HB 1972 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Virginia College Savings Plan; prepaid tuition contracts, etc.

Summary
Makes several changes to the provisions that establish the Virginia College Savings Plan (the Plan), including (i) permitting the Plan to maintain an independent disbursement system for the disbursement of prepaid tuition contract benefits and (ii) requiring each prepaid tuition contract entered into on or after July 1, 2019, to include provisions for the application of tuition prepayments, at a rate equal to the percentage of enrollment-weighted average tuition at public institutions of higher education to be determined by the board, at (a) public institutions of higher education, (b) accredited nonprofit independent or private institutions of higher education, and (c) non-Virginia public and accredited nonprofit independent or private institutions of higher education, provided that no such payment is less than the sum of tuition prepayments made, less any fees as determined by the board. This bill is identical to
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 7, 2019 Signed Mar 25, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 21, 2019

How they voted

340
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 19, 2019
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Mar 25, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 803 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 19, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 14, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1972E
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment from Appropriations agreed to
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment from Education agreed to
lower
Jan 21, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
lower
Jan 21, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 21, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)
house of delegates
Jan 14, 2019
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 11, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19101659D
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors

Sponsors