VA HB1800 | 2023 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 28-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 2 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-16 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Public institutions of higher education; transparency. Imposes several requirements on governing boards of public institutions of higher education relating to transparency, including requirements to (i) report by September 1 of each year to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health (a) the number of executive staff members, including all administrative staff directly reporting to the chief executive officer of such institution, employed by such institution or any educational foundation associated with such institution and the salary and compensation of each such executive staff member and (b) the total value of any contract with any outside individual or entity to provide lobbying services for the institution; (ii) record video of each meeting of the full board and its committees and make publicly available on the institution's website in a position of prominence a link that permits any member of the public to livestream each meeting of the full board and its committees and, within 10 business days after the date of any meeting of the full board or any of its committees, view video recordings for each such meeting; and (iii) prior to any vote to enter into or renew a contract for the employment of the chief executive officer of the institution, hold a public meeting to provide an opportunity for written, virtual, and in-person public comment on such contract at least 120 days prior to any such meeting at which it will vote to enter into or renew such contract and provide notice of such public meeting in accordance with relevant law. The bill also requires each public institution of higher education to make publicly available on the institution's website in a position of prominence and present annually to the governing board of the institution an annual report regarding foundations associated with the institution setting forth foundation expenses that includes the percentage of expenditures used for government relations and lobbying activities and compensation of the chief executive officer and the total expenditures used for executive or administrative compensation for each department. Public institutions of higher education; transparency. Imposes several requirements on governing boards of public institutions of higher education relating to transparency, including requirements to (i) report by September 1 of each year to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health (a) the number of executive staff members, including all administrative staff directly reporting to the chief executive officer of such institution, employed by such institution or any educational foundation associated with such institution and the salary and compensation of each such executive staff member and (b) the total value of any contract with any outside individual or entity to provide lobbying services for the institution; (ii) record video of each meeting of the full board and its committees and make publicly available on the institution's website in a position of prominence a link that permits any member of the public to livestream each meeting of the full board and its committees and, within 10 business days after the date of any meeting of the full board or any of its committees, view video recordings for each such meeting; and (iii) prior to any vote to enter into or renew a contract for the employment of the chief executive officer of the institution, hold a public meeting to provide an opportunity for written, virtual, and in-person public comment on such contract at least 120 days prior to any such meeting at which it will vote to enter into or renew such contract and provide notice of such public meeting in accordance with relevant law. The bill also requires each public institution of higher education to make publicly available on the institution's website in a position of prominence and present annually to the governing board of the institution an annual report regarding foundations associated with the institution setting forth foundation expenses that includes the percentage of expenditures used for government relations and lobbying activities and compensation of the chief executive officer and the total expenditures used for executive or administrative compensation for each department.

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Title

Higher educational institutions, public; transparency, lobbying contracts.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2023-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) (Y: 52 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2023-02-16SenatePassed by indefinitely in Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
2023-02-10SenateAssigned Education sub: Higher Education
2023-02-07SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-02-07SenateConstitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-06HouseVOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
2023-02-06HouseRead third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N)
2023-02-06HousePending question ordered
2023-02-03HousePassed by for the day
2023-02-02HouseEngrossed by House - committee substitute HB1800H1
2023-02-02HouseCommittee substitute agreed to 23104711D-H1
2023-02-02HouseRead second time
2023-02-01HouseRead first time
2023-01-30HouseReported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
2023-01-30HouseCommittee substitute printed 23104711D-H1
2023-01-30HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
2023-01-20HouseAssigned Education sub: Higher Education
2023-01-10HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2023-01-10HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101478D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
231102.1(n/a)See Bill Text
231108(n/a)See Bill Text
2311303(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1800
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1800+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1800H1+hil
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104711D.pdf
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23104711D.pdf
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1800F122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1800FH1122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0902V0028+HB1800
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H09V0091+HB1800
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1441+HB1800
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0313+HB1800

Bill Comments

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