# Virginia HB1783: Public middle & high schools; establishing career & technical student organizations, etc. Virginia HB1783, Public middle & high schools; establishing career & technical student organizations, etc., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Robert D. Orrock, Sr. (Republican); status to governor, last action 2025-03-21 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0201)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1783-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1783 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Public middle & high schools; establishing career & technical student organizations, etc. - Status: to governor - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-06 - Last action: 2025-03-21, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0201) - Sponsor: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (320 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Public middle and high schools; establishment of career and technical student organizations; certain exclusions. Establishes an exception to the authority granted to each public middle school and high school to establish career and technical education student organizations, regardless of whether such school offers career and technical education courses, in the case of any such organization that is established as a federally chartered corporation pursuant to an act of Congress. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-17 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-13 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Passed House Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-01-29 | House | Reported from Education with substitute | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2025-01-28 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (33) - 2025-03-21: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0201) (Governor) - 2025-03-21: Approved by Governor-Chapter 201 (Effective 07/01/25) (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 (House) - 2025-03-10: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1783) (House) - 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1783ER) (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-18: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Read third time (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-04: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House (House) - 2025-02-04: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-03: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2025-02-03: Education Substitute agreed to (House) - 2025-02-03: Read second time (House) - 2025-01-31: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-29: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1783) (House) - 2025-01-29: Committee substitute printed 25105769D-H1 (House) - 2025-01-29: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-28: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-24: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2025-01-14: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1783) (House) - 2025-01-06: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101583D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-03-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071949.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071948.PDF) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061030.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061029.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031193.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031192.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012867.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012866.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed) - HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed) - HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed) - SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed) - HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071949.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071948.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061030.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061029.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031193.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031192.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012867.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012866.PDF) ## Related - [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025) - [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025) - [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025) - [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025) - [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025) - [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1783-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).