The Virginia state legislature has passed a bill that bans public universities from giving preference to legacy students and donors’ relatives in admissions. The bill will become law, because it passed by a veto-proof margin, and Governor Glenn Youngkin has not expressed any opposition to it. Last year, the State of Colorado also banned legacy admissions at state universities.

Under the Virginia legislation, “No public institution of higher education shall provide any manner of preferential treatment in the admissions decision to any student applicant on the basis of such student’s legacy status or such student’s familial relationship to any donor to such institution.”

Last month, both the House of Delegates and state Senate unanimously passed the bill.