VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2017 SESSION

• | print version

SB 1234 Higher educational institutions, public; SCHEV to develop a passport credit program.

Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Public institutions of higher education; passport credit program. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council) and each public institution of higher education to develop a passport credit program that will be offered at each associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education. Under the program, each passport credit course shall satisfy a lower division general education requirement at any public institution of higher education. The bill requires the Council to develop such program by July 1, 2020, and each associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education to offer such program by the 2020-2021 academic year.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/17  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102436D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/02/17  Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105129D-S1  pdf
• 02/06/17  Senate: Floor substitute printed 17105239D-S2 (Dunnavant)  pdf
• 02/06/17  Senate: Printed as engrossed 17105239D-ES2  pdf | impact statement
• 02/20/17  House: Committee substitute printed 17105429D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/07/17  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1234ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/16/17  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0521)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments

HISTORY

• 01/10/17  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102436D
• 01/10/17  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/30/17  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
• 02/02/17  Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105129D-S1
• 02/02/17  Senate: Incorporates SB1346 (Surovell)
• 02/02/17  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/17  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/17  Senate: Read second time
• 02/06/17  Senate: Committee substitute rejected 17105129D-S1
• 02/06/17  Senate: Floor substitute printed 17105239D-S2 (Dunnavant)
• 02/06/17  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/06/17  Senate: Substitute by Senator Dunnavant agreed to 17105239D-S2
• 02/06/17  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1234S2
• 02/06/17  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/17  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/06/17  Senate: Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/17  Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/17  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/06/17  Senate: Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to
• 02/06/17  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment SB1234ES2
• 02/06/17  Senate: Printed as engrossed 17105239D-ES2
• 02/06/17  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/17  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/17  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/08/17  House: Read first time
• 02/08/17  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 02/10/17  House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
• 02/15/17  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
• 02/20/17  House: Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
• 02/20/17  House: Committee substitute printed 17105429D-H1
• 02/21/17  House: Read second time
• 02/22/17  House: Read third time
• 02/22/17  House: Committee substitute agreed to 17105429D-H1
• 02/22/17  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1234H1
• 02/22/17  House: Passed House with substitute (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/17  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/17  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/17  Senate: Title replaced 17105429D-H1
• 03/07/17  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/07/17  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1234ER)
• 03/07/17  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/10/17  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/13/17  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 03/13/17  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 03/16/17  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 521 (effective 7/1/17)
• 03/16/17  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0521)