republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1972.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia College Savings Plan; prepaid tuition contracts, etc."
description: "Makes several changes to the provisions that establish the Virginia College Savings Plan (the Plan), including (i) permitting the Plan to maintain an independent disbursement system for the disbursement of prepaid tuition contract benefits and (ii) requiring each prepaid tuition contract entered into on or after July 1, 2019, to include provisions for the application of tuition prepayments, at a rate equal to the percentage of enrollment-weighted average tuition at public institutions of higher education to be determined by the board, at (a) public institutions of higher education, (b) accredited nonprofit independent or private institutions of higher education, and (c) non-Virginia public and accredited nonprofit independent or private institutions of higher education, provided that no such payment is less than the sum of tuition prepayments made, less any fees as determined by the board. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1972"
citation: "Virginia HB 1972 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roxann L. Robinson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e55758a-00bb-48bb-a757-d75b2a21770b"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1972"
source_hash: "f2fff94df5808fef0a4d51183ae45a7f8ca0fc418c2a76750652ddd276d1fd9a"
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 1972 (2019) — Virginia College Savings Plan; prepaid tuition contracts, etc.

Makes several changes to the provisions that establish the Virginia College Savings Plan (the Plan), including (i) permitting the Plan to maintain an independent disbursement system for the disbursement of prepaid tuition contract benefits and (ii) requiring each prepaid tuition contract entered into on or after July 1, 2019, to include provisions for the application of tuition prepayments, at a rate equal to the percentage of enrollment-weighted average tuition at public institutions of higher education to be determined by the board, at (a) public institutions of higher education, (b) accredited nonprofit independent or private institutions of higher education, and (c) non-Virginia public and accredited nonprofit independent or private institutions of higher education, provided that no such payment is less than the sum of tuition prepayments made, less any fees as determined by the board. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0803)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0803)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1972AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1972)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1972ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1972ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19101659D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1972)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19101659D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1972E)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)
- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19101659D `introduction`
- **2019-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-01-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Assigned App. sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee amendment from Education agreed to
- **2019-02-04** Committee amendment from Appropriations agreed to
- **2019-02-04** Emergency clause deleted
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB1972E
- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19101659D-E
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 803 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e55758a-00bb-48bb-a757-d75b2a21770b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).