Virginia House Bill 1980 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Passed on March 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program established. Establishes the Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program, whereby Longwood University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Virginia Military Institute, and The College of William and Mary in Virginia, with any source of funds other than state funds or tuition or fee increases, are required to annually (i) identify and memorialize, to the extent possible, all enslaved individuals who labored on former and current institutionally controlled grounds and property and (ii) provide a tangible benefit such as a college scholarship or community-based economic development program for individuals or specific communities with a demonstrated historic connection to slavery that will empower families to be lifted out of the cycle of poverty. The bill requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to collaborate with such institutions to establish guidelines for the implementation of the Program and to annually collect information on the implementation of the Program from such institutions and report such information to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Virginia African American Advisory Board. Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program established. Establishes the Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program, whereby Longwood University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Virginia Military Institute, and The College of William and Mary in Virginia, with any source of funds other than state funds or tuition or fee increases, are required to annually (i) identify and memorialize, to the extent possible, all enslaved individuals who labored on former and current institutionally controlled grounds and property and (ii) provide a tangible benefit such as a college scholarship or community-based economic development program for individuals or specific communities with a demonstrated historic connection to slavery that will empower families to be lifted out of the cycle of poverty. The bill requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to collaborate with such institutions to establish guidelines for the implementation of the Program and to annually collect information on the implementation of the Program from such institutions and report such information to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Virginia African American Advisory Board.

Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program; established, report.

Del. David Reid [D]	Del. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]
Del. Lee Carter [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Martha Mugler [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Suhas Subramanyam [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]

2021-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) (Y: 22 N: 17 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 (11-Y 3-N) (Y: 11 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]
2021-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N) (Y: 61 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 7-N) (Y: 15 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-30		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)
2021-03-30		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (effective 7/1/21)
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 (HB1980ER)
2021-02-25	House	Enrolled
2021-02-22	Senate	Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
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 (11-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)
2021-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2021-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-02-04	House	VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N)
2021-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House (61-Y 39-N)
2021-02-03	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1980H1
2021-02-03	House	Committee substitute agreed to 21103782D-H1
2021-02-03	House	Read second time
2021-02-02	House	Read first time
2021-02-01	House	Committee substitute printed 21103782D-H1
2021-02-01	House	Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
2021-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2021-01-15	House	Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
2021-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2021-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102391D

HB1980 (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	615.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1980
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1980+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1980H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1980ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0442+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1980F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1980FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1980FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H0902C0016+HB1980
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H09C0052+HB1980
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1441+HB1980
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S04C0098+HB1980
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S04V0038+HB1980
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0228HB1980+HB1980
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0276HB1980+HB1980