HB 48 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications, legacy admissions, etc.

Summary
Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; legacy admissions and admissions based on donor status prohibited. Prohibits any public institution of higher education from providing any manner of preferential treatment in the admissions decision to any student applicant on the basis of such student's legacy status, defined in the bill, or such student's familial relationship to any donor to such institution. This bill is identical to SB 46.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Dec 21, 2023 Signed Mar 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2024 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2024

How they voted

390
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2024
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Feb 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB48ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
lower
Dec 21, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 26 co-sponsors

Sponsors