republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-457.md

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Bill	Postsecondary schools; distance learning, certification and reciprocity, effective date.	Degree-granting postsecondary schools; distance learning reciprocity agreements; consumer protection. Requires any degree-granting postsecondary school providing distance learning to residents of the Commonwealth from a location outside of the Commonwealth to be certified to operate in the Commonwealth or be a participant in any interstate reciprocity agreement to which the Commonwealth belongs, in accordance with the State Council of Higher Education's authority under relevant law, for the purpose of consumer protection. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 457	Virginia HB 457 (2020)	bill		enacted	Kathleen Murphy	4	28	6	2020-01-03	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/6a7ba962-971f-4574-9262-dfd8c0e47853	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB457	ba9ebef23487d7c446b673965686dba69511ad66aca5229f741058e836c25a6d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 457 (2020) — Postsecondary schools; distance learning, certification and reciprocity, effective date.

Degree-granting postsecondary schools; distance learning reciprocity agreements; consumer protection. Requires any degree-granting postsecondary school providing distance learning to residents of the Commonwealth from a location outside of the Commonwealth to be certified to operate in the Commonwealth or be a participant in any interstate reciprocity agreement to which the Commonwealth belongs, in accordance with the State Council of Higher Education's authority under relevant law, for the purpose of consumer protection. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0380) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB457ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB457H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB457H1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — 97–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103280D introduction
• 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-03 Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-03 Committee substitute printed 20106010D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20106010D-H1
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB457H1
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 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 (HB457ER)
• 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 380 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a7ba962-971f-4574-9262-dfd8c0e47853. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).