Virginia legislation · 2027 Regular Session
Virginia SB846: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 31 of Title 23.1 an article numbered 10, consisting of sections numbered 23.1-3139 and 23.1-3140, relating to educational and cultural institutions; recognition and restoration of Hampton University as a land-grant university; requirements; task force established; report.
Status: In committee, October 26, 2026
Educational and cultural institutions; recognition and restoration of status of Hampton University as a land-grant university; requirements; task force established; report. 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 enumerates the funding and programs Hampton University shall be eligible for as a land-grant university. The bill also provides for the establishment, 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, of an evaluation task force by the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on for the purpose of evaluating the feasibility of recognizing Hampton University as a land-grant university of the Commonwealth in accordance with the provisions of the bill.
What the bill says
To amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 31 of Title 23.1 an article numbered 10, consisting of sections numbered 23.1-3139 and 23.1-3140, relating to educational and cultural institutions; recognition and restoration of Hampton University as a land-grant university; requirements; task force established; report. ---------- Patron--Locke ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ---------- 1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 31 of Title 23.1 an article numbered 10, consisting of sections numbered 23.1-3139 and 23.1-3140, as follows: Artic.
From the introduced text, October 26, 2026:
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 31 of Title 23.1 an article numbered 10, consisting of sections numbered 23.1-3139 and 23.1-3140, relating to educational and cultural institutions; recognition and restoration of Hampton University as a land-grant university; requirements; task force established; report. ---------- Patron--Locke ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ---------- 1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 31 of Title 23.1 an article numbered 10, consisting of sections numbered 23.1-3139 and 23.1-3140, as follows: Article 10. Hampton University as a Land-Grant University. § 23.1-3139. Recognition of Hampton University as a land-grant university; eligibility for funding. A. As used in this article, "land-grant university" means an institution of higher education in the United States designated to receive federal funding under the Morrill Act of 1862 (7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) and the Morrill Act of 1890 (7 U.S.C. § 321 et seq.). B. Hampton University is hereby recognized and restored as an 1862 and 1890 land-grant university of the Commonwealth. As a land-grant university, Hampton University shall be eligible to receive federal funding and participate in federal and state programs established under the Morrill Act of 1862 (7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) and the Morrill Act of 1890 (7 U.S.C. § 321 et seq.) and …