HB 457 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Postsecondary schools; distance learning, certification and reciprocity, effective date.

Summary
Degree-granting postsecondary schools; distance learning reciprocity agreements; consumer protection. Requires any degree-granting postsecondary school providing distance learning to residents of the Commonwealth from a location outside of the Commonwealth to be certified to operate in the Commonwealth or be a participant in any interstate reciprocity agreement to which the Commonwealth belongs, in accordance with the State Council of Higher Education's authority under relevant law, for the purpose of consumer protection. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2022.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 3, 2020 Signed Mar 18, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
10
Committee
11
Mar 18, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 380 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB457H1
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106010D-H1
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Post-Secondary and Higher Ed
lower
Jan 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 3, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103280D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Kathleen Murphy
Kathleen Murphy
DDemocratic
VA
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