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Bill Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution. Broadens eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program by including students whose Expected Family Contribution, as calculated by the federal government using the family's financial information reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), is no more than $12,000. Currently the program is available only to students whose Expected Family Contribution is no more than $8,000. The bill does not affect additional eligibility requirements for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 1965 Virginia HB 1965 (2017)
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3 16 9 2017-01-10 2017-03-03 openstates ocd-bill/9d51a442-7506-471d-b580-f37490097cc5 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1965 c9da1ee0a172f85341cdc8cc24f1291a223d18c7238174a450140376238b936b 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia HB 1965 (2017) — Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program; Expected Family Contribution.

Broadens eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program by including students whose Expected Family Contribution, as calculated by the federal government using the family's financial information reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), is no more than $12,000. Currently the program is available only to students whose Expected Family Contribution is no more than $8,000. The bill does not affect additional eligibility requirements for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program. 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 (CHAP0297) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1965ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102701D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Education — 210 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Finance — 160 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Education and Health — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 70 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 980 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • James P. "Jimmie" Massie, III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102701D introduction
  • 2017-01-10 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 and engrossed reading-2
  • 2017-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2017-02-09 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
  • 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-20 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-21 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
  • 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 297 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d51a442-7506-471d-b580-f37490097cc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).