HB 1694 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Prog.; number of qualified survivors and dependents, etc.

Summary
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; Department of Veterans Services; Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; enrollment and eligibility data; report. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in coordination with the Department of Veterans Services, to submit to the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1 of each year a report on (i) the number of individuals who are qualified survivors and dependents, as that term is defined in applicable law, and have been certified as eligible to participate in the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program but are not yet admitted to a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and (ii) the best available estimate of the total number of qualified survivors and dependents who are participating in the Program and enrolled in the fall semester at each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates HB 1613.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 4, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Education and Health Substitute Chaptered · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 371 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy content regarding the reporting requirements for the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and the Department of Veterans Services remains unchanged from the Senate Substitute version.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the document format changed from a substitute amendment to an enacted chapter.
TECHNICAL

The document was converted from a Senate Substitute amendment to a formally enacted Chapter of the Virginia Acts of Assembly, with approval date March 24, 2025.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
56
Key actions
16
Committee
13
Amendments
1
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 371 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1694ER)
lower
Feb 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Appropriations Amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Assigned Approps sub: Higher Education
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: Higher Education
lower
Jan 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors

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