---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform, comprehensive data information system; info on self-identified students who are parents."
description: "State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; uniform, comprehensive data information system; information on self-identified students who are parents. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include in its uniform, comprehensive data information system information on self-identified students who are parents, as that term is defined in relevant law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 427"
citation: "Virginia HB 427 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Destiny LeVere Bolling"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/316d55b2-3d09-4d57-b578-2cb56038867d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB427"
source_hash: "741a60e3c9577e93c60a09c8e127151edcb33e3d9b08d7078116917557cb82e6"
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 427 (2026) — Uniform, comprehensive data information system; info on self-identified students who are parents.

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; uniform, comprehensive data information system; information on self-identified students who are parents. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include in its uniform, comprehensive data information system information on self-identified students who are parents, as that term is defined in relevant law.

## 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/1084394.PDF)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193790.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Destiny LeVere Bolling — primary (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102442D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB427)
- **2026-01-23** Assigned HED sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-28** Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-04** 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 (15-Y 0-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 (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB427ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB427)
- **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`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 796 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/316d55b2-3d09-4d57-b578-2cb56038867d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).