VA HB1121 | 2025 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Over of previous HB1121
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-02 - Continued to 2025 in Public Safety by voice vote
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-02 - Continued to 2025 in Public Safety by voice vote
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Department of Corrections; online educational courses. Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to establish, develop, and implement an educational program with the Online Virginia Network Authority for the purposes of providing a means for prisoners to earn degrees and postsecondary education credentials through accessing online degree and credential programs that are offered by George Mason University, Old Dominion University, James Madison University, and comprehensive community colleges.
Title
Online educational courses; DOC to establish, etc., an educational program for prisoners.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2024-02-02 | House | Continued to 2025 in Public Safety by voice vote |
2024-02-01 | House | Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote |
2024-01-19 | House | Assigned PS sub: Public Safety |
2024-01-10 | House | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
2024-01-10 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102674D |
Same As/Similar To
HB1121 (Carry Over) 2024-02-02 - Continued to 2025 in Public Safety by voice vote
Subjects
Corrections Board of or Department of
Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions
Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions
Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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23 | 1 | 3137 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
53 | 1 | 10 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
53 | 1 | 41 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |