VA SB159 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; membership. Requires the membership of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include at least one nonlegislative citizen member who has served as a chief executive officer of an accredited nonprofit private institution of higher education whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate, graduate, or professional education and not to provide religious training or theological education. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026, and is identical to

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Title

Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; membership, effective date.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-14 - House - House: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-03-08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003)
2024-03-08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 3 (effective 7/1/26)
2024-03-01 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
2024-03-01SenateEnrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
2024-02-24SenateSigned by President
2024-02-21HouseSigned by Speaker
2024-02-21SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB159ER)
2024-02-21SenateEnrolled
2024-02-19HouseVOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2024-02-19HousePassed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2024-02-19HouseRead third time
2024-02-16HouseRead second time
2024-02-14HouseReported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
2024-02-13HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2024-02-13HouseRead first time
2024-02-13HousePlaced on Calendar
2024-01-23SenateRead third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2024-01-22SenateRead second time and engrossed
2024-01-19SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2024-01-18SenateReported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2024-01-12SenateAssigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education
2024-01-05SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-01-05SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100442D

Same As/Similar To

HB1044 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0059)

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
231200(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB159
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB159+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB159ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0003+hil
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB159F122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB159FER122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S04V0032+SB0159
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0055SB0159+SB0159
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0067SB0159+SB0159
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H09V0183+SB0159
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0866+SB0159

Bill Comments

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