HB 430 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 SB 299.

• Destiny LeVere Bolling Democratic · primary

1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102709D · lower
2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430) · lower
4. Feb 5, 2026 Assigned HED sub: Higher Education · lower
5. Feb 9, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N) · lower
6. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N) · lower
7. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107537D-H1 · lower
8. Feb 11, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Higher Education · lower
9. Feb 13, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) · lower
10. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower
11. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
13. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
14. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
15. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A) · lower
16. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
17. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
18. Feb 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430) · lower
19. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
20. Feb 27, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Education and Health Substitute · upper
22. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430) · lower
23. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
24. Mar 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
25. Mar 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 5, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
27. Mar 6, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
28. Mar 9, 2026 Read third time · upper
29. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
30. Mar 10, 2026 Education and Health Substitute rejected · upper
31. Mar 10, 2026 Floor offered Senator Srinivasan Amendment · upper
32. Mar 10, 2026 Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote) · upper
33. Mar 10, 2026 Senator Srinivasan Amendment agreed to · upper
34. Mar 10, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended · upper
35. Mar 10, 2026 Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
36. Mar 11, 2026 Senate amendment agreed to by House (93-Y 6-N 0-A) · lower
37. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
38. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB430ER) · lower
39. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
40. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430) · lower
41. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
42. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
43. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
44. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 609 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
45. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0609) · 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
• Senate Amendment · HTML
• Senator Srinivasan Amendment · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• Higher Education Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Higher Education Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML