Virginia House Bill 84 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 23 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0481)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Instruction in American Sign Language; academic credit; foreign language requirements. Requires any local school board that does not offer any elective course in American Sign Language to (i) grant academic credit for successful completion of an American Sign Language course offered by a comprehensive community college or a multidivision online provider approved by the Board of Education on the same basis as the successful completion of a foreign language course and (ii) count completion of any such American Sign Language course toward the fulfillment of any foreign language requirement for graduation.

American Sign Language, instruction in; academic credit, foreign language requirements.

Del. Richard Bell [R]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2018-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0481)
2018-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 481 (effective 7/1/18)
2018-03-06		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
2018-03-06	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2018
2018-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2018-02-28	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-02-28	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB84ER)
2018-02-28	House	Enrolled
2018-02-26	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-26	Senate	Read third time
2018-02-23	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2018-02-22	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2018-02-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2018-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2018-02-06	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2018-02-06	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2018-02-05	House	Printed as engrossed 18101013D-E
2018-02-05	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB84E
2018-02-05	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2018-02-05	House	Read second time
2018-02-02	House	Read first time
2018-01-31	House	Reported from Education with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2018-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2018-01-19	House	Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
2017-12-08	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2017-12-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101013D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	207.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB84
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB84+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB84E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB84ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0481+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0901V0028+HB0084
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H09V0027+HB0084
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0350+HB0084
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S04V0274+HB0084
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0676HB0084+HB0084
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0689HB0084+HB0084