republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1234.md

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Bill	Higher educational institutions, public; SCHEV to develop a passport credit program.	Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council) and each public institution of higher education to develop a passport credit program that will be offered at each associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education. Under the program, each passport credit course shall satisfy a lower division general education requirement at any public institution of higher education. The bill requires the Council to develop such program by July 1, 2020, and each associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education to offer such program by the 2020-2021 academic year.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1234	Virginia SB 1234 (2017)	bill	Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Siobhan S. Dunnavant	7	31	11	2017-01-10	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/5e864190-ed97-4fc9-8173-0ee070762b1a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1234	7424aaf34cdcdfb455baa07c7091c288ce5269e5c10a08e3402961072a682e15	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1234 (2017) — Higher educational institutions, public; SCHEV to develop a passport credit program.

Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council) and each public institution of higher education to develop a passport credit program that will be offered at each associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education. Under the program, each passport credit course shall satisfy a lower division general education requirement at any public institution of higher education. The bill requires the Council to develop such program by July 1, 2020, and each associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education to offer such program by the 2020-2021 academic year.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0521) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105429D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1234ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105129D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Floor substitute printed 17105239D-S2 (Dunnavant) (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102436D (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17105239D-ES2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House substitute agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–1 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education with substitute — 20–2 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Engrossment reconsidered by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
• David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Surovell (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102436D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Incorporates SB1346 (Surovell)
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute rejected 17105129D-S1
• 2017-02-06 Floor substitute printed 17105239D-S2 (Dunnavant)
• 2017-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-06 Substitute by Senator Dunnavant agreed to 17105239D-S2
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1234S2
• 2017-02-06 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-06 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-06 Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to amendment-passage
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute with amendment SB1234ES2
• 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17105239D-ES2
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-22 Committee substitute agreed to 17105429D-H1
• 2017-02-22 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1234H1
• 2017-02-22 Passed House with substitute (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-23 Title replaced 17105429D-H1
• 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
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 521 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e864190-ed97-4fc9-8173-0ee070762b1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).