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Gubernatorial appointments; confirmation process; Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments; membership, duties, and committees of and legal counsel for governing boards of public institutions of higher education. Amends the membership of the Virginia Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments to allow for the appointment of up to 15 nonlegislative citizen members; currently the Commission consists of six nonlegislative citizen members. The bill clarifies that the rejection of a gubernatorial appointment by the House or Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections or a subcommittee thereof or other standing committee made responsible by the rules of the applicable house for confirming gubernatorial appointments shall be deemed a refusal to confirm by the General Assembly for purposes of the constitutional prohibition on an appointee serving after such refusal. The bill also establishes provisions relating to the appointment, confirmation, and oath of members of governing boards of public institutions of higher education and quorum requirements for and duties of such governing boards. Finally, the bill requires the Office of the Attorney General to examine the feasibility of requiring the governing board of each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to be responsible for all decisions relating to the employment of legal counsel for such institution. This bill incorporates HB 780, HB 939, and HB 1069.
Introduced
Jan 21, 2026
Last Action
Mar 14, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 34-N 0-A)
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
Passed by temporarily
Conference Report released
Conferees appointed by House
House Conferees: Franklin of Montgomery, Carr, Zehr
Conferees appointed by Senate
Senate Conferees: Deeds, Locke, Pillion, Surovell
House acceded to request
Senate requested conference committee
Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 94-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1385)
Education and Health Substitute agreed to
Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 20-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Read third time
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Committee substitute printed 26108794D-S1
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1385)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read first time
Incorporates HB780 (Callsen)
Committee substitute printed 26107251D-H1
Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
Incorporates HB939 (Franklin, L.V.)
Incorporates HB1069 (Laufer)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
House subcommittee offered
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1385)
Assigned HED sub: Higher Education
Referred to Committee on Education
Presented and ordered printed 26105297D
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Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 34-N 0-A)
Lily V. Franklin
Betsy B. Carr