republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-897.md

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Bill	Higher educational institutions, public; governing boards, 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	SB 897	Virginia SB 897 (2020)	bill		enacted	Bill DeSteph	4	27	5	2020-01-08	2020-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/2e10d989-4bef-426d-8fe6-bbab52695fff	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB897	ab01957be2b2244850266084fba6caa49003f906009d81a1e7d91ac3f6bb3ce3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 897 (2020) — Higher educational institutions, public; governing boards, 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 (CHAP0155) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB897ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB897S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB897) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
• Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103229D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB897)
• 2020-01-30 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-30 Committee substitute printed 20106653D-S1 substitution
• 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20106653D-S1
• 2020-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB897S1
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-20 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled
• 2020-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB897ER)
• 2020-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-25 Signed by President
• 2020-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
• 2020-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
• 2020-03-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 155 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e10d989-4bef-426d-8fe6-bbab52695fff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).