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2024 SESSION
HB 615 Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; powers and duties, historically underrepresented students.
Introduced by: Marcia S. "Cia" Price | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; purpose and duties; historically underrepresented students. Expands the purpose of the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board to include promoting the participation of historically underrepresented students, as defined in the bill, in primary and secondary schools in STEM education. The bill expands the duties of the Board to effectuate this additional purpose. Finally, the bill increases from 16 to 23 the nonlegislative citizen membership of the Board and provides that the seven additional members be appointed by the chairmen of the Virginia African American Advisory Board, Virginia-Asian Advisory Board, Latino Advisory Board, Council on Women, Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board, Office of New Americans Advisory Board, and Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, with each chairman appointing one member representing the population served by his advisory board subject to the approval of a majority of the members of his advisory board.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101178D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106463D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/29/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB615ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/24 House: Governor's substitute printed 24109278D-H2 pdf
- 04/17/24 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB615ER2) pdf
- 04/17/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0814) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101178D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/25/24 House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/29/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 4-N)
- 01/31/24 House: Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/31/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106463D-H1
- 02/02/24 House: Read first time
- 02/05/24 House: Read second time
- 02/05/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106463D-H1
- 02/05/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB615H1
- 02/06/24 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/06/24 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
- 02/07/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/14/24 Senate: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
- 02/22/24 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/23/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/24 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
- 02/29/24 House: Enrolled
- 02/29/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB615ER)
- 02/29/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/08/24 House: Governor's substitute printed 24109278D-H2
- 04/17/24 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (58-Y 42-N)
- 04/17/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 42-N)
- 04/17/24 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/17/24 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/17/24 House: Reenrolled
- 04/17/24 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB615ER2)
- 04/17/24 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/17/24 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/17/24 House: Enacted, Chapter 814 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/17/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0814)