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Bill Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; powers and duties, historically underrepresented students. Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; purposeand duties; historically underrepresented students. Expands thepurpose of the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board to include promoting the participationof historically underrepresented students, as defined in the bill,in primary and secondary schools in STEM education. The bill expandsthe duties of the Board to effectuate this additional purpose. Finally,the bill increases from 16 to 24 the nonlegislative citizen membershipof the Board and provides that the eight additional members be appointedby the chairmen of the Virginia African American Advisory Board, Virginia-AsianAdvisory Board, Latino Advisory Board, Council on Women, VirginiaLGBTQ+ Advisory Board, Virginia Indian Advisory Board on State Recognition,Office of New Americans Advisory Board, and Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, with each chairman appointing one member representingthe population served by his advisory board subject to the approvalof a majority of the members of his advisory board. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 615 Virginia HB 615 (2024)
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Virginia HB 615 (2024) — Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; powers and duties, historically underrepresented students.

Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; purposeand duties; historically underrepresented students. Expands thepurpose of the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Advisory Board to include promoting the participationof historically underrepresented students, as defined in the bill,in primary and secondary schools in STEM education. The bill expandsthe duties of the Board to effectuate this additional purpose. Finally,the bill increases from 16 to 24 the nonlegislative citizen membershipof the Board and provides that the eight additional members be appointedby the chairmen of the Virginia African American Advisory Board, Virginia-AsianAdvisory Board, Latino Advisory Board, Council on Women, VirginiaLGBTQ+ Advisory Board, Virginia Indian Advisory Board on State Recognition,Office of New Americans Advisory Board, and Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, with each chairman appointing one member representingthe population served by his advisory board subject to the approvalof a majority of the members of his advisory board.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0814 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24106463D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Governor's substitute printed 24109278D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB615ER (committee substitute) — source
  5. HB615ER2 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101178D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — 2218 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 42-N) — 5742 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) — 5048 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) — 96 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 4-N) — 74 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 1210 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101178D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2024-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB615)
  • 2024-01-25 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2024-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 4-N) substitution
  • 2024-01-31 Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-31 Committee substitute printed 24106463D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB615H1)
  • 2024-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-05 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 24106463D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB615H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-06 Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-06 VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) passage
  • 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2024-02-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2024-02-14 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2024-02-22 Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) passage
  • 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB615ER) passage
  • 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB615ER)
  • 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-03 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
  • 2024-04-08 Governor's substitute printed 24109278D-H2
  • 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (58-Y 42-N)
  • 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 42-N)
  • 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB615ER2) enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 814 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
  • 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0814)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e1b684e-8415-4f11-9175-f98b7b56b17d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).