---
type: "Bill"
title: "Refunding bonds; alters the principal and interest requirements."
description: "Refunding bonds; emergency. Alters the principaland interest requirements, maturity date, and allowable discountfor previously issued refunding bonds. The bill contains an emergencyclause and an expiration date of June 30, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2179"
citation: "Virginia HB 2179 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luke E. Torian"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd0353f7-2c84-4de0-a06c-00e3df636f3c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2179"
source_hash: "f47c0d1327e78e9fa14497667df314a0d28445d1394d4cbd516a917a6d580442"
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 2179 (2021) — Refunding bonds; alters the principal and interest requirements.

Refunding bonds; emergency. Alters the principaland interest requirements, maturity date, and allowable discountfor previously issued refunding bonds. The bill contains an emergencyclause and an expiration date of June 30, 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0037** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0037)
2. **HB2179ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2179ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102176D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2179)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Luke E. Torian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102176D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Assigned App. sub: Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2179)
- **2021-01-20** Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2179ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 37 (effective 3/8/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd0353f7-2c84-4de0-a06c-00e3df636f3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).