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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HJ 21: Higher educational institutions, public; SCHEV to study guaranteed first-year admission policy.

In committee 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

HJ 21 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 8, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Higher educational institutions, public; SCHEV to study guaranteed first-year admission policy. Primary sponsor: Holly Seibold (Democratic). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Rules.

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Official summary

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

Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; guaranteed first-year admission; report. Requests the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study the feasibility of implementing a guaranteed first-year admission policy at each public institution of higher education for certain high school graduates in the Commonwealth and report its findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Holly SeiboldPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Jennifer BoyskoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate38
Nadarius ClarkCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse84
Rae CousinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
J.R. HensonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Patrick HopeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Karen Keys-GamarraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Alfonso LopezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Marty MartinezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Marcus SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Shelly SimondsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70

“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. Left in Rules
  2. Continued to 2025 in Rules (Voice Vote)
  3. Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
  4. Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee
  5. Referred to Committee on Rules
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104258D

Sources

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