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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1679: SOL; Bd. of Education shall prioritize incorporation of assessments in languages other than English.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1679 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: SOL; Bd. of Education shall prioritize incorporation of assessments in languages other than English. Primary sponsor: Laura Jane Cohen (Democratic). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 13, 2025): Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments; availability in commonly spoken languages other than English. Requires the Board of Education to prioritize the incorporation of Standards of Learning assessments in commonly spoken languages in the Commonwealth other than English into its statewide student assessment system, and in any contract that it enters into with a third party for the development, establishment, and maintenance of such system.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Laura Jane CohenPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse15
Elizabeth Bennett-ParkerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate39
Destiny LeVere BollingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Nadarius ClarkCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse84
Josh ColeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Rae CousinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Jackie GlassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Phil HernandezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse94
Mike JonesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Karen Keys-GamarraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Amy LauferCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse55
Alfonso LopezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Adele McClureCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Cia PriceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse85
Sam RasoulCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Irene ShinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Kathy TranCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Rod WillettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse58

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
  2. Assigned Education sub: Public Education
  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1679)
  4. Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  5. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  6. Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)
  7. Engrossed by House - committee substitute
  8. Appropriations Substitute agreed to
  9. Read second time
  10. Read first time
  11. Committee substitute printed 25106397D-H1
  12. Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N)

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source