---
type: "Bill"
title: "George Mason University; management agreement with the Commonwealth."
description: "George Mason University; management agreement. Provides a management agreement between the Commonwealth and George Mason University pursuant to the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act (§ 23.1-1000 et seq.)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1986"
citation: "Virginia HB 1986 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca8c875a-e098-45cd-808a-d3e33c692daf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1986"
source_hash: "993dd942a586a1fcce6eafaaf3b07ee28d9f4f08abb85773b916e3bb5f8121fb"
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 HB 1986 (2021) — George Mason University; management agreement with the Commonwealth.

George Mason University; management agreement. Provides a management agreement between the Commonwealth and George Mason University pursuant to the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act (§ 23.1-1000 et seq.).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0076** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0076)
2. **HB1986ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1986ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101036D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1986)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21101036D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1986E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
- George L. Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- J. Chapman Petersen — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101036D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1986)
- **2021-01-20** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-25** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB1986E
- **2021-01-27** Printed as engrossed 21101036D-E
- **2021-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1986E)
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-11** Rereferred from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-11** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1986ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 76 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca8c875a-e098-45cd-808a-d3e33c692daf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).