VA HB430 | 2026 | Regular Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Passed on April 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-13 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0609)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Passed on April 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-13 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0609)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
New College Institute; name; membership and composition of board of directors. Renames New College Institute as the West Piedmont Higher Education Center (the Center) and makes several revisions to the membership requirements for the board of directors of the Center, including (i) increasing from 15 to 20 members the total membership of the board of directors; (ii) modifying the composition of the board of directors by adding as required members the Executive Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or his designee, the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee, and the presidents of George Mason University, Longwood University, Radford University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Virginia State University or their designees; (iii) reducing from 10 to seven the total number of nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor and requiring five of such nonlegislative citizen members to be representatives of West Piedmont public education and area business and industry, including one division superintendent, one public school teacher, and three business and industry leaders; and (iv) adding the president of Patrick & Henry Community College or his designee to serve as an ex officio nonvoting member. The bill also requires the board of directors of the Center, in collaboration with representatives of GO Virginia Region 3, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Patrick & Henry Community College, local school boards, and major regional employers, to develop a sustainability plan, including a comprehensive strategic plan and customer recruitment and expansion strategy, to provide higher education degree and certification programs in accordance with its mission, to review options to achieve the goals stated in such plan, and to report on such options to the Governor, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations no later than August 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 299.
Title
New College Institute; reconstitution of Institute as West Piedmont Higher Education Center, etc.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2026-03-11 - House - Senate amendment agreed to by House (93-Y 6-N 0-A) (Y: 93 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-10 - Senate - Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-05 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-04 - Senate - Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-26 - Senate - Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-17 - House - Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A) (Y: 92 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-02-13 - House - Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-13 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-11 - House - Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N) (Y: 18 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-09 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N) (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-10 - Senate - Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-05 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-04 - Senate - Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-26 - Senate - Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-17 - House - Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A) (Y: 92 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-02-13 - House - Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-13 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-11 - House - Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N) (Y: 18 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-09 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N) (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0609) | |
| 2026-04-13 | Approved by Governor-Chapter 609 (effective 7/1/2026) | |
| 2026-03-31 | Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 | |
| 2026-03-31 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 |
| 2026-03-31 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2026-03-31 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430) |
| 2026-03-30 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2026-03-30 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB430ER) |
| 2026-03-30 | House | Enrolled |
| 2026-03-11 | House | Senate amendment agreed to by House (93-Y 6-N 0-A) |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N 0-A) |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Senator Srinivasan Amendment agreed to |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote) |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Floor offered Senator Srinivasan Amendment |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Education and Health Substitute rejected |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2026-03-06 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-03-02 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430) |
| 2026-02-27 | Senate | Education and Health Substitute |
| 2026-02-27 | Senate | Senate committee offered |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-02-19 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430) |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| 2026-02-17 | House | Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A) |
| 2026-02-16 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute |
| 2026-02-16 | House | committee substitute agreed to |
| 2026-02-16 | House | Read second time |
| 2026-02-15 | House | Read first time |
| 2026-02-13 | House | Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-02-13 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) |
| 2026-02-11 | House | Assigned HAPP sub: Higher Education |
| 2026-02-11 | House | Committee substitute printed 26107537D-H1 |
| 2026-02-11 | House | Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N) |
| 2026-02-09 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N) |
| 2026-02-05 | House | Assigned HED sub: Higher Education |
| 2026-01-20 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430) |
| 2026-01-12 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2026-01-12 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102709D |
