Higher educational institutions, public; academic credit for American Sign Language courses. (HB1512)
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Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Public institutions of higher education; academic credit for American Sign Language courses. Clarifies that each public institution of higher education is required to count credit received for successful completion of American Sign Language courses at institutions of higher education from which students transfer or transfer such course credit toward satisfaction of the foreign language entrance requirements of the public institution of higher education. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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12/20/2016 | Committee |
12/20/2016 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102772D |
12/20/2016 | Referred to Committee on Education |
01/12/2017 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1512) |
01/13/2017 | Assigned Education sub: Higher Education |
01/24/2017 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N) |
01/25/2017 | Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/25/2017 | Committee substitute printed 17104315D-H1 |
01/26/2017 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1512H1) |
01/26/2017 | Read first time |
01/27/2017 | Read second time |
01/27/2017 | Committee substitute agreed to 17104315D-H1 |
01/27/2017 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1512H1 |
01/30/2017 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
01/30/2017 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/31/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
01/31/2017 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
02/09/2017 | Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/13/2017 | Read third time |
02/13/2017 | Reading of amendments waived |
02/13/2017 | Committee amendments agreed to |
02/13/2017 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
02/13/2017 | Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/15/2017 | Placed on Calendar |
02/15/2017 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) |
02/15/2017 | VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/17/2017 | Enrolled |
02/17/2017 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1512ER) |
02/17/2017 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1512ER) |
02/17/2017 | Signed by Speaker |
02/20/2017 | Signed by President |
02/21/2017 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17 |
02/21/2017 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017 |
03/03/2017 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 292 (effective 7/1/17) |
03/03/2017 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0292) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 1 minute.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN FROM ALEXANDRIA, MR. LEVINE. I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT ANYTHING. OKAY.
Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria): THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I RISE FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN HAS THE FLOOR.
Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria): MR. SPEAKER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, TODAY, JANUARY 27 IS HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. ON THIS DAY, 72 YEARS AGO, THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION CAMP IN EUROPE AUSCHWITZ UPPER CANAL WAS LIBERATED. THERE WERE ONLY A FEW PEOPLE LEFT ALIVE AT THAT TIME. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT ALREADY BEEN MURDERED WERE SENT ON DEATH MARCHES.