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type: "Bill"
title: "State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; renaming Director as Executive Director."
description: "An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-106, 22.1-305.2, 22.1-365, 23.1-201, 23.1-202, 23.1-203, 23.1-215, 23.1-222, 23.1-306, 23.1-610.1, 23.1-627.3, 23.1-637, 23.1-701, 23.1-903.4, 23.1-909, 23.1-1201, 23.1-1239, 23.1-3117, 23.1-3121, 23.1-3126, 23.1-3136, 30-359, 32.1-122.7:1, and 59.1-284.37 of the Code of Virginia, relating to State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; renaming Director as Executive Director."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1878"
citation: "Virginia HB 1878 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briana D. Sewell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e917d3e-81c3-44ed-bd98-99cfe6ecf9e0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1878"
source_hash: "451b5635bd97af4dd864c96daa3197df977817d50c198a5047b6c61f28832064"
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 1878 (2025) — State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; renaming Director as Executive Director.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-106, 22.1-305.2, 22.1-365, 23.1-201, 23.1-202, 23.1-203, 23.1-215, 23.1-222, 23.1-306, 23.1-610.1, 23.1-627.3, 23.1-637, 23.1-701, 23.1-903.4, 23.1-909, 23.1-1201, 23.1-1239, 23.1-3117, 23.1-3121, 23.1-3126, 23.1-3136, 30-359, 32.1-122.7:1, and 59.1-284.37 of the Code of Virginia, relating to State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; renaming Director as Executive Director.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013359.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071482.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060937.PDF)
## Votes
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102132D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1878)
- **2025-01-16** Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-22** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1878ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1878)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 144 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0144)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e917d3e-81c3-44ed-bd98-99cfe6ecf9e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).