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Bill	Innovative Internship Fund and Program; created and established.	Permits any public institution of higher education to propose in conjunction with the six-year plan process, and the General Assembly to adopt by reference in the general appropriation act, an innovative proposal for a performance pilot that advances the objectives of the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011. The bill provides that the General Assembly may approve no more than six performance pilots per year.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2653	Virginia HB 2653 (2019)	bill		enacted	M. Kirkland Cox	7	32	10	2019-01-11	2019-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/d74275d3-b7de-4ac4-935b-598444c193c5	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2653	37e4ede252f04bdf2a03800745bff38e7472753c8789d6cb7e22a431db195c7b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2653 (2019) — Innovative Internship Fund and Program; created and established.

Permits any public institution of higher education to propose in conjunction with the six-year plan process, and the General Assembly to adopt by reference in the general appropriation act, an innovative proposal for a performance pilot that advances the objectives of the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011. The bill provides that the General Assembly may approve no more than six performance pilots per year.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0794) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2653ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19106169D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Conference substitute printed 19107723D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Presented and ordered printed 19102320D (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106820D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference report agreed to by House — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate insisted on substitute — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate substitute rejected by House 19106820D-S1 — 0–99 (fail) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• M. Kirkland Cox — primary (person)
• C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
• Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
• David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
• Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
• Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 19102320D introduction
• 2019-01-11 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-01-28 Assigned App. sub: Special Subcommittee on Amazon referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19106169D-H1
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2653H1
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 19106820D-S1
• 2019-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2653S1
• 2019-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-21 Senate substitute rejected by House 19106820D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
• 2019-02-21 Senate requested conference committee
• 2019-02-21 House acceded to request
• 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by House
• 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2019-02-23 Amended by conference committee
• 2019-02-23 Conference substitute printed 19107723D-H2
• 2019-02-23 Passed by for the day
• 2019-02-23 Passed by temporarily
• 2019-02-23 Reconsideration of pass by for the day agreed to
• 2019-02-23 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
• 2019-03-07 Enrolled
• 2019-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-03-09 Signed by President
• 2019-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
• 2019-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-22 Approved by Governor-Chapter 794 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d74275d3-b7de-4ac4-935b-598444c193c5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).