Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds.
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 9, 2026
Signed Apr 13, 2026
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What changed between versions
Introduced
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Enrolled
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3 edits
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Apr 13, 2026
MINOR
The bill was formally enacted into law, transitioning from a draft introduction to an enrolled version. The substantive policy content regarding the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program remains unchanged, defining eligible institutions and setting a $5,000 annual limit for out-of-state schools.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the text is identical to the introduced version.
TECHNICAL
Removed introductory metadata including session dates, bill number, sponsor name, committee referral status, and the 'Introduced' designation.
Added formal enrolled formatting elements such as 'ENROLLED' headers, chapter numbering, approval signatures, and page counts.
Converted the text layout from a standard legislative draft format to the official enrolled act format with specific line breaks and spacing.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 11, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 5, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
12
Committee
7
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 940 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB196ER)
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (93-Y 6-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2026
Committee
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Angelia Graves
DDemocratic
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