---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2021; created."
description: "Bonds for public institutions of higher learning;emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $34,136,000for revenue-producing capital projects at Virginia Polytechnic Instituteand State University. The bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1145"
citation: "Virginia SB 1145 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet D. Howell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e01cd061-5abd-4235-9f74-1cad78489ead"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1145"
source_hash: "d2767f79d4905df50ce0a09c0451176674a9a2c228768065bf0c328a34a4e96e"
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 1145 (2021) — Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2021; created.

Bonds for public institutions of higher learning;emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $34,136,000for revenue-producing capital projects at Virginia Polytechnic Instituteand State University. The bill contains an emergency clause.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0096** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0096)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102139D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1145)
3. **Printed as engrossed 21102139D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1145E)
4. **SB1145ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1145ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Appropriations — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janet D. Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102139D `introduction`
- **2021-01-05** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1145)
- **2021-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Reading of amendment waived
- **2021-01-21** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-01-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1145E
- **2021-01-21** Printed as engrossed 21102139D-E
- **2021-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB1145E)
- **2021-02-07** Continued to Special Session 1 in Appropriations
- **2021-02-10** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-12** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1145ER)
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 22, 2021
- **2021-02-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 96 (effective 3/12/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e01cd061-5abd-4235-9f74-1cad78489ead`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).