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type: "Bill"
title: "Higher educational institutions, public; release of student transcripts."
description: "Public institutions of higher education; release of student transcripts. Requires each public institution of higher education to release an academic transcript directly to the employer or prospective employer of a student currently or formerly enrolled at such institution upon the request of the student. The bill also prohibits any public institution of higher education from conditioning the release of an academic transcript to a student currently or formerly enrolled at such institution on the payment of an outstanding debt if (i) such outstanding debt is less than $500, (ii) such outstanding debt is less than $1,000 and such currently or formerly enrolled student received a Federal Pell Grant at any time during his enrollment, or (iii) such currently or formerly enrolled student has enrolled in a repayment plan and has made at least three consecutive monthly payments on such outstanding debt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1365"
citation: "Virginia HB 1365 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33a6e69d-ac57-4203-afa1-65627682f28f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1365"
source_hash: "d90f238011d5a23611ddab01a65c48b53716688823858932c487c890139cc70f"
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 1365 (2024) — Higher educational institutions, public; release of student transcripts.
Public institutions of higher education; release of student transcripts. Requires each public institution of higher education to release an academic transcript directly to the employer or prospective employer of a student currently or formerly enrolled at such institution upon the request of the student. The bill also prohibits any public institution of higher education from conditioning the release of an academic transcript to a student currently or formerly enrolled at such institution on the payment of an outstanding debt if (i) such outstanding debt is less than $500, (ii) such outstanding debt is less than $1,000 and such currently or formerly enrolled student received a Federal Pell Grant at any time during his enrollment, or (iii) such currently or formerly enrolled student has enrolled in a repayment plan and has made at least three consecutive monthly payments on such outstanding debt.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0750** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0750)
2. **HB1365ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1365ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24101946D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1365)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24101946D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1365E)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) — **952** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — **211** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N) — **91** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 24101946D `introduction`
- **2024-01-15** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-04** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N)
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB1365E
- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24101946D-E
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1365E)
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1365ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB1365ER)
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 750 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0750)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33a6e69d-ac57-4203-afa1-65627682f28f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).