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Bill Victims of human trafficking; eligibility for in-state tuition. Victims of human trafficking; eligibility forin-state tuition. Provides that a non-Virginia student who iscurrently present in the Commonwealth as a result of being a victimof human trafficking, defined in the bill, is eligible for in-statetuition. The bill provides that a person may be a victim of humantrafficking regardless of whether any person has been charged withor convicted of any offense and that eligibility for in-state tuitionmay be proved by a certification of such status as a victim of humantrafficking by a federal, state, or local agency or not-for-profitagency, one of whose primary missions is to provide services to victimsof human trafficking. The bill also requires public institutionsof higher education to automatically record such a student as optingout of making any directory or educational information available tothe public unless the student voluntarily and affirmatively choosesto opt in to allowing such directory or educational information tobe made available. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 HB 526 Virginia HB 526 (2022)
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Virginia HB 526 (2022) — Victims of human trafficking; eligibility for in-state tuition.

Victims of human trafficking; eligibility forin-state tuition. Provides that a non-Virginia student who iscurrently present in the Commonwealth as a result of being a victimof human trafficking, defined in the bill, is eligible for in-statetuition. The bill provides that a person may be a victim of humantrafficking regardless of whether any person has been charged withor convicted of any offense and that eligibility for in-state tuitionmay be proved by a certification of such status as a victim of humantrafficking by a federal, state, or local agency or not-for-profitagency, one of whose primary missions is to provide services to victimsof human trafficking. The bill also requires public institutionsof higher education to automatically record such a student as optingout of making any directory or educational information available tothe public unless the student voluntarily and affirmatively choosesto opt in to allowing such directory or educational information tobe made available.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0795 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB526ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100933D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Amanda E. Batten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100933D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2022-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB526)
  • 2022-01-21 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2022-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-26 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-28 Read first times0412 reading-1
  • 2022-01-31 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2022-02-02 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2022-02-19 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-28 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-28 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-03 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-03 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-04 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB526ER)
  • 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
  • 2022-04-27 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-04-27 Motion to pass by Governor's recommendation agree to
  • 2022-04-27 Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022
  • 2022-04-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022
  • 2022-05-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 795 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6599417-0edb-4e61-b50b-44f280014add. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).