republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1365.md

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Bill	Higher educational institutions, public; release of student transcripts.	Public institutions of higher education; release of student transcripts. Requires each public institution of higher education to release an academic transcript directly to the employer or prospective employer of a student currently or formerly enrolled at such institution upon the request of the student. The bill also prohibits any public institution of higher education from conditioning the release of an academic transcript to a student currently or formerly enrolled at such institution on the payment of an outstanding debt if (i) such outstanding debt is less than $500, (ii) such outstanding debt is less than $1,000 and such currently or formerly enrolled student received a Federal Pell Grant at any time during his enrollment, or (iii) such currently or formerly enrolled student has enrolled in a repayment plan and has made at least three consecutive monthly payments on such outstanding debt.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1365	Virginia HB 1365 (2024)	bill		enacted	Betsy B. Carr	4	30	6	2024-01-15	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/33a6e69d-ac57-4203-afa1-65627682f28f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1365	d90f238011d5a23611ddab01a65c48b53716688823858932c487c890139cc70f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1365 (2024) — Higher educational institutions, public; release of student transcripts.

Public institutions of higher education; release of student transcripts. Requires each public institution of higher education to release an academic transcript directly to the employer or prospective employer of a student currently or formerly enrolled at such institution upon the request of the student. The bill also prohibits any public institution of higher education from conditioning the release of an academic transcript to a student currently or formerly enrolled at such institution on the payment of an outstanding debt if (i) such outstanding debt is less than $500, (ii) such outstanding debt is less than $1,000 and such currently or formerly enrolled student received a Federal Pell Grant at any time during his enrollment, or (iii) such currently or formerly enrolled student has enrolled in a repayment plan and has made at least three consecutive monthly payments on such outstanding debt.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0750 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1365ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 24101946D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24101946D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) — 95–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N) — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 24101946D introduction
• 2024-01-15 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-04 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N)
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB1365E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24101946D-E
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1365E)
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1365ER) passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-09 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB1365ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 750 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0750)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33a6e69d-ac57-4203-afa1-65627682f28f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).