VA HB 990
Status unknownVirginia Higher Education Scholarship Act Fund and Program; created and established.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did VA HB 990 pass?
The current status of VA HB 990 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-18): Left in Education
What is VA HB 990 about?
Certain public institutions of higher education; enrollment limitations in incoming freshman classes; Virginia Higher Education Scholarship Act Fund and Program established. Requires, beginning with the incoming freshman class in the 2027 academic year, the board of visitors of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education, with the exception of Norfolk State University, Virginia Military Institute, and Virginia State University, to ensure that the annual percentage of undergraduate non-Virginia students in each incoming freshman class does not exceed 45 percent. The bill also establishes the Virginia Higher Education Scholarship Act Fund and Program whereby certain Virginia public high school graduates who graduated at or near the top of their graduating classes are permitted to apply to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia for a scholarship in an amount equal to the cost of tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees to attend a public institution of higher education enumerated in the bill for eight semesters.
Who sponsors VA HB 990?
Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. is the primary sponsor of VA HB 990.
Description
Certain public institutions of higher education; enrollment limitations in incoming freshman classes; Virginia Higher Education Scholarship Act Fund and Program established. Requires, beginning with the incoming freshman class in the 2027 academic year, the board of visitors of each baccalaureate public institution of higher education, with the exception of Norfolk State University, Virginia Military Institute, and Virginia State University, to ensure that the annual percentage of undergraduate non-Virginia students in each incoming freshman class does not exceed 45 percent. The bill also establishes the Virginia Higher Education Scholarship Act Fund and Program whereby certain Virginia public high school graduates who graduated at or near the top of their graduating classes are permitted to apply to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia for a scholarship in an amount equal to the cost of tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees to attend a public institution of higher education enumerated in the bill for eight semesters.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-13
- Latest action
- 2026-02-18 — Left in Education
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.primary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-13
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104284D
filing,introduction
2026-01-13
Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee
2026-01-23
Assigned HED sub: Higher Education
referral-committee
2026-01-27
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)
2026-02-18
Left in Education
Versions
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Documents
Votes
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
2026-01-27 · pass · 6-2
Member-level votes (10)
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: not voting
- Nadarius E. Clark: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
- Lindsey Dougherty: yes
- Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
- Anne Ferrell Tata: no
- Phillip A. Scott: not voting
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: no
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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