republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-955.md

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Bill	Certain student enrollment data; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to annually report.	State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; certain annual student demographic data; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to annually report on the enrollment of Virginia students, non-Virginia students, and international students at each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and submit a report of its findings to the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than February 1 each year.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 955	Virginia HB 955 (2026)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth R. Guzman	4	31	6	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/dc6110d3-298a-4439-851e-1a313a38d399	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB955	532a3447b7c4d6eb50a1614d216b5ecd21832008d9008249465831a95f87a508	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 955 (2026) — Certain student enrollment data; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to annually report.

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; certain annual student demographic data; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to annually report on the enrollment of Virginia students, non-Virginia students, and international students at each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and submit a report of its findings to the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than February 1 each year.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Early Childhood and Innovation Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute — 20–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 88–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104278D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB955)
• 2026-01-30 Assigned HED sub: Early Childhood and Innovation referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-09 Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 Committee substitute printed 26106928D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB955)
• 2026-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-12 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed House (88-Y 7-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-23 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-09 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB955ER) passage
• 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB955)
• 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-09 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc6110d3-298a-4439-851e-1a313a38d399. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).