2023 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB1286: Virginia Community College System; duties of State Board for Community Colleges.

Legislative Summary

Virginia Community College System; duties of State Board for Community Colleges; standardization of health care-related programs. Directs the State Board for Community Colleges to develop and implement a plan to standardize across all comprehensive community colleges the courses offered for health care-related degree, credential, or licensure programs, excluding any registered nursing programs. The bill requires such plan to include procedures and criteria for (i) standardizing such courses by name, curriculum, coursework, quality, academic rigor, and standard of evaluation; (ii) awarding credit toward the completion of any such health care-related program; and (iii) standardizing the manner in which academic and clinical hour credits are awarded for such courses to ensure that they are stackable and transferrable across all comprehensive community colleges.

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Bill History

1/10/2023
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101501D
Senate
1/10/2023
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Senate
1/27/2023
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
Senate
2/2/2023
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/2/2023
Committee substitute printed 23105758D-S1
Senate
2/3/2023
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/6/2023
Read second time
Senate
2/6/2023
Reading of substitute waived
Senate
2/6/2023
Committee substitute agreed to 23105758D-S1
Senate
2/6/2023
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1286S1
Senate
2/6/2023
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/6/2023
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/10/2023
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/10/2023
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/10/2023
Referred to Committee on Education
House of Delegates
2/10/2023
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
House of Delegates
2/13/2023
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/13/2023
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
House of Delegates
2/15/2023
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/15/2023
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
House of Delegates
2/20/2023
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/22/2023
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/23/2023
Read third time
House of Delegates
2/23/2023
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/23/2023
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
3/7/2023
Enrolled
Senate
3/7/2023
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1286ER)
Senate
3/8/2023
Signed by President
Senate
3/8/2023
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
3/13/2023
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
Senate
3/13/2023
Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
3/26/2023
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 542 (effective 7/1/23)
3/26/2023
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0542)

Amendments

Substitute for SB1286 S-Education and Health, Higher Education

Substitute for SB1286 S-Education and Health, Higher Education

1/30/2023Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
2/23/2023
96
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2/20/2023
22
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
2/15/2023
22
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
2/13/2023
10
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2/6/2023
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2/6/2023
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2/3/2023
38
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2/2/2023
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(3/26/2023)
Chamber
Senate
Sine DiePrior Session

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text3/26/20236.9 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text3/7/20236.9 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/2/20237.0 KB
Prefiled
Bill Text1/10/20237.5 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis3/8/202360.0 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/13/202357.4 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/24/202356.9 KB