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type: "Bill"
title: "Online Va. Network Authority; adds Chancellor of Va. Community College System to board of trustees."
description: "Adds the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee and one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the State Board for Community Colleges to the members of the board of trustees of the Online Virginia Network Authority (Authority). The bill also provides that the Online Virginia Network, established by the Authority, will facilitate the completion of degrees at comprehensive community colleges as well as at George Mason University and Old Dominion University. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 760"
citation: "Virginia SB 760 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen D. Newman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/490de001-da2e-4598-a1a5-0b5f61b54c96"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB760"
source_hash: "3b64a86ecaa9de3235a8e93a9756297d6a830d8d71080a038783fe9255edee81"
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 760 (2018) — Online Va. Network Authority; adds Chancellor of Va. Community College System to board of trustees.
Adds the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee and one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the State Board for Community Colleges to the members of the board of trustees of the Online Virginia Network Authority (Authority). The bill also provides that the Online Virginia Network, established by the Authority, will facilitate the completion of degrees at comprehensive community colleges as well as at George Mason University and Old Dominion University. This bill is identical to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB760ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB760ER)
2. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105494D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB760S1)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102408D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB760)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House — **1000** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **150** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **390** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Stephen D. Newman — primary (person)
- Siobhan S. Dunnavant (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102408D `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Incorporates SB724 (Dunnavant)
- **2018-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2018-01-22** Committee substitute agreed to 18105494D-S1
- **2018-01-22** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB760S1
- **2018-01-29** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** Passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 200 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/490de001-da2e-4598-a1a5-0b5f61b54c96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).