---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capital outlay funding; authorizes Va. Public Bldg. Authority to issue bonds."
description: "Capital outlay funding; authorizes Va. Public Bldg. Authority to issue bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1520"
citation: "Virginia SB 1520 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c6b3e75-107e-4b37-84f0-1285d6226f7b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1520"
source_hash: "6376dc1a24f0cb262ade5831bc24c68b2e3670250277e44a7c9f60e33e1d706c"
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 1520 (2023) — Capital outlay funding; authorizes Va. Public Bldg. Authority to issue bonds.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0294** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0294)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105927D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1520S1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23102424D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1520)
4. **SB1520ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1520ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23102424D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB1520)
- **2023-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23105927D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23105927D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1520S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB1520S1)
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1520ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1520ER)
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 294 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0294)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c6b3e75-107e-4b37-84f0-1285d6226f7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).