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type: "Bill"
title: "Online Virginia Network Authority; established, membership, report."
description: "Establishes the Online Virginia Network Authority (the Authority) as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth for the purpose of establishing the Online Virginia Network to coordinate the online delivery of courses that facilitate the completion of degrees at George Mason University and Old Dominion University. The bill requires the Authority to be governed by a 15-member board that consists of four members of the House of Delegates appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, three members of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, three nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor, one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the board of visitors of George Mason University, one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the board of visitors of Old Dominion University, the President of George Mason University, the President of Old Dominion University, and the Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. The bill sets forth several duties of the Authority and grants the Authority operational flexibility in the areas of procurement and information technology, provided that the Authority adopts and complies with certain policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2262"
citation: "Virginia HB 2262 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Authorities", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Kirkland Cox"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a84f2dbf-ea80-41e5-b176-b5c4f78e4ed9"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2262"
source_hash: "563bc02c6cfd0c1b5c13b50f9ad48bd4e43505b262bb7cf162ccd5c4938aad8a"
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 2262 (2017) — Online Virginia Network Authority; established, membership, report.
Establishes the Online Virginia Network Authority (the Authority) as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth for the purpose of establishing the Online Virginia Network to coordinate the online delivery of courses that facilitate the completion of degrees at George Mason University and Old Dominion University. The bill requires the Authority to be governed by a 15-member board that consists of four members of the House of Delegates appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, three members of the Senate appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, three nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor, one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the board of visitors of George Mason University, one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the board of visitors of Old Dominion University, the President of George Mason University, the President of Old Dominion University, and the Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. The bill sets forth several duties of the Authority and grants the Authority operational flexibility in the areas of procurement and information technology, provided that the Authority adopts and complies with certain policies.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0686)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0686)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2262ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2262ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104913D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2262H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100631D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2262)
5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105591D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2262S1)
## Votes
- Reported from Education and Health — **150** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by House — **950** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute rejected by House 17105591D-S1 — **0100** (fail) · legislature
- Senate insisted on substitute — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **80** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance with substitute — **120** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **200** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **970** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- M. Kirkland Cox — primary (person)
- Benjamin L. Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher E. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
- James P. "Jimmie" Massie, III — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- John M. O'Bannon, III — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
- L. Mark Dudenhefer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Scott Lingamfelter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Rush — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
- T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100631D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned App. sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17104913D-H1
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2262H1
- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 17105591D-S1
- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2262S1
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-22** Senate substitute rejected by House 17105591D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
- **2017-02-23** Senate requested conference committee
- **2017-02-23** House acceded to request
- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 686 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a84f2dbf-ea80-41e5-b176-b5c4f78e4ed9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).