# Virginia HB1924: School boards; prohibition against hiring or contracting for the services of certain individuals. Virginia HB1924, School boards; prohibition against hiring or contracting for the services of certain individuals., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Jeion A. Ward (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-04-02 (Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1924-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1924 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: School boards; prohibition against hiring or contracting for the services of certain individuals. - Status: to governor - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-06 - Last action: 2025-04-02, Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) - Sponsor: Jeion A. Ward (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (301 yes, 55 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary School boards; prohibition against hiring or contracting for the services of certain individuals; certain criminal convictions. Prohibits each school board from employing or contracting for the services of any individual who has been convicted of any felony crime of violence as defined in the bill or any offense involving a child. Current law prohibits each school board from employing or contracting for the services of any individual who has been convicted of any violent felony set forth in a certain statutory definition of "barrier crime" or any offense involving the sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child, or the solicitation of any such offense. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jeion A. Ward (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-02 | Senate | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-04-02 | House | House concurred in Governor's recommendation | pass | 92 | 2 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 25 | 15 | | | 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 | 9 | 6 | | | 2025-01-28 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 71 | 28 | | | 2025-01-22 | House | Reported from Education with substitute | pass | 17 | 4 | | | 2025-01-21 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (40) - 2025-04-02: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0642) (Governor) - 2025-04-02: Reenrolled bill text (HB1924ER2) (House) - 2025-04-02: Reenrolled (House) - 2025-04-02: Enacted, Chapter 642 (Effective 07/01/25) (House) - 2025-04-02: Signed by President as reenrolled (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled (House) - 2025-04-02: Governor's recommendation adopted (Governor) - 2025-04-02: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 2-N) (House) - 2025-03-24: Governor's substitute printed (HB1924H2) (House) - 2025-03-24: Governor's recommendation received by House (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, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1924) (House) - 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1924ER) (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-19: Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Read third time (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Read third time and passed House (71-Y 28-N) (House) - 2025-01-27: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2025-01-27: Education Substitute agreed to (House) - 2025-01-27: Read second time (House) - 2025-01-24: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-23: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1924) (House) - 2025-01-22: Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 4-N) (House) - 2025-01-22: Committee substitute printed 25105422D-H1 (House) - 2025-01-21: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-18: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2025-01-06: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101860D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-04-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079192.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079191.PDF) - Reenrolled, 2025-04-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075055.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075054.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-03-25: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074781.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074780.PDF) - Gov Recommendation, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073562.HTML) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066633.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066632.PDF) - Substitute, 2025-01-22: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024055.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024054.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014058.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014057.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/1079192.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079191.PDF) - [Reenrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075055.HTML) - [Reenrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075054.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074781.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074780.PDF) - [Gov Recommendation (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073562.HTML) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066633.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066632.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024055.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024054.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014058.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014057.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-HB1924-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).