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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2452: Higher education institutions, baccalaureate public; livestreaming, etc., Bd. of visitors meetings.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2452 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Higher education institutions, baccalaureate public; livestreaming, etc., Bd. of visitors meetings. Primary sponsor: Keith Hodges (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 21, 2025): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Keith HodgesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Luther CifersCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Tom GarrettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Ian T. LovejoyCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
David OwenCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)
  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (Effective 07/01/25)
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  4. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
  5. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2452)
  6. Signed by President
  7. Signed by Speaker
  8. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2452ER)
  9. Enrolled
  10. Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  11. Read third time
  12. Passed by for the day

Showing 12 most recent of 32 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source