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| Bill | Higher educational institutions, public; governing boards, meetings, input, and disclosures. | Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; meetings, input, and disclosures. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to establish and maintain on the institution's website (i) a listing of all board members, including the name of the Governor who made each appointment and the date of each appointment; (ii) a listing of all committees created by the board and the membership of each committee; (iii) a schedule of all upcoming meetings of the full board and its committees and instructions for the public to access such meetings; (iv) an archive of agendas and supporting materials for each meeting of the governing board and its committees that were held; and (v) an email address or email addresses that allow board members to receive public communications pertaining to board business. The bill requires such boards to solicit the input of representatives of the institution's faculty senate or its equivalent (a) at least twice per academic year on topics of general interest to the faculty and (b) in advance of decisions to be made on the search for the institution's new chief executive officer. The bill also requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council, to work with each public institution of higher education and with technology experts to develop a minimal uniform standard, to the extent practicable, for providing the public with real-time electronic access to meetings of the governing boards of public institutions of higher education. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2120 | Virginia HB 2120 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2120 (2021) — Higher educational institutions, public; governing boards, meetings, input, and disclosures.
Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; meetings, input, and disclosures. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to establish and maintain on the institution's website (i) a listing of all board members, including the name of the Governor who made each appointment and the date of each appointment; (ii) a listing of all committees created by the board and the membership of each committee; (iii) a schedule of all upcoming meetings of the full board and its committees and instructions for the public to access such meetings; (iv) an archive of agendas and supporting materials for each meeting of the governing board and its committees that were held; and (v) an email address or email addresses that allow board members to receive public communications pertaining to board business. The bill requires such boards to solicit the input of representatives of the institution's faculty senate or its equivalent (a) at least twice per academic year on topics of general interest to the faculty and (b) in advance of decisions to be made on the search for the institution's new chief executive officer. The bill also requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council, to work with each public institution of higher education and with technology experts to develop a minimal uniform standard, to the extent practicable, for providing the public with real-time electronic access to meetings of the governing boards of public institutions of higher education.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0447 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103246D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2120ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102195D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- 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
Sponsors
- Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102195D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2021-01-15 Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
referral-committee - 2021-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB2120)
- 2021-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-01 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-01 Committee substitute printed 21103246D-H1
substitution - 2021-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB2120H1)
- 2021-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 21103246D-H1
- 2021-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2120H1
- 2021-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-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 (14-Y 0-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 (39-Y 0-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 (HB2120ER)
- 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 447 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ba621bb-c73e-4192-baee-d4404bd57dac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).