Virginia House Bill 1179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; refugees and individuals with certain Special Immigrant Visas. Provides that an individual is eligible for in-state tuition charges regardless of domicile if he is admitted to the United States as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 within the previous two calendar years or received a Special Immigrant Visa that has been granted a status under P.L. 110-181 § 1244, P.L. 109-163 § 1059, or P.L. 111-8 § 602 within the previous two calendar years, and upon entering the United States, the individual resided in the Commonwealth and continues to reside in the Commonwealth as a refugee or pursuant to such Special Immigrant Visa.

Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, refugees.

Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]

2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) (Y: 24 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 3-N 1-A) (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) (Y: 51 N: 48 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 680 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-11	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
2020-03-02	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-28	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-28	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1179ER)
2020-02-28	House	Enrolled
2020-02-24	Senate	Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
2020-02-20	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 3-N 1-A)
2020-02-14	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1179H1
2020-02-10	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20106232D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-07	House	Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
2020-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2020-02-05	House	Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
2020-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-05	House	Committee substitute printed 20106232D-H1
2020-02-05	House	Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
2020-01-15	House	Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101908D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	506	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1179
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1179+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1179H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1179ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0680+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0902V0034+HB1179
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H09V0126+HB1179
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0206V0011+HB1179
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0231+HB1179
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0274+HB1179
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0831+HB1179
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0295+HB1179
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0846HB1179+HB1179
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0916HB1179+HB1179