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Bill	Higher educational institutions, public; certain positions require residency of the Commonwealth.	Requires the president or any one of the vice presidents of the board of visitors of Virginia Military Institute, the chairman or the vice-chairman of the State Board, and the rector or vice-rector of the governing board of each other public institution of higher education to be a resident of the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1402	Virginia HB 1402 (2017)	bill	Educational Institutions	enacted	R. Steven Landes	6	29	12	2016-09-02	2017-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/6f1a772e-ddcc-42ee-9f25-9eca8ae16bbb	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1402	09c0d64fc62d5e3f17b01b77c1f1fe90796e6df8a3f0e0def8569e3197079ae2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1402 (2017) — Higher educational institutions, public; certain positions require residency of the Commonwealth.

Requires the president or any one of the vice presidents of the board of visitors of Virginia Military Institute, the chairman or the vice-chairman of the State Board, and the rector or vice-rector of the governing board of each other public institution of higher education to be a resident of the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0764) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1402ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104390D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Conference substitute printed 17105749D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100216D (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105458D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House — 60–38 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by House — 59–36 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 39–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education with substitute — 15–6 (pass) · legislature
• Senate substitute rejected by House 17105458D-S1 — 0–95 (fail) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 26–14 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 33–6 (pass) · legislature
• Senate insisted on substitute — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 30–9 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• R. Steven Landes — primary (person)
• Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
• Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
• Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
• Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-09-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100216D introduction
• 2016-09-02 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-20 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 17104390D-H1
• 2017-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1402H1
• 2017-01-30 Read third time and passed House (60-Y 38-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 17105458D-S1
• 2017-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1402S1
• 2017-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-21 Senate substitute rejected by House 17105458D-S1 (0-Y 95-N)
• 2017-02-22 Senate requested conference committee
• 2017-02-23 House acceded to request
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-24 Amended by conference committee
• 2017-02-24 Conference substitute printed 17105749D-H2
• 2017-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (59-Y 36-N)
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 764 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f1a772e-ddcc-42ee-9f25-9eca8ae16bbb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).