SB 299 VA

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New College Institute; name; membership and composition of board of directors. Renames New College Institute as the West Piedmont Higher Education Center (the Center) and makes several revisions to the membership requirements for the board of directors of the Center, including (i) increasing from 15 to 20 members the total membership of the board of directors; (ii) modifying the composition of the board of directors by adding as required members the Executive Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or his designee, the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee, and the presidents of George Mason University, Longwood University, Radford University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Virginia State University or their designees; (iii) reducing from 10 to seven the total number of nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor and requiring five of such nonlegislative citizen members to be representatives of West Piedmont public education and area business and industry, including one division superintendent, one public school teacher, and three business and industry leaders; and (iv) adding the president of Patrick & Henry Community College or his designee to serve as an ex officio nonvoting member. The bill also requires the board of directors of the Center, in collaboration with representatives of GO Virginia Region 3, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Patrick & Henry Community College, local school boards, and major regional employers, to develop a sustainability plan, including a comprehensive strategic plan and customer recruitment and expansion strategy, to provide higher education degree and certification programs in accordance with its mission, to review options to achieve the goals stated in such plan, and to report on such options to the Governor, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations no later than August 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 430.

• Kannan Srinivasan Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103457D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
3. Jan 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB299) · upper
4. Feb 9, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education · upper
5. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) · upper
6. Feb 13, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
7. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
8. Feb 13, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
9. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Feb 16, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
12. Feb 16, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
13. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
14. Feb 19, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
15. Feb 19, 2026 Read first time · lower
16. Feb 19, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
17. Feb 26, 2026 Assigned HED sub: Higher Education · lower
18. Mar 2, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
19. Mar 2, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) · lower
20. Mar 4, 2026 House committee offered · lower
21. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 3-N) · lower
22. Mar 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108795D-H1 · lower
23. Mar 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB299) · upper
24. Mar 6, 2026 Read second time · lower
25. Mar 9, 2026 Read third time · lower
26. Mar 9, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
27. Mar 9, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
28. Mar 9, 2026 Passed House with substitute (92-Y 5-N 0-A) · lower
29. Mar 10, 2026 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
30. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
31. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB299ER) · upper
32. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
33. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB299) · upper
34. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
35. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
36. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
37. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 610 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
38. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610) · executive

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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• Education Amendment · HTML
• Higher Education Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Higher Education Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML