---
type: "Bill"
title: "Two-Year college Transfer Grant, etc.; eligibility."
description: "Selective Service; Two-Year College Transfer Grant; Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program. Removes the requirement that individuals register for the Selective Service in order to be eligible for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant, the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program, or any other state direct tuition assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 414"
citation: "Virginia HB 414 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth R. Guzman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/909bbc6f-9456-4a0a-852b-3d864d03a85f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB414"
source_hash: "cff91ea8aabfce0ba31025ea0ea5629bd5dfdb54c60df09d025b5154c63b4a40"
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 414 (2026) — Two-Year college Transfer Grant, etc.; eligibility.

Selective Service; Two-Year College Transfer Grant; Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program. Removes the requirement that individuals register for the Selective Service in order to be eligible for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant, the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Program, or any other state direct tuition assistance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084337.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216601.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193778.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **79–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102148D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-17** Assigned HAPP sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-21** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB414)
- **2026-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-27** Read third time and passed House (79-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-01-28** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB414ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB414)
- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 135 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0135)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/909bbc6f-9456-4a0a-852b-3d864d03a85f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).