---
type: "Bill"
title: "Norfolk State University & Va. State University; reduced rate tuition charges for certain students."
description: "Norfolk State University & Va. State University; reduced rate tuition charges for certain students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2272"
citation: "Virginia HB 2272 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cherry"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 59
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b3e468a-0956-4b17-8ce7-dbd545e2326a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2272"
source_hash: "ecf66b9bf5c3c066e1ebc966163780c8bdbe3f29332e48e06f25d26d00f71194"
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 2272 (2023) — Norfolk State University & Va. State University; reduced rate tuition charges for certain students.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0696** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0696)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105577D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2272H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23105991D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2272H2)
4. **Committee substitute printed 23107054D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2272S1)
5. **HB2272ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2272ER)
6. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103113D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2272)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cherry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103113D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB2272)
- **2023-01-26** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23105577D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Assigned App. sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23105991D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee on Education substitute rejected 23105577D-H1
- **2023-02-06** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 23105991D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2272H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB2272H2)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute printed 23107054D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2272S1)
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23107054D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2272S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute rejected by House 23107054D-S1 (0-Y 96-N)
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N)
- **2023-02-23** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Cherry, Batten, McQuinn
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Lucas, Locke, Suetterlein
- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2272ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB2272ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 696 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0696)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b3e468a-0956-4b17-8ce7-dbd545e2326a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).