---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher ed. institutions, certain; reimbursement for noncredit workforce training program, grants."
description: "Higher ed. institutions, certain; reimbursement for noncredit workforce training program, grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2194"
citation: "Virginia HB 2194 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbb168a1-1a87-427c-9d79-2bc4d8b00dd2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2194"
source_hash: "30412e4773cde597e9cb044e80dfe9b4f7b4aef16b91fd8649ee6c71dca7a352"
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 2194 (2023) — Higher ed. institutions, certain; reimbursement for noncredit workforce training program, grants.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0005** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0005)
2. **HB2194ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2194ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101172D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2194)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101172D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2194)
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-23** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Assigned App. sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2194ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2194ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbb168a1-1a87-427c-9d79-2bc4d8b00dd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).