VA HB2608 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
History Education Advisory Board established. Establishes the 32-member History Education Advisory Board to advise the Governor, his cabinet members, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly on the current ways in which African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, Indigenous, Women's, and LGBTQ+ history are described in the relevant Standards of Learning and associated curriculum frameworks; how that content is taught in classrooms; and strategies to develop African American history and social studies elective courses, Asian American and Pacific Islander history and social studies elective courses, Latino history and social studies elective courses, Indigenous history and social studies elective courses, Women's history and social studies elective courses, and LGBTQ+ history and social studies elective courses.
Title
History Education Advisory Board; established, report.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-01-29 - House - Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-04 | House | Left in Appropriations |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2608) |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Education |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N) |
| 2025-01-24 | House | Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
| 2025-01-13 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2025-01-13 | House | Presented and ordered printed 25104581D |
