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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan."
description: "Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed CommonwealthSavers Plan. Renames the Virginia College Savings Plan as the Commonwealth Savers Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1133"
citation: "Virginia HB 1133 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26aceac4-95d9-4130-b96d-9b8e752140a5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1133"
source_hash: "36e7c228921ec2474f056171e2c72ec5e74786ae49f3712f1b3ca423826aba8c"
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 1133 (2024) — Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan.
Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed CommonwealthSavers Plan. Renames the Virginia College Savings Plan as the Commonwealth Savers Plan.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0217** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0217)
2. **HB1133ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1133ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102467D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1133)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102467D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1133)
- **2024-01-24** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-30** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1133ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB1133ER)
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 217 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0217)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26aceac4-95d9-4130-b96d-9b8e752140a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).