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type: "Bill"
title: "Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes president of Bluefield College from board of trustees."
description: "Removes the president of Bluefield College from the board of trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1447"
citation: "Virginia SB 1447 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Authorities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/654c1072-4730-4d9a-9afa-3ace0f600675"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1447"
source_hash: "5662128e1aca50d192637504acc8ec6f1c20344d1d6851c952addf32dc4b8e50"
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 1447 (2017) — Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes president of Bluefield College from board of trustees.
Removes the president of Bluefield College from the board of trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority. This bill is identical to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0307)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0307)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1447ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1447ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103297D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1447)
## Votes
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **380** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rules — **130** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 17103297D `introduction`
- **2017-01-16** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 307 (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/654c1072-4730-4d9a-9afa-3ace0f600675`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).