SB 196 — Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds.

VA 20261 session

Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; permissible use of scholarship funds. Expands the permissible uses of scholarship funds under the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program by permitting eligible students and their lineal descendants to use such funds to attend an accredited two-year or four-year institution of higher education outside of the Commonwealth but establishes an initial annual cap of $5,000 for any such scholarship.

Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter

Sponsors (1)

Angelia Williams Graves (D, VA) — sponsor

Action timeline (33)

2026-01-09 · senate · S4020 —
2026-01-09 · senate · S1001 —
2026-01-29 · senate · S8500 —
2026-01-30 · senate · S1005 —
2026-02-04 · senate · S0505 —
2026-02-05 · senate · S4150 —
2026-02-05 · senate · S4140 —
2026-02-05 · senate · S4160 —
2026-02-05 · senate · S4160 —
2026-02-06 · senate · S4120 —
2026-02-06 · senate · S4600 —
2026-02-09 · senate · S5000 —
2026-02-12 · house · H5220 —
2026-02-12 · house · H4110 —
2026-02-12 · house · H2001 —
2026-03-01 · house · H2012 —
2026-03-02 · house · H2016 —
2026-03-06 · house · H2005 —
2026-03-10 · house · H4120 —
2026-03-11 · house · H4009 —
2026-03-11 · house · H4130 —
2026-03-11 · house · H5100 —
2026-03-30 · senate · S5610 —
2026-03-30 · senate · S5601 —
2026-03-30 · senate · S5620 —
2026-03-31 · senate · S7010 —
2026-03-31 · G7010 —
2026-03-31 · house · H5620 —
2026-03-31 · senate · S7010 —
2026-03-31 · G7010 —
2026-04-06 · senate · S8500 —
2026-04-13 · G7050 —
2026-04-13 · G9998 —

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Who matters on this bill

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#	Member	Role	Speeches	Voted	Score
1	Angelia Williams Graves (D, state_upper VA)	sponsor	0	—	5

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Predicted vote

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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