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Bill Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program; established, report. Institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program to address student food insecurity at public institutions of higher education and eligible private institutions of higher education, as defined by the bill. The bill provides that the Program shall be managed by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and available for participation by public institutions of higher education and eligible private institutions of higher education; however, participation in the Program is optional for such institutions. Under the bill, if a public institution of higher education or eligible private institution of higher education satisfies certain criteria set out in the bill, including creating initiatives on campus to address student food insecurity, it will receive a "Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry" designation and the Council will award a grant to such institution. Any such institution that receives a grant under the bill is required to utilize the funds to support on-campus efforts and initiatives to eliminate student food insecurity at such institution through the maintenance and operation of the on-campus food pantry established pursuant to the Program. The bill requires the Council to submit a report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education no later than two years after the establishment of the Program. This bill is identical to SB 1016. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2240 Virginia HB 2240 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2240 (2025) — Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program; established, report.

Institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program to address student food insecurity at public institutions of higher education and eligible private institutions of higher education, as defined by the bill. The bill provides that the Program shall be managed by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and available for participation by public institutions of higher education and eligible private institutions of higher education; however, participation in the Program is optional for such institutions. Under the bill, if a public institution of higher education or eligible private institution of higher education satisfies certain criteria set out in the bill, including creating initiatives on campus to address student food insecurity, it will receive a "Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry" designation and the Council will award a grant to such institution. Any such institution that receives a grant under the bill is required to utilize the funds to support on-campus efforts and initiatives to eliminate student food insecurity at such institution through the maintenance and operation of the on-campus food pantry established pursuant to the Program. The bill requires the Council to submit a report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education no later than two years after the establishment of the Program. This bill is identical to SB 1016.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Education Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 3-N) — 373 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) — 141 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) — 184 (pass) · lower
  • Senate substitute agreed to by House (74-Y 24-N) — 7424 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 1-N) — 71 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (72-Y 27-N) — 7227 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Rae Cousins — primary (person)
  • Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
  • Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
  • Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
  • Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
  • Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
  • Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
  • Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
  • Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
  • Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
  • Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
  • Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
  • Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
  • Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104470D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 1-N)
  • 2025-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2240)
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Education Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2025-02-03 Printed as engrossed 25104470D-E
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (72-Y 27-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-14 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-14 Committee substitute printed 25107572D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2240)
  • 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-19 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 3-N) passage
  • 2025-02-20 Senate substitute agreed to by House (74-Y 24-N) substitution
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2240ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2240)
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 411 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0411)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4cb0cc8c-2011-4118-82f3-5dd77402b44c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).