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| Bill | Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program; established, report. | Enslaved Ancestors College Access ScholarshipProgram established. Establishes the Enslaved Ancestors CollegeAccess Scholarship Program, whereby Longwood University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Virginia MilitaryInstitute, and The College of William and Mary in Virginia are requiredto annually provide, starting in the 2022-2023 academic year and with any source of funds other than state funds or tuition or fee increases,to at least one African American Virginia student who was born inthe Commonwealth and has a total household income that is not morethan 400 percent of the federal poverty guidelines a renewable scholarshipin an amount sufficient to cover tuition, mandatory fees, room andboard, books and other educational supplies, and tutoring at the institution. The bill requires the State Council of Higher Educationfor Virginia to collaborate with such institutions to establish guidelinesfor the implementation of the Program and to annually collect informationon the implementation of the Program from such institutions and reportsuch information to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations,the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Educationand Health, the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Virginia African American Advisory Board. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1980 | Virginia HB 1980 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 1980 (2021) — Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program; established, report.
Enslaved Ancestors College Access ScholarshipProgram established. Establishes the Enslaved Ancestors CollegeAccess Scholarship Program, whereby Longwood University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Virginia MilitaryInstitute, and The College of William and Mary in Virginia are requiredto annually provide, starting in the 2022-2023 academic year and with any source of funds other than state funds or tuition or fee increases,to at least one African American Virginia student who was born inthe Commonwealth and has a total household income that is not morethan 400 percent of the federal poverty guidelines a renewable scholarshipin an amount sufficient to cover tuition, mandatory fees, room andboard, books and other educational supplies, and tutoring at the institution. The bill requires the State Council of Higher Educationfor Virginia to collaborate with such institutions to establish guidelinesfor the implementation of the Program and to annually collect informationon the implementation of the Program from such institutions and reportsuch information to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations,the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Educationand Health, the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Virginia African American Advisory Board.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0442 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103782D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1980ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102391D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 3-N) — 11–3 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N) — 60–39 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- David A. Reid — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102391D
introduction - 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2021-01-15 Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
referral-committee - 2021-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB1980)
- 2021-02-01 Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-01 Committee substitute printed 21103782D-H1
substitution - 2021-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1980H1)
- 2021-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 21103782D-H1
- 2021-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1980H1
- 2021-02-04 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 39-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-04 VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N)
- 2021-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-11 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2021-02-18 Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-22 Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
passage - 2021-02-25 Enrolled
- 2021-02-25 Signed by President
- 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1980ER)
- 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/800a9672-2c82-490c-a2dc-0248a8c495fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).