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| Bill | Virginia College Savings Plan; analyzing current programs to encourage citizens to save. | Multiple employer retirement plan for private employers and their employees. Directs the governing board of the Virginia College Savings Plan (the Board) to establish the Multiple Employer Retirement Plan (the Plan). The Plan shall allow employees of private employers in the Commonwealth to contribute to a defined contribution retirement plan overseen by the Board. The bill allows all self-employed individuals, sole proprietors, and nongovernmental employers to allow their employees to participate in the Plan. It provides for automatic enrollment of an employer's employees if such employer chooses to participate in the Plan. The bill authorizes the Board to contract with third parties to implement and administer the Plan. The Plan shall allow an enrollee to contribute to an account at a default rate and modify his contributions within the parameters of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan allows but does not require a participating employer to contribute to the account of any enrollee. The bill prohibits the Commonwealth from guaranteeing a rate of return or interest rate on any contribution and indemnifies it from losses incurred through the Plan. The bill contains a reenactment clause and directs the Virginia College Savings Plan to analyze current state and federal retirement programs, other retirement savings options, costs, and the level of interest in such a plan. The Virginia College Savings Plan shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 15, 2020. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 775 | Virginia HB 775 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 775 (2020) — Virginia College Savings Plan; analyzing current programs to encourage citizens to save.
Multiple employer retirement plan for private employers and their employees. Directs the governing board of the Virginia College Savings Plan (the Board) to establish the Multiple Employer Retirement Plan (the Plan). The Plan shall allow employees of private employers in the Commonwealth to contribute to a defined contribution retirement plan overseen by the Board. The bill allows all self-employed individuals, sole proprietors, and nongovernmental employers to allow their employees to participate in the Plan. It provides for automatic enrollment of an employer's employees if such employer chooses to participate in the Plan. The bill authorizes the Board to contract with third parties to implement and administer the Plan. The Plan shall allow an enrollee to contribute to an account at a default rate and modify his contributions within the parameters of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan allows but does not require a participating employer to contribute to the account of any enrollee. The bill prohibits the Commonwealth from guaranteeing a rate of return or interest rate on any contribution and indemnifies it from losses incurred through the Plan. The bill contains a reenactment clause and directs the Virginia College Savings Plan to analyze current state and federal retirement programs, other retirement savings options, costs, and the level of interest in such a plan. The Virginia College Savings Plan shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 15, 2020.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0506) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB775ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB775EH1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB775S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB775) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB775H1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 7-N) — 90–7 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 5-N) — 92–5 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (17-Y 0-N) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Referred from General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N) — 4–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Hala S. Ayala — primary (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104487D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB775)
- 2020-01-16 Referred from General Laws
- 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-01-17 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
referral-committee - 2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N)
- 2020-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20106638D-H1
substitution - 2020-01-29 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-03 Passed by for the day
- 2020-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-04 Passed by for the day
- 2020-02-05 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-02-05 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 20106638D-H1
- 2020-02-05 Amendments by Delegate Ayala agreed to
amendment-passage - 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB775EH1
- 2020-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB775H1)
- 2020-02-05 Printed as engrossed 20106638D-EH1
- 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB775EH1)
- 2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (93-Y 5-N)
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-02-19 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108194D-S1
substitution - 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-21 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-21 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 20108194D-S1
- 2020-02-21 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB775S1
- 2020-02-21 Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-25 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-25 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108194D-S1 (91-Y 7-N)
- 2020-02-25 VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 7-N)
- 2020-03-02 Enrolled
- 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB775ER)
- 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-03 Signed by President
- 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
- 2020-03-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 506 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ad2803e-7e59-451f-a00f-ece44707ec35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).