Virginia Senate Bill 576 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 25 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0470)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Fund and Program established. Establishes the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Fund and Program, to be administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, for the purpose of disbursing funds to certain public institutions of higher education and other educational institutions in the Commonwealth to provide grants to Virginia students who complete certain noncredit workforce training programs at the institution and subsequently attain a relevant noncredit workforce credential. The bill also includes provisions relating to the amount and terms of such grants, academic credit for the attainment of noncredit workforce credentials, and reporting on completion of noncredit workforce training programs and attainment of noncredit workforce credentials.

New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; established, Fund created, report.

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]	Sen. Benton Chafin [R]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Sen. John Miller [D]
Sen. David Suetterlein [R]

2016-03-08 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-07 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 2-N) (Y: 97 N: 2 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-02 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-22 - House - House: Reported from Education with amendment (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 22 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-25		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0470)
2016-03-25		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 470 (effective 7/1/16)
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
2016-03-10	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-10	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB576ER)
2016-03-10	Senate	Enrolled
2016-03-08	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-03-07	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 2-N)
2016-03-07	House	Passed House with amendments (94-Y 2-N)
2016-03-07	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2016-03-07	House	Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to
2016-03-07	House	Committee on Education amendment agreed to
2016-03-07	House	Read third time
2016-03-04	House	Read second time
2016-03-02	House	Reported from Appropriations with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
2016-02-22	House	Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
2016-02-22	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2016-02-22	House	Reported from Education with amendment (21-Y 1-N)
2016-02-17	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2016-02-17	House	Read first time
2016-02-17	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-02-15	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-15	Senate	Printed as engrossed 16105100D-ES1
2016-02-15	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB576ES1
2016-02-15	Senate	Amendments by Senator Ruff agreed to
2016-02-15	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2016-02-15	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 16105100D-S1
2016-02-15	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2016-02-15	Senate	Read second time
2016-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-11	Senate	Committee substitute printed 16105100D-S1
2016-02-11	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2016-01-21	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2016-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2016-01-13	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103188D

HB66 (Same As) 2016-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0326)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB576
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB576+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB576S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB576ES1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB576ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0470+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S04V0099+SB0576
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0377SB0576+SB0576
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0393SB0576+SB0576
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0394SB0576+SB0576
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H09V0155+SB0576
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H0207V0015+SB0576
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H02V0137+SB0576
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV1214+SB0576
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0924SB0576+SB0576