---
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 $100,869,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at James Madison University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 165."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 93"
citation: "Virginia SB 93 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet D. Howell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee8dcb38-4ed7-4620-8141-aad11effaf68"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB93"
source_hash: "9852962ba903333f7972a8657661f4e69f2ff866c667b0f5f79033c9e24dc27b"
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 93 (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 $100,869,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at James Madison University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 165.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0086** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0086)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/12/22 22102919D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB93)
3. **SB93ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB93ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janet D. Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/12/22 22102919D `introduction`
- **2022-01-05** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB93)
- **2022-01-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-03** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB93ER)
- **2022-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 86 (effective 4/5/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee8dcb38-4ed7-4620-8141-aad11effaf68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).