Virginia Senate Bill 935 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Passed on April 7 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Public institutions of higher education; eligibility for in-state tuition. Provides that any student is eligible for in-state tuition who (i) attended high school for at least two years in the Commonwealth and either (a) graduated on or after July 1, 2008, from a public or private high school or program of home instruction in the Commonwealth or (b) passed, on or after July 1, 2008, a high school equivalency examination approved by the Secretary of Education; (ii) has submitted evidence that he or, in the case of a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis has filed, unless exempted by state law, Virginia income tax returns for at least two years prior to the date of registration or enrollment; and (iii) registers as an entering student or is enrolled in a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. The bill states that students who meet these criteria shall be eligible for in-state tuition regardless of their citizenship or immigration status, except students with currently valid visas issued under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(F), 1101(a)(15)(H)(iii), 1101(a)(15)(J) (including only students or trainees), or 1101(a)(15)(M). Information obtained in the implementation of the provisions of the bill shall only be used or disclosed to individuals other than the student for purposes of determining in-state tuition eligibility.

Higher educational institutions, public; eligibility for in-state tuition.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. George Barker [D]
Sen. John Bell [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]
Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Louise Lucas [D]
Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]	Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]
Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2020-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) (Y: 56 N: 44 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Education (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N) (Y: 13 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-07		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)
2020-04-07		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 767 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-10		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-10	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
2020-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-27	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB935ER)
2020-02-27	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-24	House	VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
2020-02-24	House	Passed House (56-Y 44-N)
2020-02-24	House	Read third time
2020-02-21	House	Read second time
2020-02-19	House	Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-17	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-17	House	Reported from Education (14-Y 8-N)
2020-02-14	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2020-02-14	House	Read first time
2020-02-14	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB935S1
2020-02-11	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20106793D-S1
2020-02-11	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-11	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N)
2020-01-30	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-01-30	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20106793D-S1
2020-01-30	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
2020-01-21	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2020-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-01-10	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 20104686D

HB1547 (Same As) 2020-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0766)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	506.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB935
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB935+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB935S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB935ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0767+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0102+SB0935
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0257+SB0935
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0457SB0935+SB0935
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0528SB0935+SB0935
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0568SB0935+SB0935
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H09V0218+SB0935
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0374+SB0935
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1256+SB0935