republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1662.md

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Bill	Higher educational institutions, public; general education course credit, dual enrollment courses.	Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), in consultation with each public institution of higher education, to establish a policy for granting undergraduate general education course credit to any entering freshman student who has successfully completed a dual enrollment course. The bill requires SCHEV and each public institution of higher education to make the policy available to the public on the SCHEV and institution's websites. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1662	Virginia HB 1662 (2017)	bill		enacted	Thomas A. "Tag" Greason	4	18	8	2017-01-05	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/5981ce37-ac99-465f-b756-700c0712ce16	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1662	d1331033cf8fbf69512fae94f91a1567191e26050657bc304d0ef8f0ff1a4b52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1662 (2017) — Higher educational institutions, public; general education course credit, dual enrollment courses.

Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), in consultation with each public institution of higher education, to establish a policy for granting undergraduate general education course credit to any entering freshman student who has successfully completed a dual enrollment course. The bill requires SCHEV and each public institution of higher education to make the policy available to the public on the SCHEV and institution's websites. 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 (CHAP0316) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1662ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104387D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101319D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — primary (person)
• Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
• David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101319D introduction
• 2017-01-05 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Passed by until Monday, February 6, 2017
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17104387D-H1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1662H1
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled
• 2017-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 316 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5981ce37-ac99-465f-b756-700c0712ce16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).