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type: "Bill"
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title: "Postsecondary schools; distance learning, certification and reciprocity, effective date."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 457"
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citation: "Virginia HB 457 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Murphy"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-03"
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last_action: "2020-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a7ba962-971f-4574-9262-dfd8c0e47853"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB457"
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source_hash: "ba9ebef23487d7c446b673965686dba69511ad66aca5229f741058e836c25a6d"
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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 HB 457 (2020) — Postsecondary schools; distance learning, certification and reciprocity, effective date.
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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.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0380)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0380)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB457ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB457ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB457H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB457H1)
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4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB457H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB457)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103280D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-29** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-02-03** Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-03** Committee substitute printed 20106010D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 20106010D-H1
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- **2020-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB457H1
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- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB457ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
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- **2020-03-06** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 380 (effective 7/1/22) `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/6a7ba962-971f-4574-9262-dfd8c0e47853`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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