Virginia House Bill 1275 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Virginia Credential Registry; established. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to create the Virginia Credential Registry for the purpose of ensuring that the general public has access to essential information about all educational and occupational credentials that are delivered, issued, funded, recognized, authorized, overseen, or governed in the Commonwealth. The bill describes such credentials as all degrees, certificates, certifications, licenses, apprenticeships, military training, diplomas, and badges that are available in the Commonwealth. The bill sets out other information required to be included in the Registry and requires the Council to establish and populate the Registry no later than July 1, 2023, and report on its progress in implementing the Virginia Credential Registry to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2023.

Virginia Credential Registry; established, report.

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]

Del. Dave LaRock [R]

Del. Phillip Scott [R]

2022-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Education
2022-02-08	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (10-Y 0-N)
2022-01-31	House	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2022-01-20	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2022-01-20	House	Presented and ordered printed 22104479D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	111	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1275
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1275+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0902V0026+HB1275