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Bill SCHEV; evaluating certain activities/programs of private & out-of-state postsecondary institutions. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; recommendations on exempting certain courses of instruction operated by private and out-of-state institutions of higher education; report. Directs the State Council of Higher for Virginia (the Council) to evaluate and make recommendations on amending the provisions of law relating to certain activities and programs offered by private and out-of-state postsecondary schools that are exempt from the requirements for obtaining and maintaining certification by the Council to operate in the Commonwealth for the purpose of exempting noncredit courses of instruction offered by an entity or organization in accordance with the requirements of a nationally recognized certifying body and those intended solely to prepare students for certification as project management professions, provided that no such exempted course shall exceed the number of hours required by the applicable certifying body. The bill requires the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education by November 1, 2025. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1995 Virginia HB 1995 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1995 (2025) — SCHEV; evaluating certain activities/programs of private & out-of-state postsecondary institutions.

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; recommendations on exempting certain courses of instruction operated by private and out-of-state institutions of higher education; report. Directs the State Council of Higher for Virginia (the Council) to evaluate and make recommendations on amending the provisions of law relating to certain activities and programs offered by private and out-of-state postsecondary schools that are exempt from the requirements for obtaining and maintaining certification by the Council to operate in the Commonwealth for the purpose of exempting noncredit courses of instruction offered by an entity or organization in accordance with the requirements of a nationally recognized certifying body and those intended solely to prepare students for certification as project management professions, provided that no such exempted course shall exceed the number of hours required by the applicable certifying body. The bill requires the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education by November 1, 2025.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N) — 981 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) — 91 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of Passed Senate with substitute block vote agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N) — 096 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100063D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1995)
  • 2025-01-16 Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
  • 2025-01-22 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-24 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-01-29 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 and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Committee substitute printed 25107685D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-02-19 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-19 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-20 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-20 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-20 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-20 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-20 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
  • 2025-02-20 Senate insisted on substitute (38-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 House
  • 2025-02-20 Delegates: Bennett-Parker, Sewell, Orrock
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2025-02-20 Senators: Aird, Favola, Suetterlein
  • 2025-02-22 Amended by conference committee
  • 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1995ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1995)
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 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
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 226 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0226)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b834ba5-7b08-4e9a-b82d-97ae3c8f89e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).