VirginiaHampton University; recognition and restoration of status as a land-grant university.
What it does
Educational and cultural institutions; Recognition and restoration of status of Hampton University as a land-grant university; requirements; task force. Recognizes and restores the status of Hampton University as an 1862 and 1890 land-grant university of the Commonwealth, in accordance with the provisions of applicable federal law, and (i) enumerates the funding and programs Hampton University shall be eligible for as a land-grant university and (ii) provides for the establishment of an evaluation task force by the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on appropriations upon federal recognition of Hampton University as an institution eligible to receive federal funding and participate in federal and state programs established under applicable law relating to land-grant universities for the purpose of evaluating the status of Hampton University and the feasibility of recognizing the institution as a land-grant university of the Commonwealth in accordance with the provisions of the bill.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 21Continued from last sessionLatest
- Feb 25Continued to next session in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
- Feb 18Assigned HAPP sub: Higher EducationMinor
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Feb 18Read first timeMinor
- Feb 18Placed on Calendar
- Feb 16Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB274)
- Feb 13Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 13Rules suspended
- Feb 13Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)Major
- Feb 13Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 13Read second timeMinor
- Feb 12Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Feb 12Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 12Rules suspended
- Feb 11Committee substitute printed 26107712D-S1Major
- Feb 11Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 3Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB274)
- Jan 26Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB274)
- Jan 22Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 19Assigned Education sub: Higher EducationMinor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104719DIntroduced