---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commonwealth of Virginia Institutions of Higher Education Bond Act of 2017; created."
description: "Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $13,637,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher education. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1369"
citation: "Virginia SB 1369 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bond Issues", "Emergency Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas K. Norment, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0e69725-2377-42c4-834f-cb44cb572ae1"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1369"
source_hash: "369ec3b19e83ca70ea5162b6bcbccffb715796eb50042e8a79bd6ec9777138c4"
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 1369 (2017) — Commonwealth of Virginia Institutions of Higher Education Bond Act of 2017; created.

Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $13,637,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher education. The bill contains an emergency clause. 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 (CHAP0452)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0452)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1369ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1369ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17102187D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1369)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Appropriations — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17102187D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-04** Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 452 (effective 3/13/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0e69725-2377-42c4-834f-cb44cb572ae1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).