---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher educational institutions, public; students, determination of domicile."
description: "Public institutions of higher education; students; determination of domicile. Prohibits any student at a publicinstitution of higher education from being deemed ineligible to establishdomicile and receive in-state tuition charges solely on the basisof the immigration status of his parent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1315"
citation: "Virginia HB 1315 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaye Kory"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3be526d7-457b-49d4-b518-ff8f233b8dfb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1315"
source_hash: "1f31f5470d33a96857ade3a63303976ef93e8bd21e4768ce7f128ce6858a6382"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1315 (2020) — Higher educational institutions, public; students, determination of domicile.

Public institutions of higher education; students; determination of domicile. Prohibits any student at a publicinstitution of higher education from being deemed ineligible to establishdomicile and receive in-state tuition charges solely on the basisof the immigration status of his parent.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0512)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0512)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1315ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1315ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1315)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1315)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — **54–44** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N) — **4–3** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kaye Kory — primary (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100133D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1315)
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1315ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 512 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3be526d7-457b-49d4-b518-ff8f233b8dfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).