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type: "Bill"
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title: "Higher educational institutions, public; certain positions require residency of the Commonwealth."
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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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 907"
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citation: "Virginia SB 907 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2016-12-26"
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last_action: "2017-03-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b4e8b40-3793-4843-8e7e-5aa515d18d3f"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB907"
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source_hash: "42624488a1115b9065123e6c262243469ad40a674d8dc3772d20721bb73f5c82"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 907 (2017) — Higher educational institutions, public; certain positions require residency of the Commonwealth.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0766)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0766)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105261D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907H1)
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3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB907ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907ER)
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4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104692D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907S1)
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5. **Senate: Conference substitute printed 17105797D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907S2)
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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)
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7. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104692D-ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907ES1)
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8. **Senate: Printed as reengrossed 17104692D-E2S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB907E2S1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **15–6** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- House substitute rejected by Senate — **0–40** (fail) · legislature
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- Conference report agreed to by House — **57–37** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate acceded to request — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **35–5** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **35–5** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with substitute — **61–34** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102300D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-26** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-23** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-31** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 17104692D-S1
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- **2017-01-31** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-01-31** Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB907ES1
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- **2017-01-31** Printed as engrossed 17104692D-ES1
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- **2017-02-01** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-01** Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-02-01** Reengrossed by Senate committee substitute w/amds SB907E2S1
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- **2017-02-01** Printed as reengrossed 17104692D-E2S1
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- **2017-02-01** Engrossed bill reprinted 17104692D-E2S1
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- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 17105261D-H1
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- **2017-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB907H1
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- **2017-02-10** Passed House with substitute (61-Y 34-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-15** House insisted on substitute
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- **2017-02-15** House requested conference committee
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- **2017-02-17** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2017-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
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- **2017-02-24** Conference substitute printed 17105797D-S2
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- **2017-02-24** Passed by temporarily
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- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 37-N)
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 766 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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