republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1527.md

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Bill	Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; changes to Program, Commonwealth Award grants.	Makes several changes to the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program, including adding requirements that (i) each student eligible for the Program receive a grant from the institution's appropriations for undergraduate student financial assistance before Commonwealth Award grants are awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (ii) each eligible student receive a Program grant in an amount greater than Commonwealth Award grants awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (iii) each eligible student receive a Program grant in an amount greater than the grant of each eligible student with equivalent remaining need in the next-lowest class level, and (iv) each Program grant be determined by a proportionate award schedule adopted by each institution and vary according to each student's remaining need and the total of tuition, fees, and other necessary charges, including books. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1527	Virginia SB 1527 (2017)	bill	Education	enacted	Richard L. Saslaw	4	21	8	2017-01-20	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/f84f0b4c-cc84-437c-82bf-1b378bcf9020	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1527	34062baec3b9c0c8b522f70a9ab145d68efd3f0415e6ff5f4f21b668bf35fe09	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1527 (2017) — Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; changes to Program, Commonwealth Award grants.

Makes several changes to the Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program, including adding requirements that (i) each student eligible for the Program receive a grant from the institution's appropriations for undergraduate student financial assistance before Commonwealth Award grants are awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (ii) each eligible student receive a Program grant in an amount greater than Commonwealth Award grants awarded to students with equivalent remaining need, (iii) each eligible student receive a Program grant in an amount greater than the grant of each eligible student with equivalent remaining need in the next-lowest class level, and (iv) each Program grant be determined by a proportionate award schedule adopted by each institution and vary according to each student's remaining need and the total of tuition, fees, and other necessary charges, including books. 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 (CHAP0335) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105424D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1527ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103881D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard L. Saslaw — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 17103881D introduction
• 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned App. sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-15 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-16 Committee substitute agreed to 17105424D-H1
• 2017-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1527H1
• 2017-02-16 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-20 Title replaced 17105424D-H1
• 2017-02-22 Enrolled
• 2017-02-22 Signed by President
• 2017-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
• 2017-02-23 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 335 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f84f0b4c-cc84-437c-82bf-1b378bcf9020. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).