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Bill Library Board; conferral of the honorary degree of patron of letters. Library Board; conferral of the honorary degree of patron of letters. Adds arts, humanities, and information science to the fields in which the state Library Board may confer the honorary degree of patron of letters. Currently the fields consist of history and library or archival science. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2695 Virginia HB 2695 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2695 (2025) — Library Board; conferral of the honorary degree of patron of letters.

Library Board; conferral of the honorary degree of patron of letters. Adds arts, humanities, and information science to the fields in which the state Library Board may confer the honorary degree of patron of letters. Currently the fields consist of history and library or archival science.

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. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Passed by for the day — 4746 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • JJ Singh — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 25105116D introduction
  • 2025-01-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2025-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2695)
  • 2025-01-27 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
  • 2025-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-30 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-14 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-14 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-17 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2695ER) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2695)
  • 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-22 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
  • 2025-04-02 Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N)
  • 2025-04-02 Communicated to Governor
  • 2025-04-02 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 679 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-05-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0679)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6dbf8b4-517b-42fb-af9d-6e958251544a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).