---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2022; created."
description: "Bonds for public institutions of higher learning;emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $100,869,000for revenue-producing capital projects at James Madison Universityand Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The billcontains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 93."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 165"
citation: "Virginia HB 165 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b21bcbf-1117-4e9f-9b05-78b9988e5f61"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB165"
source_hash: "5a56987a5087591506c23c1fa10794f590f696be82015dd45badd05f2976d49e"
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 165 (2022) — Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2022; created.

Bonds for public institutions of higher learning;emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $100,869,000for revenue-producing capital projects at James Madison Universityand Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The billcontains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 93.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0013** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0013)
2. **HB165ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB165ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/12/22 22102930D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB165)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/12/22 22102930D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB165)
- **2022-01-19** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-24** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (95-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-01-31** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-21** Enrolled
- **2022-02-21** Signed by President
- **2022-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2022
- **2022-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2022
- **2022-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 13 (effective 3/2/22) `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB165ER)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b21bcbf-1117-4e9f-9b05-78b9988e5f61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).