HB2452
Higher education institutions, baccalaureate public; livestreaming, etc., Bd. of visitors meetings.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; livestreaming, recording, and archiving of boards of visitors meetings; closed sessions; guidelines.
Establishes several requirements, subject to a reenactment clause, relating to public access to meetings of the governing boards of baccalaureate public institutions of higher education. The bill also requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council and a representative ... (More) from the Library of Virginia, to work with the public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth and with technology experts to develop minimal uniform standards, to the extent practicable, for (i) providing the public with real-time access to the meetings of governing boards of public institutions of higher education and the meetings of committees of such boards, (ii) archiving the recordings of such meetings, and (iii) taking minutes at such meetings. The bill requires any such minimal uniform standards to be implemented by each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth no later than July 1, 2026. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102838D
- 01/08/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/23/2025 - House: Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education
- 01/23/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/25/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2452)
- 01/27/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 2-N)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/29/2025 - House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N)
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Education Amendment agreed to
- 02/03/2025 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/03/2025 - House: Printed as engrossed 25102838D-E
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/06/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2452)
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-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 (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2452ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2452)
- 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
- 03/21/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/21/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)
