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2023 SESSION

23101134D
SENATE BILL NO. 1193
Offered January 11, 2023
Prefiled January 10, 2023
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-111, relating to public institutions of higher education; foreign governments; programs and grants.
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Patron-- Reeves
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 23.1-111 as follows:

§ 23.1-111. Employee reporting and restrictions; programs and grants affiliated with or sponsored by certain foreign governments.

No employee at a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth shall participate in Chinese-sponsored talent recruitment programs or receive Chinese-funded grants. Each such employee shall also disclose to the Council all financial payments received from foreign governments.