republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2173.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher educational institutions, public; tuition and fee increases, public comment."
description: "Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education, prior to a vote on an increase in undergraduate tuition or mandatory fees, to permit public comment on the proposed increase at a meeting of the governing board. The bill requires each such governing board to establish policies for such public comment, which may include reasonable time limitations. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2173"
citation: "Virginia HB 2173 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Miyares"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93e45253-644d-4067-b560-852051f19576"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2173"
source_hash: "361100078c80ea6c115ff009cbb3f37055afddd88143f2d0ae921ff84fdd1d79"
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 2173 (2019) — Higher educational institutions, public; tuition and fee increases, public comment.

Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education, prior to a vote on an increase in undergraduate tuition or mandatory fees, to permit public comment on the proposed increase at a meeting of the governing board. The bill requires each such governing board to establish policies for such public comment, which may include reasonable time limitations. 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 (CHAP0583)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0583)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2173AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2173)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2173ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2173ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101632D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2173)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19101632D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2173E)
7. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106559D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2173S1)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute rejected by House 19106559D-S1 — **0–96** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by House — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendments — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason S. Miyares — primary (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101632D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2019-01-28** Engrossed by House as amended HB2173E
- **2019-01-28** Printed as engrossed 19101632D-E
- **2019-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-15** Committee substitute agreed to 19106559D-S1
- **2019-02-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2173S1
- **2019-02-19** Senate substitute rejected by House 19106559D-S1 (0-Y 96-N)
- **2019-02-20** Senate requested conference committee
- **2019-02-21** House acceded to request
- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by House
- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2019-02-22** Amended by conference committee
- **2019-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- **2019-03-07** Enrolled
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-09** Signed by President
- **2019-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- **2019-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 583 (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/93e45253-644d-4067-b560-852051f19576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).