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type: "Bill"
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title: "Higher educational institutions, public; earning academic credit in Armed Forces of the U.S."
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description: "Public institutions of higher education; academiccredit; education, experience, training, and credentials in ArmedForces of the United States. Requires, no later than the beginningof the 2022-2023 academic year, (i) the governing board of each public institution of higher education to collaborate with the State Councilof Higher Education for Virginia (the Council), the federal Departmentof Defense, and nationally recognized regional accreditation bodies to map the existing opportunities to earn education, experience,training, and credentials in the Armed Forces of the United Statesto the award of academic credit in public institutions of highereducation in the Commonwealth and (ii) in accordance with such collaborativemapping, the Council to update its guidelines developed and the governingboard of each public institution of higher education to update itspolicies implemented pursuant to relevant law for the purpose ofawarding academic credit to students for such education, experience, training, and credentials."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 1277"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1277 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nicholas J. Freitas"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-20"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7a06de5-6e83-463c-a567-bb391d75813e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1277"
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source_hash: "dea9d007a915587232fe58133612c39b96b75bde076fd9580aabf6bed93b0666"
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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 1277 (2022) — Higher educational institutions, public; earning academic credit in Armed Forces of the U.S.
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Public institutions of higher education; academiccredit; education, experience, training, and credentials in ArmedForces of the United States. Requires, no later than the beginningof the 2022-2023 academic year, (i) the governing board of each public institution of higher education to collaborate with the State Councilof Higher Education for Virginia (the Council), the federal Departmentof Defense, and nationally recognized regional accreditation bodies to map the existing opportunities to earn education, experience,training, and credentials in the Armed Forces of the United Statesto the award of academic credit in public institutions of highereducation in the Commonwealth and (ii) in accordance with such collaborativemapping, the Council to update its guidelines developed and the governingboard of each public institution of higher education to update itspolicies implemented pursuant to relevant law for the purpose ofawarding academic credit to students for such education, experience, training, and credentials.
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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. **CHAP0330** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0330)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22106162D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1277H1)
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3. **HB1277ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1277ER)
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4. **Presented and ordered printed 22104406D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1277)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
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- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
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- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
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- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22104406D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-31** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-08** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-09** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-09** Committee substitute printed 22106162D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106162D-H1
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- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1277H1
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- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-19** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-03** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-04** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1277ER)
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 330 (effective 7/1/22) `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/e7a06de5-6e83-463c-a567-bb391d75813e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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