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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1972: Early childhood care & education; statewide unified public-private system, capacity & family choice.

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 1972 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Early childhood care & education; statewide unified public-private system, capacity & family choice. Primary sponsor: Debra Gardner (Democratic). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 17, 2025): Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (14-Y 0-N).

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Official summary

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

Statewide unified public-private system for early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth; state goal; capacity and family choice. Requires the statewide, unified, public-private system for early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth to be established with the goal of increasing and maintaining capacity systemwide to provide each family with meaningful access to high-quality and affordable choices among publicly funded, federally funded, mixed delivery, and private providers.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Debra GardnerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Bonita AnthonyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse92
Alex AskewCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Destiny LeVere BollingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Katrina CallsenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Nadarius ClarkCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse84
Laura Jane CohenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15
Rae CousinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Michael FeggansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse97
Kelly FowlerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
J.R. HensonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Karen Keys-GamarraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Marty MartinezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Sam RasoulCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
David ReidCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Holly SeiboldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Irene ShinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Josh ThomasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Kathy TranCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18

“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 Finance and Appropriations with letter (14-Y 0-N)
  2. Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
  3. Assigned Education sub: Public Education
  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. Education Substitute agreed to
  9. Read second time
  10. Read first time
  11. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1972)
  12. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1972)

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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