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Baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; livestreaming, recording, and archiving of boards of visitors meetings; closed sessions; guidelines. Establishes several requirements, subject to a reenactment clause, relating to public access to meetings of the governing boards of baccalaureate public institutions of higher education. The bill also requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council and a representative from the Library of Virginia, to work with the public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth and with technology experts to develop minimal uniform standards, to the extent practicable, for (i) providing the public with real-time access to the meetings of governing boards of public institutions of higher education and the meetings of committees of such boards, (ii) archiving the recordings of such meetings, and (iii) taking minutes at such meetings. The bill requires any such minimal uniform standards to be implemented by each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth no later than July 1, 2026.
Introduced
Jan 8, 2025
Last Action
Mar 21, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 4 co
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (Effective 07/01/25)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Signed by President
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2452)
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2452ER)
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Read third time
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2452)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N)
Read second time
Printed as engrossed 25102838D-E
Engrossed by House as amended
Education Amendment agreed to
Read first time
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 2-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2452)
Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education
Referred to Committee on Education
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102838D
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)
M. Keith Hodges