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Bill Students from foreign countries; student exchange programs, tuition and fee waivers. Public institutions of higher education; student exchange programs; tuition and mandatory fee waivers; conditions. Clarifies that tuition and mandatory fees may be waived for a student from a foreign country enrolled in a public institution of higher education through a formalized student exchange program between such institution and another institution of higher education, provided that the number of full-time equivalent inbound students from a foreign country for whom tuition and mandatory fees has been waived does not exceed during any three-year period the number of full-time equivalent outbound students who are enrolled through such student exchange program and who pay full tuition and mandatory fees to the institution. Current law permits tuition and mandatory fees to be waived for a student from a foreign country enrolled in a public institution of higher education through a student exchange program approved by such institution, provided that the number of students from a foreign country for whom tuition and mandatory fees has been waived does not exceed during any three-year period the number of students from a foreign country who are enrolled through such student exchange program and who pay full tuition and mandatory fees to the institution. This bill is identical to HB 2156. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 1229 Virginia SB 1229 (2025)
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Virginia SB 1229 (2025) — Students from foreign countries; student exchange programs, tuition and fee waivers.

Public institutions of higher education; student exchange programs; tuition and mandatory fee waivers; conditions. Clarifies that tuition and mandatory fees may be waived for a student from a foreign country enrolled in a public institution of higher education through a formalized student exchange program between such institution and another institution of higher education, provided that the number of full-time equivalent inbound students from a foreign country for whom tuition and mandatory fees has been waived does not exceed during any three-year period the number of full-time equivalent outbound students who are enrolled through such student exchange program and who pay full tuition and mandatory fees to the institution. Current law permits tuition and mandatory fees to be waived for a student from a foreign country enrolled in a public institution of higher education through a student exchange program approved by such institution, provided that the number of students from a foreign country for whom tuition and mandatory fees has been waived does not exceed during any three-year period the number of students from a foreign country who are enrolled through such student exchange program and who pay full tuition and mandatory fees to the institution. This bill is identical to HB 2156.

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. Delegate Carr Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Education Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104464D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1229)
  • 2025-01-27 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-28 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-28 Committee substitute printed 25106018D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-01-30 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25106567D-S2 substitution
  • 2025-01-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1229)
  • 2025-02-03 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-03 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-04 Education and Health Substitute rejected
  • 2025-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-04 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-04 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-04 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1229)
  • 2025-02-07 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-07 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-07 Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-12 Committee substitute printed 25106934D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1229)
  • 2025-02-14 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-17 Floor substitute printed 25107627D-H2 (Carr)
  • 2025-02-17 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
  • 2025-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-17 Education Substitute rejected
  • 2025-02-17 Delegate Carr Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-17 Engrossed by House - floor substitute
  • 2025-02-17 Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1229)
  • 2025-02-18 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-21 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-21 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1229ER) passage
  • 2025-02-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1229)
  • 2025-02-21 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-24 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 263 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0263)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71663346-ff99-41b9-bb8f-dce7078069e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).