---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHEV; membership to include representative of a historically black college or university."
description: "State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; membership; representative of a historically black college or university. Requires the membership of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include at least one nonlegislative citizen member who has served as a chief executive officer of one of the Commonwealth's historically black colleges or universities. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 566"
citation: "Virginia HB 566 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Q. Askew"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf35d5eb-d670-4a14-82f3-13f6fbe2a23e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB566"
source_hash: "94bc7b41528fb9221165235b05346e216d0b87d423f22795f6fe82e2496a9044"
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 566 (2024) — SCHEV; membership to include representative of a historically black college or university.

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; membership; representative of a historically black college or university. Requires the membership of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include at least one nonlegislative citizen member who has served as a chief executive officer of one of the Commonwealth's historically black colleges or universities. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0195** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0195)
2. **HB566ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB566ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103116D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB566)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24103116D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB566E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103116D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB566)
- **2024-01-25** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (11-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-31** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended HB566E
- **2024-02-05** Printed as engrossed 24103116D-E
- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB566E)
- **2024-02-16** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB566ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB566ER)
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 195 (effective 7/1/26) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0195)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf35d5eb-d670-4a14-82f3-13f6fbe2a23e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).