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2020 SESSION

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HB 375 Postsecondary schools; enrollment agreements, disputes, arbitration.

Introduced by: Rodney T. Willett | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Postsecondary schools; enrollment agreements; disputes; arbitration. Prohibits any postsecondary school that is required to be certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia from conditioning the enrollment of a student on (i) entering into an agreement that requires the student to arbitrate any dispute between the student and the school, regardless of whether the agreement permits the student to opt out of the requirement to arbitrate any such dispute in the future; or (ii) entering into an agreement that requires the student to resolve a dispute on an individual basis and waive the right to class or group actions.

FULL TEXT

• 01/02/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100303D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/27/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20106665D-H1  pdf
• 03/18/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB375ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/11/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1135)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed
• Conference amendments

HISTORY

• 01/02/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100303D
• 01/02/20  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/13/20  House: Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
• 01/22/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
• 01/27/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20106665D-H1
• 01/27/20  House: Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
• 01/29/20  House: Read first time
• 01/30/20  House: Read second time
• 01/30/20  House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106665D-H1
• 01/30/20  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB375H1
• 01/31/20  House: Read third time and passed House (75-Y 23-N)
• 01/31/20  House: VOTE: Passage (75-Y 23-N)
• 02/03/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/03/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/14/20  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
• 02/20/20  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/20  Senate: Read third time
• 02/24/20  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 02/24/20  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/24/20  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/24/20  Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (23-Y 17-N)
• 02/26/20  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/26/20  House: Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
• 02/26/20  House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
• 02/28/20  Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/20  Senate: Senate requested conference committee
• 03/02/20  House: House acceded to request
• 03/02/20  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/02/20  House: Delegates: Willett, Keam, Collins
• 03/03/20  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/03/20  Senate: Senators: Hashmi, Locke, Suetterlein
• 03/05/20  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 03/05/20  House: Conference report agreed to by House (63-Y 36-N)
• 03/05/20  House: VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 36-N)
• 03/07/20  Senate: Conference report rejected by Senate (9-Y 31-N)
• 03/07/20  House: House requested second conference committee
• 03/07/20  Senate: Senate requested second conference committee (36-Y 1-N)
• 03/07/20  Senate: Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (33-Y 6-N)
• 03/07/20  Senate: Second conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/07/20  Senate: Senators: Hasmi, Locke, Suetterlein
• 03/07/20  House: Second conferees appointed by House
• 03/07/20  House: Delegates: Willett, Keam, Collins
• 03/08/20  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 14-N)
• 03/08/20  House: Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 34-N)
• 03/08/20  House: VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 34-N)
• 03/18/20  House: Enrolled
• 03/18/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB375ER)
• 03/18/20  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/19/20  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/20/20  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 03/20/20  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 04/11/20  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1135 (effective 7/1/20)
• 04/11/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1135)