---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at ODU; renames as Virginia Health Sciences at ODU."
description: "An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3106, 2.2-3705.4, 2.2-3711, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 22.1-209.2, 23.1-2002, 23.1-2006, 23.1-2007, 32.1-69.3, 32.1-71.5, 32.1-71.6, 38.2-5008, and 54.1-2961 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public institutions of higher education; Old Dominion University; Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center renamed as Virginia Health Sciences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Virginia SB 91 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-31"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c351833e-2d93-44a6-9999-77a8700e883b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB91"
source_hash: "26f61fadf2bcf202fca8b988f37790f055c6c6e91f1e2a41d2a4e393e0c2d5b1"
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 91 (2026) — Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at ODU; renames as Virginia Health Sciences at ODU.

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3106, 2.2-3705.4, 2.2-3711, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 22.1-209.2, 23.1-2002, 23.1-2006, 23.1-2007, 32.1-69.3, 32.1-71.5, 32.1-71.6, 38.2-5008, and 54.1-2961 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public institutions of higher education; Old Dominion University; Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center renamed as Virginia Health Sciences.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082831.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218118.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1207011.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102086D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-12-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB91)
- **2026-01-19** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-23** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day
- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-13** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB91ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB91)
- **2026-03-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 482 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0482)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c351833e-2d93-44a6-9999-77a8700e883b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).