republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1986.md

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Bill	George Mason University; management agreement with the Commonwealth.	George Mason University; management agreement. Provides a management agreement between the Commonwealth and George Mason University pursuant to the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act (§ 23.1-1000 et seq.).	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 1986	Virginia HB 1986 (2021)	bill		enacted	David L. Bulova	4	35	10	2021-01-11	2021-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/ca8c875a-e098-45cd-808a-d3e33c692daf	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1986	993dd942a586a1fcce6eafaaf3b07ee28d9f4f08abb85773b916e3bb5f8121fb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1986 (2021) — George Mason University; management agreement with the Commonwealth.

George Mason University; management agreement. Provides a management agreement between the Commonwealth and George Mason University pursuant to the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act (§ 23.1-1000 et seq.).

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0076 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1986ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101036D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 21101036D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David L. Bulova — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
• George L. Barker — cosponsor (person)
• Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• J. Chapman Petersen — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101036D introduction
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2021-01-15 Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed referral-committee
• 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB1986)
• 2021-01-20 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-25 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-27 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2021-01-27 Engrossed by House as amended HB1986E
• 2021-01-27 Printed as engrossed 21101036D-E
• 2021-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-01-29 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2021-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1986E)
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-11 Rereferred from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-11 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-16 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-17 Passed by for the day
• 2021-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-18 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-18 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-18 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-19 Enrolled
• 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB1986ER)
• 2021-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-22 Signed by President
• 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
• 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 76 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca8c875a-e098-45cd-808a-d3e33c692daf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).