Students; eligibility for in-state tuition. (HB2123)

Introduced By

Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington) with support from 18 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. Lashrecse D. Aird (D-Petersburg), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Angelia Williams Graves (D-Norfolk), Del. Elizabeth Guzman (D-Dale City), Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun), Del. Danica Roem (D-Manassas Park), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News), Del. Rip Sullivan (D-Arlington), Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)

Progress

✓	Introduced
☐	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Public institutions of higher education; certain students; financial assistance programs. Provides that students who meet the criteria to be deemed eligible for in-state tuition regardless of their citizenship or immigration status shall be afforded the same educational benefits, including financial assistance programs administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia the State Board for Community Colleges, or a public institution of higher education, as any other individual who is eligible for in-state tuition. The bill directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in coordination with institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of August 1, 2022, and is identical to SB 1387. Read the Bill »

Status

04/19/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Finance and Appropriations Committee

History

Date	Action
01/12/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102859D
01/12/2021	Referred to Committee on Education
01/15/2021	Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
01/20/2021	House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
01/20/2021	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
01/20/2021	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
01/21/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB2123)
01/25/2021	Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 7-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2021	Committee substitute printed 21103245D-H1
01/25/2021	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/25/2021	Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
01/26/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB2123H1)
01/27/2021	Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
01/27/2021	Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2021	Read first time
01/29/2021	Read second time
01/29/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21103245D-H1
01/29/2021	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2123H1
02/01/2021	Read third time and passed House (58-Y 42-N)
02/01/2021	VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/02/2021	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/05/2021	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2021	Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2021	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/16/2021	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2021	Read third time
02/17/2021	Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2021	Enrolled
02/22/2021	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2123ER)
02/22/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB2123ER)
02/22/2021	Signed by President
02/24/2021	Signed by Speaker
02/25/2021	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
02/25/2021	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/12/2021	G Approved by Governor-Chapter 107 (effective 8/1/22)
03/12/2021	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0107)