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Bill Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Prog.; number of qualified survivors and dependents, etc. Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; annual report on eligibility and usage required. Requires the Department of Veterans Services and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to coordinate to report no later than December 15 of each year to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations (i) the number of qualified survivors and dependents who have been determined to be eligible for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at a public institution of higher education pursuant to the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program but have not yet enrolled at such an institution and (ii) the best available estimate of the number of qualified survivors and dependents who are enrolled at each public institution of higher education with a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees pursuant to the Program as of December 1 of the current fall semester. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 961 Virginia SB 961 (2025)
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Virginia SB 961 (2025) — Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Prog.; number of qualified survivors and dependents, etc.

Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; annual report on eligibility and usage required. Requires the Department of Veterans Services and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to coordinate to report no later than December 15 of each year to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations (i) the number of qualified survivors and dependents who have been determined to be eligible for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at a public institution of higher education pursuant to the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program but have not yet enrolled at such an institution and (ii) the best available estimate of the number of qualified survivors and dependents who are enrolled at each public institution of higher education with a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees pursuant to the Program as of December 1 of the current fall semester.

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. Education Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — 950 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 100 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Danica A. Roem — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100824D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB961)
  • 2025-01-27 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-28 Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-30 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25106560D-S1 substitution
  • 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 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-04 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute-SB961S1 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
  • 2025-02-07 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 25106946D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-02-14 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-17 Education Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-17 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-17 Passed House with substitute (95-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-17 Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB961)
  • 2025-02-18 House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-22 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-22 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB961ER) passage
  • 2025-02-22 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-22 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-02-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 22, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-02-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-02-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB961)
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 384 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0384)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3de54da1-5357-4b87-816f-b77a827a251e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).