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2024 SESSION

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SB 46 Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications, legacy admissions, etc.

Introduced by: Schuyler T. VanValkenburg | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; legacy admissions and admissions based on donor status prohibited. Prohibits any public institution of higher education from providing any manner of preferential treatment in the admissions decision to any student applicant on the basis of such student's legacy status, defined in the bill, or such student's familial relationship to any donor to such institution. This bill incorporates SB 71 and is identical to HB 48.

FULL TEXT

• 12/21/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101274D  pdf
• 01/18/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105417D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/21/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB46ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

HISTORY

• 12/21/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101274D
• 12/21/23  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 with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/18/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105417D-S1
• 01/18/24  Senate: Incorporates SB71 (McPike)
• 01/19/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 01/22/24  Senate: Read second time
• 01/22/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 01/22/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24105417D-S1
• 01/22/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB46S1
• 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 (SB46ER)
• 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 2 (effective 7/1/24)
• 03/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002)