republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1569.md

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Bill	VPI & SU and Virginia State University; purpose and courses of study.	Declares it the intent of the General Assembly that in order to support a strong Commonwealth and to fulfill the principles of the federal Morrill Land-Grant Acts of 1862 and 1890 and Smith-Lever Act of 1914 (7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), the Commonwealth's two land-grant universities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University, shall maintain strong programs of instruction, research, and the extension of knowledge in agriculture, natural resources, family and consumer sciences, community viability, youth development, and such other fields as are necessary to fulfill their respective land-grant missions.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1569	Virginia HB 1569 (2017)	bill	General Assembly	enacted	Robert D. Orrock, Sr.	4	17	6	2017-01-02	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/5e340f48-bcd7-4b9a-b658-acd074200891	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1569	f1ca5fb9e2ae61a08805ef2282e593cdc7b6a5ab722e4ca3d75d7659d1de5ff1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1569 (2017) — VPI & SU and Virginia State University; purpose and courses of study.

Declares it the intent of the General Assembly that in order to support a strong Commonwealth and to fulfill the principles of the federal Morrill Land-Grant Acts of 1862 and 1890 and Smith-Lever Act of 1914 (7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), the Commonwealth's two land-grant universities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Virginia State University, shall maintain strong programs of instruction, research, and the extension of knowledge in agriculture, natural resources, family and consumer sciences, community viability, youth development, and such other fields as are necessary to fulfill their respective land-grant missions.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1569ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104738D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101564D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101564D introduction
• 2017-01-02 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 17104738D-H1
• 2017-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1569H1
• 2017-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 229 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e340f48-bcd7-4b9a-b658-acd074200891. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).