Virginia Senate Bill 1371 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Research Investment Committee. Expands the role of the Virginia Research Investment Committee (the Committee) to include, in addition to awarding grants and loans from the Virginia Research Investment Fund, providing guidance and coordination in the use of public funds to support research and commercialization efforts throughout the Commonwealth. Effective January 1, 2018, the bill moves responsibility for the development of the Commonwealth Research and Technology Strategic Roadmap (the Roadmap) from the Center for Innovative Technology to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council), which shall submit the plan to the Committee for approval. The Council would consult with public institutions of higher education, make recommendations on the industry sectors in which the Commonwealth should focus its research and development efforts, and establish a process for maintaining an inventory of the Commonwealth's current research and development efforts. Before implementation, the Council would submit the Roadmap to the Governor for final approval. The Roadmap would be used to determine areas of focus for awards from the Virginia Research Investment Fund and the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund. Virginia Research Investment Committee. Expands the role of the Virginia Research Investment Committee (the Committee) to include, in addition to awarding grants and loans from the Virginia Research Investment Fund, providing guidance and coordination in the use of public funds to support research and commercialization efforts throughout the Commonwealth. Effective January 1, 2018, the bill moves responsibility for the development of the Commonwealth Research and Technology Strategic Roadmap (the Roadmap) from the Center for Innovative Technology to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council), which shall submit the plan to the Committee for approval. The Council would consult with public institutions of higher education, make recommendations on the industry sectors in which the Commonwealth should focus its research and development efforts, and establish a process for maintaining an inventory of the Commonwealth's current research and development efforts. Before implementation, the Council would submit the Roadmap to the Governor for final approval. The Roadmap would be used to determine areas of focus for awards from the Virginia Research Investment Fund and the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund. The bill also clarifies that the exemption from mandatory disclosure of records under the Freedom of Information Act by applicants for grants and loans from the Committee applies to certain financial records, trade secrets, and research-related information. The bill requires an applicant seeking to invoke the protections of the exemption to submit a written request to the Committee identifying the records or data for which protection is sought and stating the reason why protection is necessary. Under the bill, the exemption also applies to documents prepared exclusively for the application review by the Committee, its staff, or a reviewing entity conducting a scientific review at the request of the Committee. The closed meeting exemption is also amended to include interviews of applicants by the Committee or a reviewing entity conducting a scientific review.

Virginia Research Investment Committee; expands role of Committee.

Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]

2017-04-05 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-04-05 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (35-Y 5-N) (Y: 35 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-15 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-14 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-14 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 1-N 2-A) (Y: 12 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816)
2017-04-05	House	Enacted, Chapter 816 (effective - see bill)
2017-04-05	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2017-04-05	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2017-04-05	Senate	Reenrolled bill text (SB1371ER2)
2017-04-05	Senate	Reenrolled
2017-04-05		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2017-04-05	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
2017-04-05	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (97-Y 0-N)
2017-04-05	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (35-Y 5-N)
2017-03-20	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2017-02-23		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-02-23	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
2017-02-22	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-22	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-22	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1371ER)
2017-02-22	Senate	Enrolled
2017-02-20	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2017-02-20	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2017-02-20	House	Read third time
2017-02-17	House	Read second time
2017-02-15	House	Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2017-02-14	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2017-02-14	House	Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
2017-02-14	House	Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Technology
2017-02-09	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2017-02-09	House	Read first time
2017-02-09	House	Placed on Calendar
2017-02-07	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2017-02-06	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1371S1
2017-02-06	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 17105127D-S1
2017-02-06	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2017-02-06	Senate	Read second time
2017-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
2017-02-02	Senate	Committee substitute printed 17105127D-S1
2017-02-02	Senate	Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2017-02-01	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2017-02-01	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 1-N 2-A)
2017-01-23	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2017-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2017-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101632D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2221	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2221.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3705.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3711	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	3130	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	3133	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	3134	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1371
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1371+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1371S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1371ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1371ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0816+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S04V0099+SB1371
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S05V0220+SB1371
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0370SB1371+SB1371
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H11V0179+SB1371
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H11V0207+SB1371
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H02V0176+SB1371
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2473+SB1371
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0296SB1371+SB1371
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV1117SB1371+SB1371
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2917+SB1371