HB 2360 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

High School diploma seal of biliteracy; designation as high-demand industry workforce credential.

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 status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Signed Apr 2, 2025
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What changed between versions

Reenrolled Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill formalizes the 2025 Reenrolled Session version of HB 2360 into official Virginia law (Chapter 662). The substantive text of the education standards remains largely unchanged from the previous version, with the primary differences being formatting adjustments, page numbering, and the addition of an approval date (April 2, 2025). No new policy requirements, funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or deadlines were added or removed.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the content remains identical to the Reenrolled version.
TECHNICAL

Added chapter designation (Chapter 662) and approval date (April 2, 2025) to indicate official enactment.

Adjusted formatting and spacing throughout the document to match official chaptered format.

Added page numbering (2 of 9) to the document.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
12
Committee
7
Apr 2, 2025
Signed into law
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by House
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2360ER)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-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 (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors