| VA | SB448 | Veto | Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto |
| VA | SB506 | Veto | Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; powers and duties; legal counsel; scope of employment. Provides that the governing board of each public institution of higher education shall have authority over the employment of all legal c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Senate sustained Governor's veto |
| VA | SB627 | Pass | Department of Education and Virginia Community College System; College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund established. Establishes the College and Career Ready Virginia Fund and requires the Department of Education and the Virginia Community ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0684) |
| VA | SB21 | Pass | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; policies for establishing eligibility for accommodations; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with representativ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491) |
| VA | SB220 | Pass | Special education and related services. Makes several changes relating to special education and related services for children with disabilities in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth, including requiring (i) the Department of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0502) |
| VA | SB436 | Pass | Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; Director. Changes the title of the Director of the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to the Commissioner of Workforce Development and Advancement. The bill makes the Department, i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507) |
| VA | SB530 | Pass | Virginia Commission for the Arts; membership. Reduces the membership of the Virginia Commission for the Arts from 13 to nine members and requires at least one member to be appointed from each of the eight superintendent's regions. Current law require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0248) |
| VA | SB46 | Pass | Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; legacy admissions and admissions based on donor status prohibited. Prohibits any public institution of higher education from providing any manner of preferential treatment in the admis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002) |
| VA | SB159 | Pass | 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 accredit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003) |
| VA | SB613 | Pass | Institutions of higher education; campus safety; governing boards of certain educational institutions; employment of security services and personnel authorized. Authorizes the governing board of certain educational institutions, including the A.L. Ph...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009) |
| VA | SB347 | Engross
Sine Die | Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; work group to evaluate and make recommendations on improving long-term viability; report. Directs the Secretary of Finance, in collaboration with the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To House Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB347 | Engross
Prefile | Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; work group to evaluate and make recommendations on improving long-term viability; report. Directs the Secretary of Finance, in collaboration with the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To House Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB563 | Engross
Sine Die | Department of Education; Virginia Community College System; regional career and technical education program. Directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Virginia Community College System, the Virginia Board of Workforce Development...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
To House Rules Committee |
| VA | SB563 | Engross
Prefile | Department of Education; Virginia Community College System; regional career and technical education program. Directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Virginia Community College System, the Virginia Board of Workforce Development...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
To House Rules Committee |
| VA | SB501 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia College Savings Plan; Virginia College Opportunity Endowment and Fund. Directs the board of the Virginia College Savings Plan to deposit $250 million per year of surplus moneys from the Plan's fund into the Virginia College Opportunity Fund,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB501 | Intro
Prefile | Virginia College Savings Plan; Virginia College Opportunity Endowment and Fund. Directs the board of the Virginia College Savings Plan to deposit $250 million per year of surplus moneys from the Plan's fund into the Virginia College Opportunity Fund,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB678 | Intro
Sine Die | Intercollegiate athletics, student-athletes; compensation and representation for name, image, or likeness.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB678 | Intro
Prefile | Intercollegiate athletics, student-athletes; compensation and representation for name, image, or likeness.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB434 | Intro
Sine Die | Public schools; instructional time. Makes several changes relating to student instructional time in public elementary and secondary schools, including (i) defining "instructional hour" for the purpose of minimum annual instructional hour requirements...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) |
| VA | SB723 | Intro
Sine Die | K-12 schools and institutions of higher education; student participation in women's sports; civil cause of action. Requires each interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a public school, or any other s...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 5-N) |
| VA | SB418 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. Establishes the Virginia Museum of Transportation as a public entity and educational institution under the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Museum is governed by a 15-member board of trustees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB418 | Intro
Prefile | Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. Establishes the Virginia Museum of Transportation as a public entity and educational institution under the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Museum is governed by a 15-member board of trustees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB62 | Intro
Sine Die | New College Institute; duties. Requires the New College Institute to design and implement, in collaboration with the Department of Education, the Virginia Community College System, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the Virginia Boar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB62 | Intro
Prefile | New College Institute; duties. Requires the New College Institute to design and implement, in collaboration with the Department of Education, the Virginia Community College System, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the Virginia Boar...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB717 | Intro
Sine Die | Public institutions of higher education; duties of governing boards; acceptance and use of donations. Provides that the governing board of each public institution of higher education may receive, take, hold, and enjoy any donation or gift made to suc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Education and Health Committee |
| VA | SB717 | Intro
Prefile | Public institutions of higher education; duties of governing boards; acceptance and use of donations. Provides that the governing board of each public institution of higher education may receive, take, hold, and enjoy any donation or gift made to suc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Education and Health Committee |
| VA | SB219 | Intro
Sine Die | Institutions of higher education; tuition grants; Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program. Makes several changes to the Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program, including (i) making the provisions relating to the req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB318 | Intro
Sine Die | Public institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program to address student food insecurity at public institutions of higher education. The bill provides that the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB318 | Intro
Prefile | Public institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program to address student food insecurity at public institutions of higher education. The bill provides that the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB219 | Intro
Prefile | Institutions of higher education; tuition grants; Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program. Makes several changes to the Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program, including (i) making the provisions relating to the req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB279 | Intro
Sine Die | Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; board of directors membership; powers and duties; capital projects; issuance of bonds. Provides for a number of reforms related to the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB287 | Intro
Sine Die | Comprehensive community colleges; authority to offer and confer certain baccalaureate degrees. Authorizes the State Board for Community Colleges, subject to approval and certification by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia of a proposa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB71 | Intro
Sine Die | Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; legacy admissions and admissions based on donor status prohibited. Prohibits any public institution of higher education from providing any manner of preferential treatment in the admis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
Incorporated by Education and Health |
