Virginia House Bill 1930 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Passed on March 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0440)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; criminal history. Prohibits each public institution of higher education, with the exception of the Virginia Military Institute and a law school of a public institution of higher education that is accredited by the American Bar Association, from (i) utilizing an institution-specific admissions application that contains questions about the criminal history of the applicant or (ii) denying admission to any applicant on the basis of any criminal history information provided by the applicant on any third-party admissions application accepted by the institution. The bill permits each public institution of higher education to inquire into the criminal history of any individual who has been admitted to but has yet to enroll at the institution and withdraw an offer of admission to any individual whom the institution subsequently determines to have a criminal history that poses a threat to the institution's community. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022. Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; criminal history. Prohibits each public institution of higher education, with the exception of the Virginia Military Institute and a law school of a public institution of higher education that is accredited by the American Bar Association, from (i) utilizing an institution-specific admissions application that contains questions about the criminal history of the applicant or (ii) denying admission to any applicant on the basis of any criminal history information provided by the applicant on any third-party admissions application accepted by the institution. The bill permits each public institution of higher education to inquire into the criminal history of any individual who has been admitted to but has yet to enroll at the institution and withdraw an offer of admission to any individual whom the institution subsequently determines to have a criminal history that poses a threat to the institution's community. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.

Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications criminal history questions.

Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]
Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]

2021-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N) (Y: 55 N: 42 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 18-N) (Y: 21 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2021-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (8-Y 3-N) (Y: 8 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N) (Y: 58 N: 42 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Education (15-Y 7-N) (Y: 15 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-30		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0440)
2021-03-30		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 440 (effective 1/1/22)
2021-03-01		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-01	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
2021-02-26	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-25	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1930ER)
2021-02-25	House	Enrolled
2021-02-23	House	VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N)
2021-02-23	House	Senate amendment agreed to by House (55-Y 42-N)
2021-02-23	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-22	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 18-N)
2021-02-22	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2021-02-22	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2021-02-22	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2021-02-22	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with amendment (8-Y 3-N)
2021-02-11	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2021-01-29	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2021-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-01-28	House	VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N)
2021-01-28	House	Read third time and passed House (58-Y 42-N)
2021-01-27	House	Read second time and engrossed
2021-01-26	House	Read first time
2021-01-25	House	Reported from Education (15-Y 7-N)
2021-01-20	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2021-01-15	House	Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
2021-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2021-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100825D

HB1930 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	407.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1930
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1930+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1930ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0440+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21200190A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB1930AS
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB1930ASE
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1930F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1930FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H0902C0006+HB1930
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H09C0032+HB1930
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1229+HB1930
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S04C0095+HB1930
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S04V0037+HB1930
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0228HB1930+HB1930
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0274HB1930+HB1930
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1876+HB1930