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SB 631 Virginia Community College System; changes to ensure a standard quality of education.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | 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 incorporates SB 77 and SB 107 and is identical to HB 919.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101133D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106697D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107643D-H1 pdf
- 03/08/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB631ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/09/18 Senate: Governor's substitute printed 18108415D-S2 pdf
- 04/18/18 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB631ER2) pdf
- 04/18/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0845) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments rejected
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/10/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101133D
- 01/10/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/24/18 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 02/08/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/18 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/08/18 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106697D-S1
- 02/08/18 Senate: Incorporates SB77 (Sturtevant)
- 02/08/18 Senate: Incorporates SB107 (Suetterlein)
- 02/12/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/18 Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/18 Senate: Committee amendment rejected
- 02/13/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/13/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18106697D-S1
- 02/13/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB631S1
- 02/13/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/18 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/19/18 House: Read first time
- 02/19/18 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/22/18 House: Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
- 02/26/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/18 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107643D-H1
- 02/28/18 House: Read second time
- 03/01/18 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/02/18 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/18 House: Read third time
- 03/05/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18107643D-H1
- 03/05/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB631H1
- 03/05/18 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/18 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/18 Senate: Title replaced 18107643D-H1
- 03/08/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB631ER)
- 03/08/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 16, 2018
- 03/16/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 04/09/18 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/09/18 Senate: Governor's substitute printed 18108415D-S2
- 04/18/18 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/18 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (97-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/18 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/18/18 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/18/18 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB631ER2)
- 04/18/18 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/18/18 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/18/18 House: Enacted, Chapter 845 (effective 7/1/18)
- 04/18/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0845)