HB430
New College Institute; membership and composition of board of directors, report.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Destiny LeVere Bolling (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/12/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102709D
- 01/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/20/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Assigned HED sub: Higher Education
- 02/06/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/09/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/11/2026 - House: Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/11/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107537D-H1
- 02/11/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Higher Education
- 02/13/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/13/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/19/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute
- 03/02/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430)
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute rejected
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Floor offered
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Senator Srinivasan Amendment agreed to
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (93-Y 6-N 0-A)
- 03/30/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/30/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB430ER)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/31/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB430)
- 03/31/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/31/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
- 03/31/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
