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type: "Bill"
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title: "Radford University; authority to establish Radford University-Roanoke Division."
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description: "Authorizes the Radford University Board of Visitors (the board) to establish the Radford University-Roanoke Division (the Division) through the acquisition of Jefferson College of Health Sciences, a nonprofit private institution wholly owned and operated by Carilion Clinic. The bill authorizes the board, upon establishment of the Division, to (i) exercise the same powers with respect to the operation of the Division as are vested in the board regarding the University and (ii) offer at the Division all programs of instruction offered by Jefferson College of Health Sciences at the time of acquisition, including associate-degree programs. The bill permits Radford University to award merit-based and need-based institutional aid to students enrolled at the Division in a manner that is consistent with practices at the former Jefferson College of Health Sciences. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2181"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2181 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nick Rush"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-02-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1380fa6-a2d2-4d19-8cd1-31b671f4e393"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2181"
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source_hash: "f4d0b848b95db052fb243dcd839b1f5f649938cd5ab459a64fbac0dd1f139c9d"
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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 2181 (2019) — Radford University; authority to establish Radford University-Roanoke Division.
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Authorizes the Radford University Board of Visitors (the board) to establish the Radford University-Roanoke Division (the Division) through the acquisition of Jefferson College of Health Sciences, a nonprofit private institution wholly owned and operated by Carilion Clinic. The bill authorizes the board, upon establishment of the Division, to (i) exercise the same powers with respect to the operation of the Division as are vested in the board regarding the University and (ii) offer at the Division all programs of instruction offered by Jefferson College of Health Sciences at the time of acquisition, including associate-degree programs. The bill permits Radford University to award merit-based and need-based institutional aid to students enrolled at the Division in a manner that is consistent with practices at the former Jefferson College of Health Sciences. This bill is identical to
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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 (CHAP0060)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0060)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2181ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2181ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105078D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2181H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101764D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2181)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nick Rush — primary (person)
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- Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew James - Resigned 5/19 — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
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- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101764D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 19105078D-H1
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- **2019-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2181H1
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- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-07** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-11** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-11** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
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- **2019-02-12** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
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- **2019-02-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 60 (effective 7/1/19) `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/c1380fa6-a2d2-4d19-8cd1-31b671f4e393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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