SB196
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 11, 2026
House: Passed House (93-Y 6-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Angelia Williams Graves (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds.
Expands the permissible uses of scholarship funds under the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program by permitting eligible students and their lineal descendants to use such funds to attend an accredited two-year or four-year institution of higher education outside of the Commonwealth but establishes an initial annual cap of ... (More) $5,000 for any such scholarship. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103002D
- 01/09/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB196)
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 03/01/2026 - House: Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
- 03/01/2026 - House: Placed on Rules Agenda
- 03/02/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/2026 - House: Placed on Rules Agenda
- 03/06/2026 - House: Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/11/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 03/11/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/11/2026 - House: Passed House (93-Y 6-N 0-A)
