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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1988: Local school boards; powers and duties, binding arbitration agreements.

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 1988 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Local school boards; powers and duties, binding arbitration agreements. Primary sponsor: Alex Askew (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 14, 2025): Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Alex AskewPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Bonita AnthonyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse92
Katrina CallsenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Laura Jane CohenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse15
Delores McQuinnCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81

“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 (10-Y 4-N)
  2. Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-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 48-N)
  7. Read second time and engrossed
  8. Read first time
  9. Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N)
  10. Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
  11. Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
  12. Referred to Committee on Education

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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