New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Fund and Program; grant priority.
Summary
Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in awarding grants pursuant to the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program, to give priority to institutions that offer noncredit workforce training programs in high-demand fields in which employer demand is currently unmet by the available workforce.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 4, 2019
Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 14, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 578 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 14, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 7, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1920E
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 30, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)
house of delegates
Jan 11, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 4, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 4, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102007D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Christopher P. Stolle
RRepublican
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