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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; tuition and fee waivers."
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description: "Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program. Amends the definition of \"qualified survivors and dependents\" under the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to include that a child who is a stepchild of a deceased military service member shall receive all Program benefits if the military service member claimed the stepchild on his tax return or on his Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System while serving on active duty. The bill also provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services may consider the domicile or physical presence requirements with reference to the surviving spouse or surviving student, as applicable, for qualified survivors and dependents to be eligible for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees if such requirements are not met because the military service member or surviving spouse dies after having established physical presence within the Commonwealth but before such requirements can be met."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 768"
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citation: "Virginia SB 768 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2022-01-21"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94922ea5-3b4d-4d48-ac95-a4a093fee136"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB768"
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source_hash: "17c77f03412cdfbc5875770d024093688e6f549b3a727dfa34bdf0371eed3437"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 768 (2022) — Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; tuition and fee waivers.
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Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program. Amends the definition of "qualified survivors and dependents" under the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to include that a child who is a stepchild of a deceased military service member shall receive all Program benefits if the military service member claimed the stepchild on his tax return or on his Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System while serving on active duty. The bill also provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services may consider the domicile or physical presence requirements with reference to the surviving spouse or surviving student, as applicable, for qualified survivors and dependents to be eligible for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees if such requirements are not met because the military service member or surviving spouse dies after having established physical presence within the Commonwealth but before such requirements can be met.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0442** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0442)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22105570D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB768S1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 22107073D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB768H1)
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4. **Presented and ordered printed 22104975D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB768)
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5. **SB768ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB768ER)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22104975D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-26** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-31** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-03** Committee substitute printed 22105570D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-03** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-03** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB768S1)
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- **2022-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22105570D-S1
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- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB768S1
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- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-23** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-25** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Committee substitute printed 22107073D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-01** Committee substitute agreed to 22107073D-H1
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- **2022-03-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB768H1
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- **2022-03-01** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-02** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-02** Title replaced 22107073D-H1
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- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB768ER)
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94922ea5-3b4d-4d48-ac95-a4a093fee136`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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