Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program; established. (SB1405)
Introduced By
Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-Springfield) with support from 7 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Sen. John Bell (D-Chantilly), Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon), Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington), Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Midlothian), Sen. Monty Mason (D-Williamsburg), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)
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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Became Law |
Description
Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program established. Establishes the Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and requires the Virginia Community College System to establish the G3 Program for the purpose of providing financial assistance from the Fund to certain low-income and middle-income Virginia students who are enrolled in an educational program at an associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education that leads to an occupation in a high-demand field. The bill contains provisions for student eligibility, financial assistance award amounts, and data reporting. This bill is identical to HB 2204. Read the Bill »
Status
03/29/2021: signed by governor
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/13/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102963D |
| 01/13/2021 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 01/15/2021 | Assigned Education sub: Higher Education |
| 01/21/2021 | Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/21/2021 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 01/21/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1405) |
| 02/02/2021 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/03/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2021 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/04/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2021 | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/07/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/07/2021 | Read first time |
| 02/07/2021 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 02/08/2021 | Continued to Special Session 1 in Education |
| 02/10/2021 | Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2021 | Read second time |
| 02/15/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/15/2021 | Passed House (93-Y 7-N) |
| 02/15/2021 | VOTE: Passage (93-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2021 | Enrolled |
| 02/17/2021 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1405ER) |
| 02/17/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1405ER) |
| 02/17/2021 | Signed by President |
| 02/18/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/22/2021 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 22, 2021 |
| 02/22/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| 03/29/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 398 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 03/29/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398) |