula, supplemental instructional practices and programs, and intervention programs from the list developed by the Department or alternative programs approved by the Department that consist of evidence-based literacy instruction and align with science-based reading research will be used in each grade level, kindergarten through 12, at each of the schools within such school division. The bill requires each local school board to post, maintain, and update as necessary on such school board's website a copy of its divisionwide literacy plan and the job description and contact information for any reading specialist employed by such school division pursuant to relevant law and for any dyslexia specialist employed by such school division. The bill requires the Department to post each divisionwide literacy plan on its website.

School boards; divisionwide literacy plans.

Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]
Del. Carrie Coyner [R]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]
Sen. Danica Roem [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]
Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0124)
2023-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 124 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-23	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2137ER)
2023-02-23	House	Enrolled
2023-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2023-02-16	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2137H1
2023-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23105942D-H1
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-03	House	Committee substitute printed 23105942D-H1
2023-02-03	House	Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2023-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2023-01-24	House	Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103666D

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2137
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2137+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2137H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2137ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0124+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105942D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2137F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2137FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2137FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0903V0038+HB2137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H09V0100+HB2137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1521+HB2137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0273+HB2137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0567HB2137+HB2137
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0607HB2137+HB2137