SB274
Hampton University; recognition and restoration of status as a land-grant university.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 18, 2026
House: Assigned HAPP sub: Higher Education
Chief Patron:
Mamie Locke (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104719D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/19/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB274)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB274)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107712D-S1
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB274)
- 02/18/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/18/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/18/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Higher Education
