Virginia Senate Bill 318 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-31 - Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N)
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Public institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program to address student food insecurity at public institutions of higher education. The bill provides that the Program shall be managed by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and available for participation by public institutions of higher education; however, participation in the Program shall be optional for such institutions. Under the bill, if a public institution of higher education satisfies certain criteria set out in the bill, including creating initiatives on campus to address student food insecurity, it shall be designated as a "Hunger-Free Campus" and the Council shall award a grant to such institution. A public institution of higher education that receives a grant under the bill shall utilize the funds to support on-campus efforts and initiatives to eliminate student food insecurity at such institution. The bill requires the Council to submit a report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education no later than two years after the establishment of the Program. Public institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program to address student food insecurity at public institutions of higher education. The bill provides that the Program shall be managed by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and available for participation by public institutions of higher education; however, participation in the Program shall be optional for such institutions. Under the bill, if a public institution of higher education satisfies certain criteria set out in the bill, including creating initiatives on campus to address student food insecurity, it shall be designated as a "Hunger-Free Campus" and the Council shall award a grant to such institution. A public institution of higher education that receives a grant under the bill shall utilize the funds to support on-campus efforts and initiatives to eliminate student food insecurity at such institution. The bill requires the Council to submit a report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education no later than two years after the establishment of the Program.

Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program; established, report.

Sen. Danica Roem [D]

2024-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-31	Senate	Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N)
2024-01-18	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2024-01-18	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2024-01-12	Senate	Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education
2024-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104716D

SB318 (Carry Over) 2024-01-31 - Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	409.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+sum+SB318
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+SB318+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+oth+SB318F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+vot+S04C0033+SB0318
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+vot+S05C0056+SB0318