VA SB46 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

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.

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Title

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

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-14 - House - House: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-03-08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0002)
2024-03-08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 2 (effective 7/1/24)
2024-03-01 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
2024-03-01SenateEnrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
2024-02-24SenateSigned by President
2024-02-21HouseSigned by Speaker
2024-02-21SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB46ER)
2024-02-21SenateEnrolled
2024-02-19HouseVOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2024-02-19HousePassed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2024-02-19HouseRead third time
2024-02-16HouseRead second time
2024-02-14HouseReported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
2024-02-13HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2024-02-13HouseRead first time
2024-02-13HousePlaced on Calendar
2024-01-23SenateRead third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2024-01-22SenateEngrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB46S1
2024-01-22SenateCommittee substitute agreed to 24105417D-S1
2024-01-22SenateReading of substitute waived
2024-01-22SenateRead second time
2024-01-19SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2024-01-18SenateIncorporates SB71 (McPike)
2024-01-18SenateCommittee substitute printed 24105417D-S1
2024-01-18SenateReported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2024-01-12SenateAssigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education
2023-12-21SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-12-21SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101274D

Same As/Similar To

HB48 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)
SB71 (Similar To) 2024-01-18 - Incorporated by Education and Health

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
231407.2(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB46
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB46+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB46S1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB46ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0002+hil
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB46FS1122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB46FER122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S04V0030+SB0046
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0055SB0046+SB0046
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0068SB0046+SB0046
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H09V0182+SB0046
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0864+SB0046

Bill Comments

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