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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes president of Bluefield College from board of trustees."
+description: "Removes the president of Bluefield College from the board of trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 1447"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1447 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Authorities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-16"
+last_action: "2017-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/654c1072-4730-4d9a-9afa-3ace0f600675"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1447"
+source_hash: "5662128e1aca50d192637504acc8ec6f1c20344d1d6851c952addf32dc4b8e50"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 1447 (2017) — Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes president of Bluefield College from board of trustees.
+
+Removes the president of Bluefield College from the board of trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0307)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0307)
+2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1447ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1447ER)
+3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103297D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1447)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Rules — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 17103297D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-16** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-15** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 307 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/654c1072-4730-4d9a-9afa-3ace0f600675`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+