Virginia Senate Bill 1356 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-31 - Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Public institutions of higher education; admissions; Virginia Promise to Veterans Act; report. Establishes the Virginia Promise to Veterans Act for the purpose of removing barriers to higher education for veterans of the uniformed services, as defined in the bill, and assisting such veterans in making the transition to civilian life in the Commonwealth. In furtherance of this purpose, the bill directs the governing board of each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to provide for the guaranteed acceptance of any eligible veteran applicant, defined in the bill as any applicant who served as a member of the uniformed services and (i) graduated from a high school in the Commonwealth or (ii) served in the uniformed services while assigned to a location in the Commonwealth and who otherwise meets the admissions requirements to enroll as an undergraduate student at such institution. The bill requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in collaboration with the Virginia Community College System, to develop guidelines relating to the administration of the provisions of the chapter for the governing board of each public institution of higher education and to develop guidelines for potential eligible veteran applicants, including any additional resources available to eligible veterans applying under the Act.

Virginia Promise to Veterans Act; established, report.

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]	Sen. John Cosgrove [R]	Sen. Travis Hackworth [R]	Sen. Ryan McDougle [R]
Sen. Stephen Newman [R]	Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]	Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) (Y: 13 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
2023-01-19	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-01-19	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-13	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2023-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101016D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	311	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	314	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1356
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1356+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1356F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0058+SB1356
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0119+SB1356