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| Bill | VCU Health System Authority; changes relating to board of directors and chief executive officer. | Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; board of directors; chief executive officer. Makes several changes relating to the board of directors and the chief executive officer of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority (the Authority), including (i) reducing from 19 to 13 the number of appointed members on the boards of directors and adding the chief executive officer of the Authority as an ex officio member with voting privileges, thereby reducing from 21 to 16 the total number of board members; (ii) changing from voting to nonvoting the nature of the membership of the President of Virginia Commonwealth University (the University) on the board of directors and prohibiting rather than requiring, as under current law, the President of the University from serving as chairman of the board of directors; (iii) lengthening the terms of all members of the board of directors from three years to four years; (iv) requiring the biennial election of a chairman and vice-chairman of the board of directors, requiring such chairman and vice-chairman to have served for at least two years on the board of directors, and prohibiting any employee of the University, employee of the Authority, member of the board of visitors of the University, or legislative member from serving as chairman; (v) providing that no further action shall be taken if a majority of each of the three-member committees appointed by the board of directors of the Authority and the board of visitors of the University do not agree on the removal of the chief executive officer of the Authority within 30 days of the appointment of the committees by each board; and (vi) providing that in the event that a majority of the members of each committee do not agree on the selection or conditions of appointment of the chief executive officer within 30 days of the appointment of the committees by each board, then the process set forth in statute shall be repeated until such selection has been made or such conditions of appointment have been determined. Current law requires the President of the University to make a binding decision in the event of any such disagreement. This bill is identical to SB 431. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1040 | Virginia HB 1040 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1040 (2026) — VCU Health System Authority; changes relating to board of directors and chief executive officer.
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority; board of directors; chief executive officer. Makes several changes relating to the board of directors and the chief executive officer of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority (the Authority), including (i) reducing from 19 to 13 the number of appointed members on the boards of directors and adding the chief executive officer of the Authority as an ex officio member with voting privileges, thereby reducing from 21 to 16 the total number of board members; (ii) changing from voting to nonvoting the nature of the membership of the President of Virginia Commonwealth University (the University) on the board of directors and prohibiting rather than requiring, as under current law, the President of the University from serving as chairman of the board of directors; (iii) lengthening the terms of all members of the board of directors from three years to four years; (iv) requiring the biennial election of a chairman and vice-chairman of the board of directors, requiring such chairman and vice-chairman to have served for at least two years on the board of directors, and prohibiting any employee of the University, employee of the Authority, member of the board of visitors of the University, or legislative member from serving as chairman; (v) providing that no further action shall be taken if a majority of each of the three-member committees appointed by the board of directors of the Authority and the board of visitors of the University do not agree on the removal of the chief executive officer of the Authority within 30 days of the appointment of the committees by each board; and (vi) providing that in the event that a majority of the members of each committee do not agree on the selection or conditions of appointment of the chief executive officer within 30 days of the appointment of the committees by each board, then the process set forth in statute shall be repeated until such selection has been made or such conditions of appointment have been determined. Current law requires the President of the University to make a binding decision in the event of any such disagreement. This bill is identical to SB 431.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Education — 20–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 91–5 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Education and Health — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103333D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1040)
- 2026-01-28 Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-28 Assigned HAPP sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-06 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-11 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N 2-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Rereferred from Education and Health to Rules (13-Y 0-N)
referral-committee - 2026-02-27 Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-02 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1040ER)
passage - 2026-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1040)
- 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 444 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0444)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebcc6fbf-a441-47c8-bdcd-8c618dc7fb94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).