Virginia Senate Bill 1016

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Pending: Senate Education and Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program to address student food insecurity at public institutions of higher education and eligible private institutions of higher education, as defined by the bill. The bill provides that the Program shall be managed by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and available for participation by public institutions of higher education and eligible private institutions of higher education; however, participation in the Program is optional for such institutions. Under the bill, if a public institution of higher education satisfies certain criteria set out in the bill, including creating initiatives on campus to address student food insecurity, it will receive a "Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry" designation and the Council will award a grant to such institution. Any such institution that receives a grant under the bill is required to utilize the funds to support on-campus efforts and initiatives to eliminate student food insecurity at such institution through the maintenance and operation of the on-campus food pantry established pursuant to the Program. The bill requires the Council to submit a report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education no later than two years after the establishment of the Program.

Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program; established, report.

Sen. Danica Roem [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Stella Pekarsky [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2025-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104130D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1016
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1016/text/SB1016