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type: "Bill"
title: "Higher educational institutions, public; certain positions require residency of the Commonwealth."
description: "Requires the president or any one of the vice presidents of the board of visitors of Virginia Military Institute, the chairman or the vice-chairman of the State Board, and the rector or vice-rector of the governing board of each other public institution of higher education to be a resident of the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 907"
citation: "Virginia SB 907 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2016-12-26"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b4e8b40-3793-4843-8e7e-5aa515d18d3f"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB907"
source_hash: "42624488a1115b9065123e6c262243469ad40a674d8dc3772d20721bb73f5c82"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 907 (2017) — Higher educational institutions, public; certain positions require residency of the Commonwealth.
Requires the president or any one of the vice presidents of the board of visitors of Virginia Military Institute, the chairman or the vice-chairman of the State Board, and the rector or vice-rector of the governing board of each other public institution of higher education to be a resident of the Commonwealth. 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 (CHAP0766)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0766)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105261D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907H1)
3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB907ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907ER)
4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104692D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907S1)
5. **Senate: Conference substitute printed 17105797D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907S2)
6. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102300D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907)
7. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104692D-ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907ES1)
8. **Senate: Printed as reengrossed 17104692D-E2S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907E2S1)
## Votes
- Reported from Education with substitute — **156** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **141** (pass) · legislature
- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- House substitute rejected by Senate — **040** (fail) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by House — **5737** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Senate acceded to request — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **355** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **355** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with substitute — **6134** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-12-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102300D `introduction`
- **2016-12-26** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** Passed by for the day
- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 17104692D-S1
- **2017-01-31** Reading of amendment waived
- **2017-01-31** Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB907ES1
- **2017-01-31** Printed as engrossed 17104692D-ES1
- **2017-02-01** Reading of amendment waived
- **2017-02-01** Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-01** Reengrossed by Senate committee substitute w/amds SB907E2S1
- **2017-02-01** Printed as reengrossed 17104692D-E2S1
- **2017-02-01** Engrossed bill reprinted 17104692D-E2S1
- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 17105261D-H1
- **2017-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB907H1
- **2017-02-10** Passed House with substitute (61-Y 34-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-15** House insisted on substitute
- **2017-02-15** House requested conference committee
- **2017-02-17** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2017-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2017-02-24** Conference substitute printed 17105797D-S2
- **2017-02-24** Passed by temporarily
- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 37-N)
- **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
- **2017-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 766 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b4e8b40-3793-4843-8e7e-5aa515d18d3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).