SB 274 VA

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Educational and cultural institutions; Recognition and restoration of status of Hampton University as a land-grant university; requirements; task force. Recognizes and restores the status of Hampton University as an 1862 and 1890 land-grant university of the Commonwealth, in accordance with the provisions of applicable federal law, and (i) enumerates the funding and programs Hampton University shall be eligible for as a land-grant university and (ii) provides for the establishment of an evaluation task force by the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on appropriations upon federal recognition of Hampton University as an institution eligible to receive federal funding and participate in federal and state programs established under applicable law relating to land-grant universities for the purpose of evaluating the status of Hampton University and the feasibility of recognizing the institution as a land-grant university of the Commonwealth in accordance with the provisions of the bill.

• Mamie E. Locke Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104719D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
3. Jan 19, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education · upper
4. Jan 22, 2026 Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
5. Jan 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB274) · upper
6. Feb 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB274) · upper
7. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
8. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107712D-S1 · upper
9. Feb 12, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
10. Feb 12, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
11. Feb 12, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 13, 2026 Read second time · upper
13. Feb 13, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
14. Feb 13, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Feb 13, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
16. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
17. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
18. Feb 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB274) · upper
19. Feb 18, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
20. Feb 18, 2026 Read first time · lower
21. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Appropriations · lower
22. Feb 18, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Higher Education · lower
23. Feb 25, 2026 Continued to next session in Appropriations (Voice Vote) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Resources Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Resources Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML