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Bill Higher education institutions, baccalaureate public; livestreaming, etc., Bd. of visitors meetings. Baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; livestreaming, recording, and archiving of boards of visitors meetings; closed sessions; guidelines. Establishes several requirements, subject to a reenactment clause, relating to public access to meetings of the governing boards of baccalaureate public institutions of higher education. The bill also requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council and a representative from the Library of Virginia, to work with the public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth and with technology experts to develop minimal uniform standards, to the extent practicable, for (i) providing the public with real-time access to the meetings of governing boards of public institutions of higher education and the meetings of committees of such boards, (ii) archiving the recordings of such meetings, and (iii) taking minutes at such meetings. The bill requires any such minimal uniform standards to be implemented by each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth no later than July 1, 2026. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2452 Virginia HB 2452 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2452 (2025) — Higher education institutions, baccalaureate public; livestreaming, etc., Bd. of visitors meetings.

Baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; livestreaming, recording, and archiving of boards of visitors meetings; closed sessions; guidelines. Establishes several requirements, subject to a reenactment clause, relating to public access to meetings of the governing boards of baccalaureate public institutions of higher education. The bill also requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council and a representative from the Library of Virginia, to work with the public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth and with technology experts to develop minimal uniform standards, to the extent practicable, for (i) providing the public with real-time access to the meetings of governing boards of public institutions of higher education and the meetings of committees of such boards, (ii) archiving the recordings of such meetings, and (iii) taking minutes at such meetings. The bill requires any such minimal uniform standards to be implemented by each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth no later than July 1, 2026.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) — 202 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N) — 954 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 2-N) — 82 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
  • David Owen — cosponsor (person)
  • Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
  • Luther Cifers, III — cosponsor (person)
  • Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102838D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2452)
  • 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 2-N)
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-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 25102838D-E
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-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
  • 2025-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2452)
  • 2025-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-14 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 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 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-18 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2452ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2452)
  • 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
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc1a16f2-8caa-48a0-9417-f91be0e89598. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).