republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1179.md

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Bill	Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, refugees.	Public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; refugees and individuals with certain Special Immigrant Visas. Provides that an individual is eligible for in-state tuition charges regardless of domicile if he is admitted to the United States as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 within the previous two calendar years or received a Special Immigrant Visa that has been granted a status under P.L. 110-181 § 1244, P.L. 109-163 § 1059, or P.L. 111-8 § 602 within the previous two calendar years, and upon entering the United States, the individual resided in the Commonwealth and continues to reside in the Commonwealth as a refugee or pursuant to such Special Immigrant Visa.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1179	Virginia HB 1179 (2020)	bill		enacted	Kathy K.L. Tran	4	32	8	2020-01-07	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/5221fa57-cde4-4d1a-b834-3d2aa55b3f87	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1179	ae95c85b763ad82874e9b184d7d5dd87f3c3aed11dca84b161acd8ec99a52068	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1179 (2020) — Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, refugees.

Public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; refugees and individuals with certain Special Immigrant Visas. Provides that an individual is eligible for in-state tuition charges regardless of domicile if he is admitted to the United States as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 within the previous two calendar years or received a Special Immigrant Visa that has been granted a status under P.L. 110-181 § 1244, P.L. 109-163 § 1059, or P.L. 111-8 § 602 within the previous two calendar years, and upon entering the United States, the individual resided in the Commonwealth and continues to reside in the Commonwealth as a refugee or pursuant to such Special Immigrant Visa.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1179ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1179H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1179) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) — 50–48 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 3-N 1-A) — 11–3 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101908D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB1179)
• 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20106232D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Assigned App. sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20106232D-H1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1179H1
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 3-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Enrolled
• 2020-02-28 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1179ER)
• 2020-03-02 Signed by President
• 2020-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
• 2020-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 680 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5221fa57-cde4-4d1a-b834-3d2aa55b3f87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).