---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia State University; revenue-producing capital project."
description: "Expands the scope of a revenue-producing capital project at Virginia State University funded by a prior bond authorization. The bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1370"
citation: "Virginia SB 1370 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ff6c525-c2c2-448d-bb72-23c9c1fb5ad2"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1370"
source_hash: "14628f71f5663c26622df261b37a72943453c64d321e03b06b73be85e70d3156"
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 1370 (2017) — Virginia State University; revenue-producing capital project.

Expands the scope of a revenue-producing capital project at Virginia State University funded by a prior bond authorization. The bill contains an emergency clause.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0614)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1370ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1370ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17102173D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1370)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Appropriations — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (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 17102173D `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
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 614 (effective 3/16/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ff6c525-c2c2-448d-bb72-23c9c1fb5ad2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).