# Virginia HB2103: Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience; etc. Virginia HB2103, Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience; etc., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Hillary Pugh Kent (Republican); status to governor, last action 2025-05-02 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2103-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB2103 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience; etc. - Status: to governor - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-07 - Last action: 2025-05-02, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677) - Sponsor: Hillary Pugh Kent (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 10 (422 yes, 70 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Board of Education; Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience; certain credit substitution allowance required. Requires the Board of Education to amend its Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience for the purpose of salary placement credit to provide that teachers in the field of career and technical education, where the licensure requirement calls for occupational work experience beyond the apprenticeship level, may be allowed credit for one year of teaching experience for each one or two years of work experience. The bill contains a reenactment clause. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Hillary Pugh Kent (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-02 | House | House rejected Governor's recommendation | fail | 45 | 50 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Amendment by Senator Stuart reconsidered | pass | 39 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Senator Stuart Amendment rejected | fail | 19 | 20 | 1 | | 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 | 14 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Passed House Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 | | | 2025-01-29 | House | Reported from Education with amendment(s) | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2025-01-21 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (44) - 2025-05-02: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677) (Governor) - 2025-05-02: Approved by Governor-Chapter 677 (Effective - see bill) (Governor) - 2025-04-02: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-04-02: Communicated to Governor (House) - 2025-04-02: House rejected Governor's recommendation (45-Y 50-N) (House) - 2025-03-24: Governor's recommendation received by House (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2103) (House) - 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: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2103ER) (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-19: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Senator Stuart Amendment rejected (19-Y 20-N 1-A) (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Amendment by Senator Stuart reconsidered (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Passed by temporarily (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Passed by temporarily (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Senator Stuart Amendment agreed to (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Read third time (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Reading of amendment waived (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 (14-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-10: 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: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2103) (House) - 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: Printed as engrossed 25102284D-E (House) - 2025-02-03: Engrossed by House as amended (House) - 2025-02-03: Education Amendments agreed to (House) - 2025-02-03: Read second time (House) - 2025-01-31: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-29: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-21: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-20: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2025-01-14: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2103) (House) - 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102284D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-05-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079884.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079883.PDF) - Gov Recommendation, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073868.HTML) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066649.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066648.PDF) - Amendment, 2025-02-18: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059643.HTML) - Engrossed, 2025-02-03: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033901.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033900.PDF) - Amendment, 2025-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025650.HTML) - Introduced, 2025-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015107.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015106.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/1079884.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079883.PDF) - [Gov Recommendation (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073868.HTML) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066649.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066648.PDF) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059643.HTML) - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033901.HTML) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033900.PDF) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025650.HTML) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015107.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015106.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-HB2103-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).