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2024 SESSION
SB 159 Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; membership, effective date.
Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; membership. Requires the membership of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include at least one nonlegislative citizen member who has served as a chief executive officer of an accredited nonprofit private institution of higher education whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate, graduate, or professional education and not to provide religious training or theological education. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026, and is identical to HB 1044.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100442D pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB159ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/05/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100442D
- 01/05/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/12/24 Senate: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education
- 01/18/24 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/24 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/23/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/24 House: Read first time
- 02/13/24 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/14/24 House: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/24 House: Read second time
- 02/19/24 House: Read third time
- 02/19/24 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/21/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB159ER)
- 02/21/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/01/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
- 03/01/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
- 03/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 3 (effective 7/1/26)
- 03/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003)