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type: "Bill"
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title: "Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 196"
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citation: "Virginia SB 196 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Angelia Williams Graves"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-09"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4ca5650-6443-42a9-9ec7-d67f47fcade8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB196"
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source_hash: "6e3b71ff85a055f8f7c955a68ff5ee0d8e44b59ab6f299a9353968a05167857c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 196 (2026) — Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083562.PDF)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211842.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **93–6** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rules — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rules — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103002D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB196)
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- **2026-01-30** Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-05** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-05** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-12** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-01** Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-03-06** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-11** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** Passed House (93-Y 6-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB196ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB196)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 940 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4ca5650-6443-42a9-9ec7-d67f47fcade8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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