---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capital outlay plan; updates six-year plan for projects."
description: "Capital outlay plan. Updates the six-yearcapital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 577"
citation: "Virginia SB 577 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet D. Howell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df7b97f9-9c49-4ea9-8c63-518b37465f7d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB577"
source_hash: "0822ecc973155e539aaa1d1ec29c915c2aebfe713bbbdb6d865f0b06e136365e"
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 577 (2020) — Capital outlay plan; updates six-year plan for projects.

Capital outlay plan. Updates the six-yearcapital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1134)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1134)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB577ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB577ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB577H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB577H1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB577)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB577)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janet D. Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104554D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB577)
- **2020-01-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-17** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-20** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Assigned App. sub: Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-28** Committee substitute printed 20108885D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20108885D-H1
- **2020-03-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB577H1
- **2020-03-04** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** Title replaced 20108885D-H1
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB577ER)
- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1134 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df7b97f9-9c49-4ea9-8c63-518b37465f7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).