---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commonwealth of Virginia Institutions of Higher Education Bond Act of 2019; created."
description: "Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $17,500,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher education. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1319"
citation: "Virginia SB 1319 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bond Issues", "Emergency Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dfd85d8-e67e-465a-b466-caeb48f9709d"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1319"
source_hash: "92dec4728ffafe54b7e4a84b300d090c395b3f7602e0656a130ee948d8cd17d7"
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 1319 (2019) — Commonwealth of Virginia Institutions of Higher Education Bond Act of 2019; created.

Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $17,500,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher education. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1319ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1319ER)
2. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19102366D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1319)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19102366D `introduction`
- **2019-01-07** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-02-12** Enrolled
- **2019-02-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-13** Signed by President
- **2019-02-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 14, 2019
- **2019-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 56 (effective 2/19/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dfd85d8-e67e-465a-b466-caeb48f9709d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).