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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2020; created."
+description: "Bonds for institutions of higher learning; emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $279,470,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher learning. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to HB 1246."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 580"
+citation: "Virginia SB 580 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Janet D. Howell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-03-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4244a5b-c27e-4587-93d3-6839ba04f633"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB580"
+source_hash: "af77a492c0433065ac81527e382fa1b0572de1f1ef169932408910d1c3b287db"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 580 (2020) — Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2020; created.
+
+Bonds for institutions of higher learning; emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $279,470,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher learning. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to HB 1246.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0280)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0280)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB580ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB580ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB580)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB580)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Janet D. Howell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20104591D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB580)
+- **2020-01-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-19** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-24** Passed by temporarily
+- **2020-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
+- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB580ER)
+- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
+- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 280 (effective 3/11/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4244a5b-c27e-4587-93d3-6839ba04f633`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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