republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-715.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher educational institutions, public; increases in undergraduate tuition."
description: "Governing boards of public institutions of higher education; increases in undergraduate tuition or mandatory fees;certain disclosures. Prohibits the governing board of any publicinstitution of higher education from approving an increase in undergraduatetuition or mandatory fees without providing students and the publican explanation of the factors that contribute to the need for theplanned increase, an explanation of the planned use of the revenuegenerated by the planned increase, and notice of the date, time,and location of the meeting at which public comment on such plannedincrease is permitted at least 10 days prior to such meeting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 715"
citation: "Virginia HB 715 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2877785c-0ea3-4412-90f7-ee61e35d5e62"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB715"
source_hash: "f6201cb668cc5fa5ad0c8108597e7051a93471b24b6bf8b06ad6ca899c2c806d"
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 715 (2020) — Higher educational institutions, public; increases in undergraduate tuition.

Governing boards of public institutions of higher education; increases in undergraduate tuition or mandatory fees;certain disclosures. Prohibits the governing board of any publicinstitution of higher education from approving an increase in undergraduatetuition or mandatory fees without providing students and the publican explanation of the factors that contribute to the need for theplanned increase, an explanation of the planned use of the revenuegenerated by the planned increase, and notice of the date, time,and location of the meeting at which public comment on such plannedincrease is permitted at least 10 days prior to such meeting.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0435)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0435)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB715ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB715ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB715E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB715E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB715)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB715)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David A. Reid — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104092D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB715)
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Education with amendment (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by House as amended HB715E
- **2020-02-07** Printed as engrossed 20104092D-E
- **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** Impact statement from DPB (HB715E)
- **2020-02-14** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (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** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-02-24** Committee amendment #1 agreed to
- **2020-02-24** Committee amendment reconsidered
- **2020-02-24** Committee amendment #2 rejected
- **2020-02-24** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-24** Amendment by Senator Hashmi agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB715ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 435 (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/2877785c-0ea3-4412-90f7-ee61e35d5e62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).