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| Bill | Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Prog.; number of qualified survivors and dependents, etc. | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; Department of Veterans Services; Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; enrollment and eligibility data; report. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in coordination with the Department of Veterans Services, to submit to the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1 of each year a report on (i) the number of individuals who are qualified survivors and dependents, as that term is defined in applicable law, and have been certified as eligible to participate in the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program but are not yet admitted to a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and (ii) the best available estimate of the total number of qualified survivors and dependents who are participating in the Program and enrolled in the fall semester at each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates HB 1613. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1694 | Virginia HB 1694 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1694 (2025) — Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Prog.; number of qualified survivors and dependents, etc.
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; Department of Veterans Services; Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; enrollment and eligibility data; report. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in coordination with the Department of Veterans Services, to submit to the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1 of each year a report on (i) the number of individuals who are qualified survivors and dependents, as that term is defined in applicable law, and have been certified as eligible to participate in the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program but are not yet admitted to a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and (ii) the best available estimate of the total number of qualified survivors and dependents who are participating in the Program and enrolled in the fall semester at each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates HB 1613.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate substitute rejected by House (6-Y 91-N) — 6–91 (fail) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101714D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-04 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-16 Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1694)
- 2025-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referred to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-01-22 Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-22 Incorporates HB1613(Feggans)
- 2025-01-22 Committee substitute printed 25105492D-H1
substitution - 2025-01-22 Assigned Approps sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1694)
- 2025-01-31 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Education Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-03 Appropriations Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended
substitution - 2025-02-03 Printed as engrossed 25105492D-EH1
- 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1694)
- 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2025-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-13 Committee substitute printed 25107240D-S1
substitution - 2025-02-14 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1694)
- 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
- 2025-02-18 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-18 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-19 Senate substitute rejected by House (6-Y 91-N)
- 2025-02-20 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-02-20 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2025-02-20 House acceded to request
- 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2025-02-20 Senators: Roem, Hashmi, Suetterlein
- 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
- 2025-02-20 Delegates: Askew, Rasoul, Freitas
- 2025-02-21 Amended by conference committee
- 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1694ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1694)
- 2025-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 371 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0371)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06617430-cc80-4e8b-aea1-6712c7825351. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).