Virginia House Bill 2427 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Passed on March 13 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-13 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0325)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; grants. Makes several changes to the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program, including adding requirements that (i) each student eligible for the Program receive a grant from the institution's appropriations for undergraduate student financial assistance before Commonwealth Award grants are awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (ii) each eligible student receive a Program grant in an amount greater than Commonwealth Award grants awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (iii) each eligible student receive a Program grant in an amount greater than the grant of each eligible student with equivalent remaining need in the next-lowest class level, and (iv) each Program grant be determined by a proportionate award schedule adopted by each institution and vary according to each student's remaining need and the total of tuition, fees, and other necessary charges, including books. This bill is identical to SB 1527.

Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; changes to Program, Commonwealth Award grants.

Del. Kirkland Cox [R]	Del. Richard Anderson [R]	Del. Steven Landes [R]	Del. Randall Minchew [R]
Del. John O'Bannon [R]	Sen. Todd Pillion [R]

2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-01 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-13		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0325)
2017-03-13		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 325 (effective 7/1/17)
2017-02-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-02-21	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
2017-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-20	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2427ER)
2017-02-20	House	Enrolled
2017-02-16	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-16	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-16	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2017-02-16	Senate	Read third time
2017-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-14	Senate	Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
2017-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance
2017-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2017-02-07	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2017-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2017-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2427H1
2017-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 17104960D-H1
2017-02-06	House	Read second time
2017-02-03	House	Read first time
2017-02-01	House	Committee substitute printed 17104960D-H1
2017-02-01	House	Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2017-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2017-01-20	House	Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
2017-01-19	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2017-01-19	House	Presented and ordered printed 17104206D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	638	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2427
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2427+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2427H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2427ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0325+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0207V0004+HB2427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H02V0045+HB2427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV1974+HB2427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S05V0273+HB2427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0554HB2427+HB2427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0597HB2427+HB2427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0598HB2427+HB2427
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0599HB2427+HB2427