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Bill Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds. Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds. Expands the permissible uses of scholarship funds under the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program by permitting eligible students and their lineal descendants to use such funds to attend an accredited two-year or four-year institution of higher education outside of the Commonwealth but establishes an initial annual cap of $5,000 for any such scholarship. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 196 Virginia SB 196 (2026)
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Virginia SB 196 (2026) — Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds.

Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds. Expands the permissible uses of scholarship funds under the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program by permitting eligible students and their lineal descendants to use such funds to attend an accredited two-year or four-year institution of higher education outside of the Commonwealth but establishes an initial annual cap of $5,000 for any such scholarship.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 50 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 936 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Rules — 180 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Rules — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103002D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
  • 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB196)
  • 2026-01-30 Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-05 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-05 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-05 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-02-06 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-06 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-12 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-12 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
  • 2026-03-01 Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-03-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-03-06 Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-10 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-03-11 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
  • 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-11 Passed House (93-Y 6-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB196ER) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB196)
  • 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 940 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4ca5650-6443-42a9-9ec7-d67f47fcade8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).