HB 955 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Certain student enrollment data; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to annually report.

Summary
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; certain annual student demographic data; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to annually report on the enrollment of Virginia students, non-Virginia students, and international students at each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and submit a report of its findings to the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than February 1 each year.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Signed Apr 13, 2026
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Education Substitute Early Childhood and Innovation Subcommittee Substitute · 1 edit
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The document has been reformatted from a standard legislative text layout to a visual 'house substitute' format, likely indicating a specific version of the bill prepared for the House Committee on Education. The substantive policy content regarding student enrollment reporting requirements remains unchanged.
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The text layout was altered to include a 'HOUSE SUBSTITUTE' header, session year, and unique bill identifier, while the core legal text describing the reporting requirements was preserved.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2026

How they voted

360
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
Feb 27, 2026
D Democratic20
18 Yea 2
90% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
31
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB955ER)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (88-Y 7-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Assigned HED sub: Early Childhood and Innovation
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

Sponsors