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2023 SESSION

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HB 1890 Virginia Promise to Veterans Act; established, admissions for eligible veteran applicants, report.

Introduced by: Anne Ferrell Tata | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Public institutions of higher education; guaranteed admission for certain veterans; report. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to provide for the guaranteed admission of any eligible veteran applicant, defined in the bill as any applicant who (i) is a veteran member of the uniformed services, (ii) is permanently and totally disabled as a result of his active duty service in the uniformed services, and (iii) (a) graduated from a high school in the Commonwealth or (b) graduated from a high school in a state other than the Commonwealth and served in the uniformed services while assigned to a location in the Commonwealth. The bill also requires each public institution of higher education to submit an annual report to the General Assembly on or before December 31 of each year detailing certain information relating to veteran applicants and enrollees.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101015D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/30/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23105007D-H1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/10/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101015D
• 01/10/23  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/26/23  House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
• 01/30/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23105007D-H1
• 01/30/23  House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/23  House: Read first time
• 02/02/23  House: Read second time
• 02/02/23  House: Committee substitute agreed to 23105007D-H1
• 02/02/23  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1890H1
• 02/03/23  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/23  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/06/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/09/23  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 2-N)
• 02/09/23  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/14/23  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 6-N)