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2005 SESSION
HB 1726 Higher education institutions; SCHEV to adopt guidelines for textbook sales.
Introduced by: G. Glenn Oder | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Higher education; textbook sales and bookstores. Prohibits employees at Virginia public institutions of higher education from demanding or receiving any payment, loan, subscription, advance, deposit of money, services or anything, present or promised, as an inducement for requiring students to purchase a specific textbook required for coursework or instruction. An exception allows the employee to receive (i) sample copies, instructor's copies, or instructional material, not to be sold; and (ii) royalties or other compensation from sales of textbooks that include such instructor's own writing or work.
The measure also requires the governing boards to implement procedures for making available to students in a central location and in a standard format on the relevant institutional website listings of textbooks required or assigned for particular courses at the institution.
Finally, institutions maintaining a bookstore supported by auxiliary services or operated by a private contractor must post the listing of such textbooks when the relevant instructor or academic department identifies the required textbooks for order and subsequent student purchase.
FULL TEXT
- 12/30/04 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 058878444 pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/05 House: Committee substitute printed 051865444-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1726ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/31/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0530) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/30/04 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 058878444
- 12/30/04 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/12/05 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: Higher Education
- 02/02/05 House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/05 House: Committee substitute printed 051865444-H1
- 02/03/05 House: Read first time
- 02/04/05 House: Read second time
- 02/04/05 House: Committee substitute agreed to 051865444-H1
- 02/04/05 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1726H1
- 02/05/05 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/17/05 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/05 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/05 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1726ER)
- 03/09/05 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 530 (effective 7/1/05)
- 03/31/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0530)