# Virginia HB2360: High School diploma seal of biliteracy; designation as high-demand industry workforce credential. Virginia HB2360, High School diploma seal of biliteracy; designation as high-demand industry workforce credential., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Tony O. Wilt (Republican); 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-HB2360-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB2360 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: High School diploma seal of biliteracy; designation as high-demand industry workforce credential. - Status: to governor - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-04-02, Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) - Sponsor: Tony O. Wilt (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (359 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary High school diploma seal of biliteracy; designation as high-demand industry workforce credential for certain purposes. Requires the Board of Education to include on its list of industry workforce credentials its diploma seal of biliteracy and to consider such seal to be a high-demand industry workforce credential for the purpose of satisfying graduation requirements and determining and calculating high school student readiness in its school accountability system. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Tony O. Wilt (Republican), 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 | 96 | 0 | | | 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 | | | 2025-01-28 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-01-22 | House | Reported from Education | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2025-01-21 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (35) - 2025-04-02: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662) (Governor) - 2025-04-02: Reenrolled bill text (HB2360ER2) (House) - 2025-04-02: Reenrolled (House) - 2025-04-02: Enacted, Chapter 662 (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 (96-Y 0-N) (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: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2360) (House) - 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2360ER) (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) - 2025-01-29: 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 Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-27: Read second time and engrossed (House) - 2025-01-24: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2360) (House) - 2025-01-24: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-22: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-21: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-20: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2025-01-08: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-01-08: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102535D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-04-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079264.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079263.PDF) - Reenrolled, 2025-04-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074979.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074978.PDF) - Gov Recommendation, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073817.HTML) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061511.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061510.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016076.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016075.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/1079264.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079263.PDF) - [Reenrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074979.HTML) - [Reenrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074978.PDF) - [Gov Recommendation (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073817.HTML) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061511.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061510.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016076.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016075.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-HB2360-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).