republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1666.md

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Bill	University of Virginia's College at Wise; reduced rate tuition.	Permits the board of visitors of the University of Virginia to charge reduced rate tuition to any student enrolled at the University of Virginia's College at Wise who resides in the Appalachian Region as defined in relevant federal law, is domiciled in the Appalachian Region, and is entitled to in-state tuition charges at a public institution of higher education in the Appalachian Region provided such entitlement is based on circumstances that when applied to a student who resides in Virginia would result in entitlement to in-state tuition. The bill prohibits the board of visitors from setting such reduced rate below the in-state tuition rate for Virginia students attending the University of Virginia's College at Wise. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1666	Virginia HB 1666 (2019)	bill	Emergency Legislation	enacted	Terry G. Kilgore	4	20	7	2018-12-03	2019-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e1fc2c6c-a30d-498f-89d9-88ec7ab3ca49	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1666	a8301c296c5eb8b67e2538d50d958ca927ac43c0afd53445b56a7831aa786d57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1666 (2019) — University of Virginia's College at Wise; reduced rate tuition.

Permits the board of visitors of the University of Virginia to charge reduced rate tuition to any student enrolled at the University of Virginia's College at Wise who resides in the Appalachian Region as defined in relevant federal law, is domiciled in the Appalachian Region, and is entitled to in-state tuition charges at a public institution of higher education in the Appalachian Region provided such entitlement is based on circumstances that when applied to a student who resides in Virginia would result in entitlement to in-state tuition. The bill prohibits the board of visitors from setting such reduced rate below the in-state tuition rate for Virginia students attending the University of Virginia's College at Wise. The bill contains an emergency clause and 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 (CHAP0225) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1666ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19101361D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106442D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106442D-S1 — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute — 37–3 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
• A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-03 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19101361D introduction
• 2018-12-03 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-01-11 Assigned App. sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2019-01-18 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-21 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2019-01-22 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-23 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-08 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-08 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 19106442D-S1
• 2019-02-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1666S1
• 2019-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-12 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106442D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
• 2019-02-14 Enrolled
• 2019-02-14 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-14 Signed by President
• 2019-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
• 2019-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 225 (effective 3/5/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1fc2c6c-a30d-498f-89d9-88ec7ab3ca49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).