Virginia Senate Bill 246 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 20 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Grants for science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) competition teams at qualified schools. Establishes a grant program administered by the Board of Education beginning in 2017 to establish STEM competition teams at qualified schools. The bill defines qualified schools as those public secondary schools at which at least 40 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Grants are capped at $10,000 per school per year. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018.

STEM Competition Team Grant Program and Fund; established, created.

Sen. William Stanley [R]

2016-04-20 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (90-Y 2-N) (Y: 93 N: 2 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-04-20 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-07 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-03 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 2-N) (Y: 98 N: 2 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-01 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-24 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendments (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 21 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-20		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761)
2016-04-20	House	Enacted, Chapter 761 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-04-20	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2016-04-20	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2016-04-20	Senate	Reenrolled bill text (SB246ER2)
2016-04-20	Senate	Reenrolled
2016-04-20		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2016-04-20	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (90-Y 2-N)
2016-04-20	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 2-N)
2016-04-20	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
2016-04-01	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2016-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
2016-03-11	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
2016-03-10	Senate	Signed by President
2016-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-08	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB246ER)
2016-03-08	Senate	Enrolled
2016-03-07	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-03-03	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 2-N)
2016-03-03	House	Passed House with amendments (95-Y 2-N)
2016-03-03	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2016-03-03	House	Committee on Appropriations amendment agreed to
2016-03-03	House	Committee on Education amendments agreed to
2016-03-03	House	Read third time
2016-03-02	House	Read second time
2016-03-01	House	Reported from Appropriations with amendment (20-Y 0-N)
2016-03-01	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
2016-02-24	House	Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
2016-02-24	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2016-02-24	House	Reported from Education with amendments (20-Y 2-N)
2016-02-23	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2016-02-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
2016-02-15	House	Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
2016-02-11	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2016-02-11	House	Read first time
2016-02-11	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-02-08	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-05	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2016-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-03	Senate	Reported from Finance (13-Y 0-N)
2016-01-21	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2016-01-21	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2016-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2016-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100392D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	362	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	363	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB246
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB246+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB246ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB246ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0761+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S04V0007+SB0246
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S05V0052+SB0246
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0201SB0246+SB0246
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0228SB0246+SB0246
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H0903V0047+SB0246
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H09V0159+SB0246
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H0204V0013+SB0246
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H02V0132+SB0246
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV1146+SB0246
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0882SB0246+SB0246
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV1119SB0246+SB0246
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV1443+SB0246