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| Bill | Higher educational institutions, public; SNAP eligibility, applications, and participation. | Public institutions of higher education; Department of Social Services; SNAP eligibility, applications, and participation; guidance, resources, and education. Requires the Department of Social Services (the Department) to (i) develop, annually update, and provide to each public institution of higher education in advance of the start of each school year an information sheet on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) with information relating to SNAP eligibility, applications, participation, requirements, and such other information as the Department deems necessary or appropriate, relevant to students enrolled in public institutions of higher education and (ii) provide information, resources, and education to certain faculty members employed by each public institution of higher education regarding opportunities for assisting students enrolled in public institutions of higher education with completing SNAP applications. The bill requires each public institution of higher education to ensure that such SNAP information sheet developed by the Department is provided to each student enrolled in such institution at the beginning of the fall semester of each school year or, in the case of any student who enrolls after the beginning of the fall semester, as soon as practicable after enrollment and is included in any orientation materials distributed to each new student. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 1018 | Virginia SB 1018 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 1018 (2025) — Higher educational institutions, public; SNAP eligibility, applications, and participation.
Public institutions of higher education; Department of Social Services; SNAP eligibility, applications, and participation; guidance, resources, and education. Requires the Department of Social Services (the Department) to (i) develop, annually update, and provide to each public institution of higher education in advance of the start of each school year an information sheet on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) with information relating to SNAP eligibility, applications, participation, requirements, and such other information as the Department deems necessary or appropriate, relevant to students enrolled in public institutions of higher education and (ii) provide information, resources, and education to certain faculty members employed by each public institution of higher education regarding opportunities for assisting students enrolled in public institutions of higher education with completing SNAP applications. The bill requires each public institution of higher education to ensure that such SNAP information sheet developed by the Department is provided to each student enrolled in such institution at the beginning of the fall semester of each school year or, in the case of any student who enrolls after the beginning of the fall semester, as soon as practicable after enrollment and is included in any orientation materials distributed to each new student.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passed House (66-Y 31-N) — 66–31 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Danica A. Roem — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103159D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2025-01-27 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-30 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-31 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2025-02-17 Reported from Education (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-19 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-20 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-20 Passed House (66-Y 31-N)
passage - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1018ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1018)
- 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 - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 426 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0426)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3db4228f-bf6a-4bd2-bb45-72d171965813. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).