VA HB48 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)
Status: Passed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; legacy admissions and admissions based on donor status prohibited. Prohibits any public institution of higher education from providing any manner of preferential treatment in the admissions decision to any student applicant on the basis of such student's legacy status, defined in the bill, or such student's familial relationship to any donor to such institution.

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Title

Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications, legacy admissions, etc.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-03-08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)
2024-03-08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (effective 7/1/24)
2024-03-01 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
2024-03-01HouseEnrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
2024-02-24SenateSigned by President
2024-02-21HouseSigned by Speaker
2024-02-21HouseBill text as passed House and Senate (HB48ER)
2024-02-21HouseEnrolled
2024-02-19SenatePassed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2024-02-19SenateRead third time
2024-02-16SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2024-02-15SenateReported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
2024-01-31SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-01-31SenateConstitutional reading dispensed
2024-01-30HouseVOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2024-01-30HouseRead third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2024-01-29HouseRead second time and engrossed
2024-01-26HouseRead first time
2024-01-24HouseReported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
2024-01-22HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
2024-01-19HouseAssigned Education sub: Higher Education
2023-12-21HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2023-12-21HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104163D

Same As/Similar To

SB46 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002)
SB71 (Similar To) 2024-01-18 - Incorporated by Education and Health

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
231407.2(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB48
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB48+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB48ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0015+hil
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB48F122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB48FER122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0902V0001+HB0048
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H09V0013+HB0048
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0097+HB0048
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S04V0158+HB0048
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0451HB0048+HB0048
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0455HB0048+HB0048

Bill Comments

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