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| Bill | New College Institute; membership and composition of board of directors, report. | New College Institute; name; membership and composition of board of directors. Renames New College Institute as the West Piedmont Higher Education Center (the Center) and makes several revisions to the membership requirements for the board of directors of the Center, including (i) increasing from 15 to 20 members the total membership of the board of directors; (ii) modifying the composition of the board of directors by adding as required members the Executive Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or his designee, the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee, and the presidents of George Mason University, Longwood University, Radford University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Virginia State University or their designees; (iii) reducing from 10 to seven the total number of nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor and requiring five of such nonlegislative citizen members to be representatives of West Piedmont public education and area business and industry, including one division superintendent, one public school teacher, and three business and industry leaders; and (iv) adding the president of Patrick & Henry Community College or his designee to serve as an ex officio nonvoting member. The bill also requires the board of directors of the Center, in collaboration with representatives of GO Virginia Region 3, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Patrick & Henry Community College, local school boards, and major regional employers, to develop a sustainability plan, including a comprehensive strategic plan and customer recruitment and expansion strategy, to provide higher education degree and certification programs in accordance with its mission, to review options to achieve the goals stated in such plan, and to report on such options to the Governor, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations no later than August 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 430. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 299 | Virginia SB 299 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 299 (2026) — New College Institute; membership and composition of board of directors, report.
New College Institute; name; membership and composition of board of directors. Renames New College Institute as the West Piedmont Higher Education Center (the Center) and makes several revisions to the membership requirements for the board of directors of the Center, including (i) increasing from 15 to 20 members the total membership of the board of directors; (ii) modifying the composition of the board of directors by adding as required members the Executive Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or his designee, the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee, and the presidents of George Mason University, Longwood University, Radford University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Virginia State University or their designees; (iii) reducing from 10 to seven the total number of nonlegislative citizen members to be appointed by the Governor and requiring five of such nonlegislative citizen members to be representatives of West Piedmont public education and area business and industry, including one division superintendent, one public school teacher, and three business and industry leaders; and (iv) adding the president of Patrick & Henry Community College or his designee to serve as an ex officio nonvoting member. The bill also requires the board of directors of the Center, in collaboration with representatives of GO Virginia Region 3, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, Patrick & Henry Community College, local school boards, and major regional employers, to develop a sustainability plan, including a comprehensive strategic plan and customer recruitment and expansion strategy, to provide higher education degree and certification programs in accordance with its mission, to review options to achieve the goals stated in such plan, and to report on such options to the Governor, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations no later than August 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 430.
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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Higher Education Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute — 18–3 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–2 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 92–5 (pass) · lower
- Concur House Substitute R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Kannan Srinivasan — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103457D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB299)
- 2026-02-09 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-12 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-13 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-19 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-19 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-19 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Assigned HED sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-03-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)
substitution - 2026-03-04 House committee offered
- 2026-03-04 Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-04 Committee substitute printed 26108795D-H1
substitution - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB299)
- 2026-03-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-09 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-03-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-09 Passed House with substitute (92-Y 5-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-10 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB299ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB299)
- 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 - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 610 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0610)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2632df2-0ecd-4d13-8370-4623d588885c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).