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type: "Bill"
title: "Students; eligibility for in-state tuition."
description: "Public institutions of higher education; certain students; financial assistance programs Provides that students who meet the criteria to be deemed eligible for in-state tuition regardless of their citizenship or immigration status shall be afforded the same educational benefits, including financial assistance programs administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the State Board for Community Colleges, or a public institution of higher education, as any other individual who is eligible for in-state tuition. The bill has a delayed effective date of August 1, 2022, and directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in coordination with institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1387"
citation: "Virginia SB 1387 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb5c3639-95d4-4be7-bee5-16e0d6551339"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1387"
source_hash: "366597f8fd1c25f06f27b7b81ddbec0fbf1d057dd0231c1dd44c4253b351c16c"
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 SB 1387 (2021) — Students; eligibility for in-state tuition.
Public institutions of higher education; certain students; financial assistance programs Provides that students who meet the criteria to be deemed eligible for in-state tuition regardless of their citizenship or immigration status shall be afforded the same educational benefits, including financial assistance programs administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the State Board for Community Colleges, or a public institution of higher education, as any other individual who is eligible for in-state tuition. The bill has a delayed effective date of August 1, 2022, and directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in coordination with institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0108)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103212D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1387S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102759D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1387)
4. **SB1387ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1387ER)
## Votes
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Education — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **2118** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) — **114** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N) — **5742** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 5-N) — **95** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (15-Y 7-N) — **157** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102759D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-21** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Committee substitute printed 21103212D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-21** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1387S1)
- **2021-01-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 21103212D-S1
- **2021-01-29** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1387S1
- **2021-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Education
- **2021-02-10** Reported from Education (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed House (58-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-15** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N)
- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
- **2021-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB1387ER)
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 22, 2021
- **2021-02-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 108 (effective 8/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb5c3639-95d4-4be7-bee5-16e0d6551339`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).