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type: "Bill"
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title: "VPI & SU and Virginia State University; purpose and courses of study."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1569"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1569 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["General Assembly"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-02"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e340f48-bcd7-4b9a-b658-acd074200891"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1569"
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source_hash: "f1ca5fb9e2ae61a08805ef2282e593cdc7b6a5ab722e4ca3d75d7659d1de5ff1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1569 (2017) — VPI & SU and Virginia State University; purpose and courses of study.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0229)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1569ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1569ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104738D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1569H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101564D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1569)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101564D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 17104738D-H1
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- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1569H1
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- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 229 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e340f48-bcd7-4b9a-b658-acd074200891`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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