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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 274: Hampton University; recognition and restoration of status as a land-grant university.

Passed one chamber 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

SB 274 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Hampton University; recognition and restoration of status as a land-grant university. Primary sponsor: Mamie Locke (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 25, 2026): Continued to next session in Appropriations (Voice Vote).

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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mamie LockePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Lashrecse AirdCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate13

“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. Continued to next session in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
  2. Assigned HAPP sub: Higher Education
  3. Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  4. Read first time
  5. Placed on Calendar
  6. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB274)
  7. Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
  8. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
  9. Rules suspended
  10. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  11. Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
  12. Read second time

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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