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| Bill | Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees, reduces membership. | Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees; membership. Reduces from 19 to 18 the total membership of the board of trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority by removing the presidents of Old Dominion University and the University of Virginia or their designees and adding the president of Appalachian College of Pharmacy or his designee. The bill also permits the President of Total Action for Progress to designate an individual to serve in his place on such board of trustees. This bill is identical to HB 423. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 242 | Virginia SB 242 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 242 (2026) — Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees, reduces membership.
Roanoke Higher Education Authority; board of trustees; membership. Reduces from 19 to 18 the total membership of the board of trustees of the Roanoke Higher Education Authority by removing the presidents of Old Dominion University and the University of Virginia or their designees and adding the president of Appalachian College of Pharmacy or his designee. The bill also permits the President of Total Action for Progress to designate an individual to serve in his place on such board of trustees. This bill is identical to HB 423.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102233D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB242)
- 2026-01-22 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-23 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-23 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-23 Passed by for the day
- 2026-01-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-26 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-26 Engrossed by Senate
- 2026-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-20 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-23 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-24 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-24 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB242ER)
passage - 2026-02-24 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-24 Signed by President
passage - 2026-02-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB242)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 137 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0137)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cecd2876-e04a-42c3-bf4c-01f8f67c6a84. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).