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| Bill | Richard Bland College; governance. | Richard Bland College; governance. Removes the authority of the board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in Virginia to supervise, manage, and control Richard Bland College and establishes the nine-member board of visitors of Richard Bland College to generally direct the affairs of Richard Bland College, including appointing all teachers and fixing their salaries, providing for the employment of other personnel as required, and caring for and preserving all property belonging to Richard Bland College. The bill provides for the transfer of relevant property and rights thereto, contracts, and duties from the board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in Virginia to the board of visitors of Richard Bland College. The bill also requires the board of visitors of Richard Bland College to focus its efforts on preparing students for academic and career success and permits the board of visitors to take several enumerated actions in furtherance of such efforts. The bill also provides that the audit conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, will be the last audit for which Richard Bland College is treated as a consolidated entity of the board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in Virginia and that beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall submit its audit report on Richard Bland College to the board of visitors of Richard Bland College. The provisions of the bill, with the exception of the provision requiring Richard Bland College to submit a report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2025, have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 2157. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 742 | Virginia SB 742 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 742 (2025) — Richard Bland College; governance.
Richard Bland College; governance. Removes the authority of the board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in Virginia to supervise, manage, and control Richard Bland College and establishes the nine-member board of visitors of Richard Bland College to generally direct the affairs of Richard Bland College, including appointing all teachers and fixing their salaries, providing for the employment of other personnel as required, and caring for and preserving all property belonging to Richard Bland College. The bill provides for the transfer of relevant property and rights thereto, contracts, and duties from the board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in Virginia to the board of visitors of Richard Bland College. The bill also requires the board of visitors of Richard Bland College to focus its efforts on preparing students for academic and career success and permits the board of visitors to take several enumerated actions in furtherance of such efforts. The bill also provides that the audit conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, will be the last audit for which Richard Bland College is treated as a consolidated entity of the board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in Virginia and that beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall submit its audit report on Richard Bland College to the board of visitors of Richard Bland College. The provisions of the bill, with the exception of the provision requiring Richard Bland College to submit a report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2025, have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 2157.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Education Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
- House Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- House Amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-10-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100850D
filing, introduction - 2024-10-29 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2025-01-20 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB742)
- 2025-01-23 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-23 Committee substitute printed 25105791D-S1
substitution - 2025-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB742)
- 2025-01-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2025-01-30 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-31 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
- 2025-01-31 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 2025-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-31 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 - 2025-02-07 Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2025-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-12 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-14 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-17 Education Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-17 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2025-02-17 Passed House with amendment (95-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-17 Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 2025-02-17 Passed House with amendment (96-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-18 House Amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
amendment-passage - 2025-02-21 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-21 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB742ER)
passage - 2025-02-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB742)
- 2025-02-21 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-24 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
enrolled - 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
executive-veto-line-item - 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted
executive-signature - 2025-04-02 Reenrolled
enrolled - 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (SB742ER2)
enrolled - 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 607 (Effective 07/01/2025)
became-law - 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0607)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76d6372a-fdc1-41ca-90b4-a9951aa50351. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).