Virginia House Bill 1857 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-01 - Tabled in Education by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Eligibility for in-state tuition; certain individuals who Eligibility for in-state tuition; certain individuals who have applied for permanent residency; certain individuals approved under deferred action programs. Declares eligible for in-state tuition any individual who (i) attended a public or private high school in the Commonwealth for at least three years; (ii) graduated from a public or private high school in the Commonwealth or passed a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education; (iii) registers as an entering student or is enrolled in a public institution of higher education; (iv) provides an affidavit to the public institution of higher education in which he has registered as an entering student or is enrolled stating that he has filed an application to become a permanent resident of the United States and is actively pursuing such permanent residency or will do so as soon as he becomes eligible for such permanent residency; and (v) submits evidence to the institution at which he has registered as an entering student or is enrolled that he, or in the case of a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis, has filed, unless exempted by state law, Virginia income tax returns for at least three years prior to the date of registration as an entering student or enrollment. The bill provides that any such individual shall remain eligible for in-state tuition for as long as he maintains continuous enrollment in the public institution of higher education and his application for permanent residency has not been denied. The bill also prohibits any student who became eligible for in-state tuition as a result of his lawful presence in the United States pursuant to approval under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or any other federal deferred action program from being deemed ineligible for in-state tuition by virtue of the elimination or modification of

Tuition, in-state; eligibility, certain individuals who have applied for permanent residency, etc.

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Sen. John Bell [D]
Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. David Bulova [D]	Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]
Del. Steve Heretick [D]	Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Del. Daun Hester [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Matthew James [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Luke Torian [D]	Del. David Toscano [D]
Del. Jeion Ward [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2017-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-01	House	Tabled in Education by voice vote
2017-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2017-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
2017-01-20	House	Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
2017-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2017-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103745D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	506.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1857
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1857+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0902V0022+HB1857