---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capital outlay plan; revises six-year plan for projects."
description: "Updates the six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2248"
citation: "Virginia HB 2248 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Chris Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7182f033-428a-465f-91c2-2c3f1b408c7a"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2248"
source_hash: "af37ee9832e463ee13a38ee396c9cd3b2d2ef5a3f06c9416ee84fe056a51084d"
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 2248 (2017) — Capital outlay plan; revises six-year plan for projects.

Updates the six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0715)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0715)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2248ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2248ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104707D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2248H1)
4. **House: Conference substitute printed 17105792D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2248H2)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102172D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2248)
6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105452D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2248S1)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by House — **93–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute rejected by House 17105452D-S1 — **0–95** (fail) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance with substitute — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate insisted on substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- S. Chris Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102172D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 17104707D-H1
- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2248H1
- **2017-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 17105452D-S1
- **2017-02-16** Engrossed by Senate as amended HB2248S1
- **2017-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-20** Senate substitute rejected by House 17105452D-S1 (0-Y 95-N)
- **2017-02-21** Senate requested conference committee
- **2017-02-22** House acceded to request
- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2017-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2017-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2017-02-24** Conference substitute printed 17105792D-H2
- **2017-02-24** Passed by temporarily
- **2017-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 715 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7182f033-428a-465f-91c2-2c3f1b408c7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).