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Bill Postsecondary schools; enrollment agreement with each student. Prohibits postsecondary schools that are required to be certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council) from enrolling students without entering into an enrollment agreement with each student. The enrollment agreement is required to be signed by the student and an authorized representative of the school and to contain all disclosures prescribed by the Council. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 2040 Virginia HB 2040 (2017)
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Virginia HB 2040 (2017) — Postsecondary schools; enrollment agreement with each student.

Prohibits postsecondary schools that are required to be certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council) from enrolling students without entering into an enrollment agreement with each student. The enrollment agreement is required to be signed by the student and an authorized representative of the school and to contain all disclosures prescribed by the Council.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0298) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2040ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101292D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 80 (pass) · legislature
  • Senate amendment agreed to by House — 980 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Education and Health with amendment — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Education — 200 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate with amendment — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)
  • Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
  • Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101292D introduction
  • 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2017-01-20 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2017-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2017-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-02-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-13 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2017-02-13 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2017-02-13 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2017-02-15 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-15 Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2017-02-17 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-17 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-20 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 298 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd11a455-c975-4686-ad8e-518ea1dd4355. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).