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Institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program; establishment of student meal plan credit donation program. Renames the Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program, established pursuant to applicable law, as "the Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program" and amends the Program by expanding the criteria that a public institution of higher education or eligible private institution of higher education must satisfy to receive a designation as a "Hunger-Free Campus" and be awarded a grant under the Program to include a requirement that any such institution to establish both (i) an on-campus food pantry, pursuant to current law, and (ii) if such institution offers a meal swipe program or equivalent student meal swipe plan, a student meal credit sharing program, whereby students may voluntarily donate unused meal plan credits to be distributed for use by other students at campus dining halls or at its on-campus food pantry or to otherwise support its on-campus food pantry. The bill also requires grants awarded pursuant to the Program to be used to support on-campus efforts and initiatives to eliminate student food insecurity at such institution through the maintenance and operation of both its food pantry, pursuant to current law, and its student meal credit sharing program established in accordance with the bill.
Introduced
Dec 31, 2025
Last Action
Mar 9, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Continued to next session in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)
Assigned HED sub: Higher Education
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB97)
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Education
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Education and Health Substitute agreed to
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Committee substitute agreed to
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Committee substitute printed 26105701D-S1
Passed by for the day
Senate committee offered
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
Senate subcommittee offered
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100751D
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Continued to next session in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
Danica A. Roem