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HB1980

Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program; established, report.

Status:
Passed

Chief Patron:
David Reid (D)

Session:
2021 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program established.

Establishes the Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program, whereby Longwood University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Virginia Military Institute, and The College of William and Mary in Virginia, starting in the 2022-2023 academic year and with any source of funds other than state funds or tuition or fee increases, are required to annually (i) identify and memorialize, to the extent possible, all enslaved individuals who labored on former and current institutionally controlled grounds and property and (ii) provide a tangible benefit such as a college scholarship or community-based economic development program for individuals or specific communities with a demonstrated historic connection to slavery that will empower families to be lifted out of the cycle of poverty. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/11/2021 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102391D
  • 01/11/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
  • 01/15/2021 - House: Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
  • 01/27/2021 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/27/2021 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
  • 01/29/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1980)
  • 02/01/2021 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
  • 02/01/2021 - House: Committee substitute printed 21103782D-H1
  • 02/02/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1980H1)
  • 02/02/2021 - House: Read first time
  • 02/03/2021 - House: Read second time
  • 02/03/2021 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103782D-H1
  • 02/03/2021 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1980H1
  • 02/04/2021 - House: Read third time and passed House (61-Y 39-N)
  • 02/04/2021 - House: VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/05/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/05/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 02/05/2021 - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
  • 02/11/2021 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
  • 02/18/2021 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 3-N)
  • 02/19/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/25/2021 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/25/2021 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1980ER)
  • 02/25/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/26/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/01/2021 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
  • 03/01/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 03/02/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1980ER)
  • 03/30/2021 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (effective 7/1/21)
  • 03/30/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)

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