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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program; changes to eligibility criteria."
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description: "Higher education; financial assistance; Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program; eligibility criteria. Makes several changes to the Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program, including (i) making the provisions relating to the requirements and conditions for eligibility for and award of grants under the Program subject to regulations as prescribed by the Adjutant General, (ii) eliminating the requirement to satisfy financial obligations with the institution of higher education at the beginning of each semester, (iii) simplifying the requirements relating to academic performance and good standing, and (iv) providing that, upon acceptance of an application for a grant, grant funds are to be disbursed to the applicable institution of higher education for credit against the recipient student's account. This bill is identical to SB 1106."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1595"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1595 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 15
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first_action: "2025-01-03"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6e42d91-fd06-49e9-95b1-45b970e9d039"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1595"
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source_hash: "9bf18a4a9d74561c9b9ea155cde9c1cd4c6d72a18b33a0aea554e9f41a907322"
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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 HB 1595 (2025) — Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program; changes to eligibility criteria.
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Higher education; financial assistance; Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program; eligibility criteria. Makes several changes to the Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program, including (i) making the provisions relating to the requirements and conditions for eligibility for and award of grants under the Program subject to regulations as prescribed by the Adjutant General, (ii) eliminating the requirement to satisfy financial obligations with the institution of higher education at the beginning of each semester, (iii) simplifying the requirements relating to academic performance and good standing, and (iv) providing that, upon acceptance of an application for a grant, grant funds are to be disbursed to the applicable institution of higher education for credit against the recipient student's account. This bill is identical to SB 1106.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012237.PDF)
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2. **Appropriations Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037828.HTML)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1076831.PDF)
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4. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067549.HTML)
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5. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1044654.PDF)
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6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037923.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069071.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of Passed Senate with substitute block vote agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 95-N) — **1–95** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
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- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
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- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101898D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1595)
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- **2025-01-16** Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-22** Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-22** Assigned Approps sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-31** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Appropriations Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-02-03** Printed as engrossed 25101898D-E
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1595)
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1595)
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-19** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20** House acceded to request
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- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2025-02-20** Delegates: Feggans, Rasoul, Owen
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- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2025-02-20** Senators: Hashmi, Boysko, Suetterlein
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- **2025-02-21** Amended by conference committee
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- **2025-02-21** Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1595ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1595)
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 474 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)
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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/c6e42d91-fd06-49e9-95b1-45b970e9d039`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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