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type: "Bill"
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title: "Students from foreign countries; student exchange programs, tuition and fee waivers."
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description: "Public institutions of higher education; student exchange programs; tuition and mandatory fee waivers; conditions. Clarifies that tuition and mandatory fees may be waived for a student from a foreign country enrolled in a public institution of higher education through a formalized student exchange program between such institution and another institution of higher education, provided that the number of full-time equivalent inbound students from a foreign country for whom tuition and mandatory fees has been waived does not exceed during any three-year period the number of full-time equivalent outbound students who are enrolled through such student exchange program and who pay full tuition and mandatory fees to the institution. Current law permits tuition and mandatory fees to be waived for a student from a foreign country enrolled in a public institution of higher education through a student exchange program approved by such institution, provided that the number of students from a foreign country for whom tuition and mandatory fees has been waived does not exceed during any three-year period the number of students from a foreign country who are enrolled through such student exchange program and who pay full tuition and mandatory fees to the institution. This bill is identical to SB 1229."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2156"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2156 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f8897b6-9efd-4faa-bfa9-c9c5bfee9567"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2156"
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source_hash: "4b219e20505e2883f109a3e175eac02f155bfc40acdbe58fed03ec5430395630"
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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 2156 (2025) — Students from foreign countries; student exchange programs, tuition and fee waivers.
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Public institutions of higher education; student exchange programs; tuition and mandatory fee waivers; conditions. Clarifies that tuition and mandatory fees may be waived for a student from a foreign country enrolled in a public institution of higher education through a formalized student exchange program between such institution and another institution of higher education, provided that the number of full-time equivalent inbound students from a foreign country for whom tuition and mandatory fees has been waived does not exceed during any three-year period the number of full-time equivalent outbound students who are enrolled through such student exchange program and who pay full tuition and mandatory fees to the institution. Current law permits tuition and mandatory fees to be waived for a student from a foreign country enrolled in a public institution of higher education through a student exchange program approved by such institution, provided that the number of students from a foreign country for whom tuition and mandatory fees has been waived does not exceed during any three-year period the number of students from a foreign country who are enrolled through such student exchange program and who pay full tuition and mandatory fees to the institution. This bill is identical to SB 1229.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015326.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072898.PDF)
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3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023485.PDF)
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4. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054366.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064391.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101816D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16** Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-22** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-22** Committee substitute printed 25105233D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-27** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2025-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-27** Education Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2156)
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- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Committee substitute printed 25107567D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2156)
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- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-18** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2156ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2156)
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 248 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0248)
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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/3f8897b6-9efd-4faa-bfa9-c9c5bfee9567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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