republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1529.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher educational institutions, public; governing board to establish policy, donations, gifts, etc."
description: "Governing boards of public institutions of higher education; acceptance of terms and conditions associated with donations, gifts, and other private philanthropic support. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to establish a policy for the acceptance of terms and conditions associated with any donation, gift, or other private philanthropic support. The bill requires each such policy to include an administrative process for reviewing, accepting, and documenting terms and conditions associated with (i) gifts that direct academic decision-making and (ii) gifts of $1 million or more that impose a new obligation on the institution of higher education, excluding gifts for scholarships or other financial aid. The bill requires each public institution of higher education to retain documentation of such terms and conditions in compliance with the Virginia Public Records Act and provides that such documentation shall be subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1529"
citation: "Virginia HB 1529 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26b1dc88-21b5-487f-a0a5-a5597dd9b468"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1529"
source_hash: "8ee201d35621bac18924717eb7cc931da35566cb68cffe20311fc6c5fa169d1d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1529 (2020) — Higher educational institutions, public; governing board to establish policy, donations, gifts, etc.

Governing boards of public institutions of higher education; acceptance of terms and conditions associated with donations, gifts, and other private philanthropic support. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to establish a policy for the acceptance of terms and conditions associated with any donation, gift, or other private philanthropic support. The bill requires each such policy to include an administrative process for reviewing, accepting, and documenting terms and conditions associated with (i) gifts that direct academic decision-making and (ii) gifts of $1 million or more that impose a new obligation on the institution of higher education, excluding gifts for scholarships or other financial aid. The bill requires each public institution of higher education to retain documentation of such terms and conditions in compliance with the Virginia Public Records Act and provides that such documentation shall be subject to the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0691)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0691)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1529ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1529ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1529H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1529H1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1529H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1529)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N) — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (82-Y 15-N 1-A) — **81–15** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 4-N) — **15–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Presented and ordered printed 20104445D `introduction`
- **2020-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute printed 20107594D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1529H1)
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 20107594D-H1
- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1529H1
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House (82-Y 15-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Passage (82-Y 15-N 1-A)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1529ER)
- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 691 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26b1dc88-21b5-487f-a0a5-a5597dd9b468`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).