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| Bill | Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education, tuition grants. | Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education; tuition grants. Adds parameters around grants distributed by the Department of Military Affairs (the Department) to members of the Virginia National Guard who are enrolled in any course or program at any public institution of higher education or accredited nonprofit private institution of higher education. The bill provides that an application for a grant shall be made to the Department no later than 30 days prior to the beginning of an academic semester. The bill provides that the Department shall determine whether an applicant is eligible for the grant and communicate acceptance and any additional requirements determined by the Department in writing no later than 30 days after receipt of an application. The bill requires individuals who are eligible for such grants to satisfy all financial obligations with the institution and provide written proof of acceptable academic performance and good standing for the current term no later than 30 days following the end of a term or semester. The bill provides that individuals receiving grants pursuant to the bill incur a single two-year service obligation to the Virginia National Guard and that this two-year obligation commences on the last day of the last term or semester for which tuition assistance was awarded. The bill provides that grants shall be subject to limitation based on the amount of funds appropriated for such purpose and that if applications for grants exceed the amount of funding appropriated, the Department shall issue grants to eligible recipients based on the order in which applications were received. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 71 | Virginia SB 71 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 71 (2022) — Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education, tuition grants.
Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education; tuition grants. Adds parameters around grants distributed by the Department of Military Affairs (the Department) to members of the Virginia National Guard who are enrolled in any course or program at any public institution of higher education or accredited nonprofit private institution of higher education. The bill provides that an application for a grant shall be made to the Department no later than 30 days prior to the beginning of an academic semester. The bill provides that the Department shall determine whether an applicant is eligible for the grant and communicate acceptance and any additional requirements determined by the Department in writing no later than 30 days after receipt of an application. The bill requires individuals who are eligible for such grants to satisfy all financial obligations with the institution and provide written proof of acceptable academic performance and good standing for the current term no later than 30 days following the end of a term or semester. The bill provides that individuals receiving grants pursuant to the bill incur a single two-year service obligation to the Virginia National Guard and that this two-year obligation commences on the last day of the last term or semester for which tuition assistance was awarded. The bill provides that grants shall be subject to limitation based on the amount of funds appropriated for such purpose and that if applications for grants exceed the amount of funding appropriated, the Department shall issue grants to eligible recipients based on the order in which applications were received.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0604 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102405D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 22102405D-E (committee substitute) — source
- SB71ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)
- Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102405D
introduction - 2022-01-04 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2022-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB71)
- 2022-02-09 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-09 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-11 Reading of amendment waived
- 2022-02-11 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2022-02-11 Reading of amendment waived
- 2022-02-11 Amendment by Senator agreed to
amendment-passage - 2022-02-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB71E
- 2022-02-11 Printed as engrossed 22102405D-E
- 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB71E)
- 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-21 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2022-02-23 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-25 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-28 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2022-02-28 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2022-02-28 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-02 House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-07 Enrolled
- 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB71ER)
- 2022-03-08 Signed by President
- 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 604 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4349f77c-b389-4b97-84a5-a9c2a21efadd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).