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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certain student enrollment data; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to annually report."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 955"
citation: "Virginia HB 955 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth R. Guzman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc6110d3-298a-4439-851e-1a313a38d399"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB955"
source_hash: "532a3447b7c4d6eb50a1614d216b5ecd21832008d9008249465831a95f87a508"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086677.PDF)
2. **Early Childhood and Innovation Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128450.PDF)
3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1134301.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194341.PDF)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc6110d3-298a-4439-851e-1a313a38d399`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).