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2018 SESSION
HB 919 Virginia Community College System; changes to ensure a standard quality of education.
Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Public institutions of higher education; course credit. Makes several changes relating to course credit at public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, including requiring (i) the Virginia Community College System to develop a 15-credit-hour Passport Program and a 30-credit-hour Uniform Certificate of General Studies Program to be offered at each comprehensive community college and for which courses are transferable, except in certain circumstances, to each baccalaureate public institution of higher education and (ii) each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to develop pathway maps that clearly set forth the courses that a student at a comprehensive community college is encouraged to complete prior to transferring to the baccalaureate institution. This bill is identical to SB 631.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101739D pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/18 House: Printed as engrossed 18101739D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107784D-S1 pdf
- 03/09/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB919ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/09/18 House: Governor's substitute printed 18108369D-H1 pdf
- 04/18/18 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB919ER2) pdf
- 04/18/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0832) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes
- House committee and floor amendments
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101739D
- 01/09/18 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
- 02/05/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/18 House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/18 House: Read first time
- 02/12/18 House: Read second time
- 02/12/18 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/12/18 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB919E
- 02/12/18 House: Printed as engrossed 18101739D-E
- 02/13/18 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 03/01/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107784D-S1
- 03/02/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/18 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/06/18 Senate: Read third time
- 03/06/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/06/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18107784D-S1
- 03/06/18 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/06/18 Senate: Amendment by Senator Newman agreed to
- 03/06/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB919S1
- 03/06/18 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/07/18 House: Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 18107784D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/18 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB919ER)
- 03/09/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2018
- 03/20/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 04/09/18 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/09/18 House: Governor's substitute printed 18108369D-H1
- 04/18/18 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/18 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 04/18/18 Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/18 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/18 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/18/18 House: Reenrolled
- 04/18/18 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB919ER2)
- 04/18/18 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/18/18 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/18/18 House: Enacted, Chapter 832 (effective 7/1/18)
- 04/18/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0832)