republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-611.md

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Bill	Higher educational institutions, public; governing board, educational programs.	Public institutions of higher education; governingboards; educational programs. Requires all members of governingboards of public institutions of higher education to participatein educational programs designed to address the role, duties, andresponsibilities of the governing boards at least once within thefirst two years of membership and at least once within every twoyears of membership thereafter. Under current law, new members arerequired to participate in such programs at least once during theirfirst two years of membership. The bill requires each public institutionof higher education to maintain on its website the names of all voting members of the governing board who successfully complete such educationalprograms, as certified by the State Council of Higher Education forVirginia.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 611	Virginia HB 611 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jason S. Miyares	4	32	7	2020-01-06	2020-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/37b44ecd-bccc-4a86-91d3-a8a561bb8881	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB611	445ad77395a320cbf582a6b13af7fcba6895acf870c2d5e855b70b839ca9a639	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 611 (2020) — Higher educational institutions, public; governing board, educational programs.

Public institutions of higher education; governingboards; educational programs. Requires all members of governingboards of public institutions of higher education to participatein educational programs designed to address the role, duties, andresponsibilities of the governing boards at least once within thefirst two years of membership and at least once within every twoyears of membership thereafter. Under current law, new members arerequired to participate in such programs at least once during theirfirst two years of membership. The bill requires each public institutionof higher education to maintain on its website the names of all voting members of the governing board who successfully complete such educationalprograms, as certified by the State Council of Higher Education forVirginia.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0156) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB611ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB611H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB611) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N 1-A) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jason S. Miyares — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102560D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed referral-committee
• 2020-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB611)
• 2020-01-27 Committee substitute printed 20106389D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-27 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 20106389D-H1
• 2020-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB611H1
• 2020-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-02-17 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-17 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-02-17 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-19 Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2020-02-19 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2020-02-21 Enrolled
• 2020-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB611ER)
• 2020-02-24 Signed by President
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
• 2020-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
• 2020-03-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 156 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37b44ecd-bccc-4a86-91d3-a8a561bb8881. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).