republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1930.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications criminal history questions."
description: "Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; criminal history. Prohibits each public institution of higher education, with the exception of the Virginia Military Institute, from (i) utilizing an institution-specific admissions application that contains questions about the criminal history of the applicant or (ii) denying admission to any applicant on the basis of any criminal history information provided by the applicant on any third-party admissions application accepted by the institution. The bill permits each public institution of higher education to inquire into the criminal history of any individual who has been admitted to but has yet to enroll at the institution and withdraw an offer of admission to any individual whom the institution subsequently determines to have a criminal history that poses a threat to the institution's community. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1930"
citation: "Virginia HB 1930 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55c4a8fd-8b56-40a6-9692-3ee02b8148bb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1930"
source_hash: "9da0a110e56cfddb5a6df8d8bd6df087d94290690de03b7bc88532d88b642efd"
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 1930 (2021) — Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications criminal history questions.

Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; criminal history. Prohibits each public institution of higher education, with the exception of the Virginia Military Institute, from (i) utilizing an institution-specific admissions application that contains questions about the criminal history of the applicant or (ii) denying admission to any applicant on the basis of any criminal history information provided by the applicant on any third-party admissions application accepted by the institution. The bill permits each public institution of higher education to inquire into the criminal history of any individual who has been admitted to but has yet to enroll at the institution and withdraw an offer of admission to any individual whom the institution subsequently determines to have a criminal history that poses a threat to the institution's community. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0440** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0440)
2. **HB1930ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1930ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100825D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1930)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N) — **57–42** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (8-Y 3-N) — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100825D `introduction`
- **2021-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- **2021-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1930)
- **2021-01-25** Reported from Education (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Read third time and passed House (58-Y 42-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N)
- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-11** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-18** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (8-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Reading of amendment waived
- **2021-02-22** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-02-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-23** Senate amendment agreed to by House (55-Y 42-N)
- **2021-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N)
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1930ER)
- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 440 (effective 1/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55c4a8fd-8b56-40a6-9692-3ee02b8148bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).