VA SB99 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 5 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-06 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (12-Y 2-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; criminal history. Prohibits each public institution of higher education from (i) utilizing an institution-specific admissions application that contains questions about the criminal history of the applicant; (ii) denying admission to any applicant on the basis of any criminal history information provided by the applicant on any third-party admissions application accepted by the institution; or (iii) otherwise inquiring about the criminal history of an applicant for admission prior to the applicant receiving a conditional offer of acceptance from the institution.

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Title

Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications, criminal history information.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (12-Y 2-N) (Y: 12 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2020-02-06SenatePassed by indefinitely in Education and Health (12-Y 2-N)
2020-02-06SenateCommittee substitute printed to LIS only 20107838D-S1
2020-01-21SenateAssigned Education sub: Higher Education
2019-12-05SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-12-05SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100935D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
231407.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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