VA HB2471 | 2019 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; criminal history. Prohibits each public institution of higher education from (i) utilizing an institution-specific admissions application that contains questions about the criminal history of the applicant or (ii) denying admission to any applicant on the basis of any criminal history information provided by the applicant on any third-party admissions application accepted by the institution.

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Title

Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications, criminal history.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2019-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2019-02-05HouseLeft in Education
2019-01-28HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2019-01-18HouseAssigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
2019-01-09HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2019-01-09HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102945D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
231407.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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