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type: "Bill"
title: "Online Virginia Network Authority; adds President of James Madison University as member, etc."
description: "Online Virginia Network Authority; James Madison University. Adds the President of James Madison University or his designee and one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by James Madison University to the members of the board of trustees of the Online Virginia Network Authority. The bill also adds James Madison University to the institutions of higher education for which the Online Virginia Network, established by the Authority, will facilitate the completion of degrees. This bill is identical to SB 1041."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1660"
citation: "Virginia HB 1660 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6502897-0b59-4bd2-a6f5-a03c0f2e1e79"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1660"
source_hash: "6c0420ea9db706ce3b9bc753edd645d13f009aa0a0a339bb9ca34c4add412255"
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 1660 (2020) — Online Virginia Network Authority; adds President of James Madison University as member, etc.
Online Virginia Network Authority; James Madison University. Adds the President of James Madison University or his designee and one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by James Madison University to the members of the board of trustees of the Online Virginia Network Authority. The bill also adds James Madison University to the institutions of higher education for which the Online Virginia Network, established by the Authority, will facilitate the completion of degrees. This bill is identical to SB 1041.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0340)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0340)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1660ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1660ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1660)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1660)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 20105412D `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1660)
- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-02-03** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Assigned App. sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1660ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 340 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6502897-0b59-4bd2-a6f5-a03c0f2e1e79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).