HB 1988 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Local school boards; powers and duties, binding arbitration agreements.

Summary
Local school boards; powers and duties; binding arbitration agreements. Permits any school board to enter into a written agreement to submit any existing controversy to binding arbitration and to execute a contract, including a collective bargaining agreement, that contains a provision to submit to binding arbitration any controversy arising thereunder.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2025

How they voted

5148
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 100
Jan 28, 2025
D Democratic51
51 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican49
48 Nay 1
97% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors