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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2021; created."
+description: "Bonds for public institutions of higher learning;emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $34,136,000for revenue-producing capital projects at Virginia Polytechnic Instituteand State University. The bill contains an emergency clause."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 2178"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2178 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Luke E. Torian"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2021-01-12"
+last_action: "2021-03-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72439a11-7a5d-4b97-93d5-305f249e22c9"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2178"
+source_hash: "a52ff518cdff10f03de4a990616c9850dfc746b3d52b5c1e3ce97a5f2664fa18"
+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 HB 2178 (2021) — Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2021; created.
+
+Bonds for public institutions of higher learning;emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $34,136,000for revenue-producing capital projects at Virginia Polytechnic Instituteand State University. The bill contains an emergency clause.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0095** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0095)
+2. **HB2178ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2178ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102186D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2178)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 2-N) — **97–2** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Luke E. Torian — primary (person)
+- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102186D `introduction`
+- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-15** Assigned App. sub: Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2178)
+- **2021-01-20** Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2021-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-17** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2021-02-17** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2021-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2021-02-17** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2021-02-19** Placed on Calendar
+- **2021-02-19** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 2-N)
+- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 2-N)
+- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
+- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2178ER)
+- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
+- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
+- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
+- **2021-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 95 (effective 3/12/21) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72439a11-7a5d-4b97-93d5-305f249e22c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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