republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-447.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Active duty military personnel, etc.; eligibility for in-state tuition and other benefits."
description: "Active duty military personnel or activatedor temporarily mobilized reservists or guard members; dependents;eligibility for in-state tuition and other educational benefits.Requires the condition of continuous enrollment in a public institutionof higher education or private institution of higher education currentlyimposed on dependents of active duty military personnel or activatedor temporarily mobilized reservists or guard members in order tobe eligible for in-state tuition and other educational benefits affordedto Virginia students to be waived if the dependent verifies thata break of no longer than one year was required in order to supporta spouse or parent on orders for a change of duty assignment or location."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 447"
citation: "Virginia HB 447 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Murphy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6047175-6f74-4e7d-ad5c-92ad7b29560c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB447"
source_hash: "88f80b117dca2a7a8d4fef26a79594b712407b2f74e5f7832a510381f461c8bc"
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 HB 447 (2020) — Active duty military personnel, etc.; eligibility for in-state tuition and other benefits.

Active duty military personnel or activatedor temporarily mobilized reservists or guard members; dependents;eligibility for in-state tuition and other educational benefits.Requires the condition of continuous enrollment in a public institutionof higher education or private institution of higher education currentlyimposed on dependents of active duty military personnel or activatedor temporarily mobilized reservists or guard members in order tobe eligible for in-state tuition and other educational benefits affordedto Virginia students to be waived if the dependent verifies thata break of no longer than one year was required in order to supporta spouse or parent on orders for a change of duty assignment or location.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0382)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0382)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB447ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB447ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB447)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB447)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103615D `introduction`
- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB447)
- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-02-03** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Assigned App. sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-11** 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 (15-Y 0-N) `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 (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB447ER)
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-06** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 382 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6047175-6f74-4e7d-ad5c-92ad7b29560c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).