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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veteran Student Transition Grant Fund and Program; established."
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description: "State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; Veteran Student Transition Grant Fund and Program. Establishes the Veteran Student Transition Grant Fund as a special nonreverting fund in the state treasury and requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to establish the Veteran Student Transition Grant Program for the purpose of providing grants from the Fund on a competitive basis to a public institution of higher education, private institution of higher education, or group of such institutions that proposes a new and innovative program or research project relating to improving the transition of veteran students from military to higher education or from higher education to the civilian workforce."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1275"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1275 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Israel D. O'Quinn"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/074b174d-06a8-4db4-957c-ea6baf7592e8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1275"
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source_hash: "d43db17a6bfdc1f45f91546efdba0de1e2506b5f52b25629f023a20e7c398010"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1275 (2020) — Veteran Student Transition Grant Fund and Program; established.
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State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; Veteran Student Transition Grant Fund and Program. Establishes the Veteran Student Transition Grant Fund as a special nonreverting fund in the state treasury and requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to establish the Veteran Student Transition Grant Program for the purpose of providing grants from the Fund on a competitive basis to a public institution of higher education, private institution of higher education, or group of such institutions that proposes a new and innovative program or research project relating to improving the transition of veteran students from military to higher education or from higher education to the civilian workforce.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0636)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0636)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1275ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1275ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1275)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1275)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100538D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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- **2020-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1275)
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- **2020-02-03** Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-03** Assigned App. sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-05** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-02-24** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-26** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1275ER)
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 636 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/074b174d-06a8-4db4-957c-ea6baf7592e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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