HB1621
Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; nonvoting, advisory representatives.
Status:
Vetoed
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; nonvoting, advisory representatives.
Requires the State Board for Community Colleges, the board of visitors of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education, and each local community college board to appoint a nonvoting, advisory faculty representative to its respective board. Under current law, such an appointment is permissive. The bill also requires the board ... (More) of visitors of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education and each local community college board to appoint a nonvoting, advisory staff representative to its respective board. The bill requires such advisory faculty and staff representatives to be elected by the faculty and staff of the institution, respectively, in the manner that such faculty and staff members deem appropriate. Current law requires the advisory faculty representative to be chosen from individuals elected by the faculty or the institution's faculty senate or its equivalent. The bill also clarifies that any vacancy of such an advisory representative shall be filled in the same manner as the original selection, whether the vacancy occurs by expiration of a term or otherwise. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/03/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101584D
- 01/03/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/15/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1621)
- 01/16/2025 - House: Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education
- 01/16/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/20/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/22/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25105278D-H1
- 01/24/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/27/2025 - House: Passed by for the day
- 01/27/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1621)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/29/2025 - House: Education Substitute rejected
- 01/29/2025 - House: No action taken on Delegate Laufer Amendment
- 01/29/2025 - House: Engrossed by House
- 01/30/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 45-N) Close Floor Vote
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1621ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1621)
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's Veto Received by House
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
