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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1354: Tuition Assistance Grant Program; eligible institutions.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1354 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 19, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Tuition Assistance Grant Program; eligible institutions. Primary sponsor: Wendell Walker (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 18, 2026): Left in Committee Appropriations.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Tuition Assistance Grant Program; eligible institutions. Declares any nonprofit private historically black college or university whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate, graduate, or professional education and not to provide religious training or theological education and that is located in the Commonwealth and accredited by a national institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to be eligible to participate in the Tuition Assistance Grant Program.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Wendell WalkerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Delores McQuinnCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Committee Appropriations
  2. Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1354)
  4. Assigned HAPP sub: Higher Education
  5. Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  6. Presented and ordered printed 26105538D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source