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HB 417 VA
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Children of active duty service members or veterans; in-state tuition eligibility.

VA · session 2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 12, 2026

Latest action (Mar 3, 2026) Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

Summary

Public institutions of higher education; in-state tuition; children of active duty service members or veterans. Provides that any child of an active duty service member or veteran who claims Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least four years during active duty service is eligible for in-state tuition charges, regardless of domicile. Under current law, any such child is eligible for in-state tuition charges if such service member or veteran claims Virginia as his home state and filed Virginia tax returns for at least 10 years during active duty service.

Sponsor (1)

12 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (17)

  1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102149D · lower
  2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Appropriations · lower
  3. Jan 17, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Higher Education · lower
  4. Jan 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB417) · lower
  5. Feb 11, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
  6. Feb 11, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) · lower
  7. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) · lower
  8. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107724D-H1 · lower
  9. Feb 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB417) · lower
  10. Feb 13, 2026 Read first time · lower
  11. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
  12. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
  13. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
  14. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
  15. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
  16. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations · upper
  17. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper

Text versions (8)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Appropriations Substitute · PDF
  • Appropriations Substitute · HTML
  • Appropriations Substitute · PDF
  • Appropriations Substitute · HTML
  • Higher Education Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
  • Higher Education Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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