---
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: "SB 1204"
citation: "Virginia SB 1204 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/431bd5be-56cf-411b-8e93-90a57e780394"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1204"
source_hash: "aa577f0f89c615564ec28f7149ddfe5bc7d29632b9ec1b72588949b9fd45fa80"
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 1204 (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. **CHAP0077** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0077)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101124D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1204)
3. **Printed as engrossed 21101124D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1204E)
4. **SB1204ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1204ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Education — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George L. Barker — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
- J. Chapman Petersen — cosponsor (person)
- Janet D. Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
- Richard L. Saslaw — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101124D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1204)
- **2021-01-26** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-26** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Reading of amendments waived
- **2021-01-28** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-01-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1204E
- **2021-01-28** Printed as engrossed 21101124D-E
- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB1204E)
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Education
- **2021-02-10** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1204ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **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 77 (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/431bd5be-56cf-411b-8e93-90a57e780394`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).