---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Bill."
description: "Budget Bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018specialI"
identifier: "HB 5001"
citation: "Virginia HB 5001 (2018specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Chris Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2018-03-21"
last_action: "2018-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28e2b9a5-b75f-4ede-9428-85f2d1d98801"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?182+sum+HB5001"
source_hash: "2570bbd795f15b55cca2b96db1b07fbf3c2a636fed853fd2b9ec4db330ec174a"
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 5001 (2018specialI) — Budget Bill.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0001)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://budget.lis.virginia.gov/bill/2018/2/HB5001/Chapter/)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5001ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://budget.lis.virginia.gov/bill/2018/2/HB5001/Enrolled/)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 04/11/18 18200006D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://budget.lis.virginia.gov/bill/2018/2/HB5001/Introduced/)
4. **Senate: Floor substitute printed 18200255D-S1 (Hanger)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://budget.lis.virginia.gov/bill/2018/2/HB5001/Substitute/)

## Votes

- Uncontested committee amendments agreed to — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Appropriations with amendments — **16–5** (pass) · legislature
- Amendment #1 by Senator Newman rejected, Chair Votes No — **20–20** (fail) · legislature
- Reported from Finance with Senate amendments substituted for House amendments — **10–5** (pass) · legislature
- VOTE: PASSAGE — **67–32** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute agreed to by House — **69–29** (pass) · legislature
- Substitute by Senator Hanger agreed to — **22–18** (pass) · legislature
- Amendment #2 by Senator Newman rejected — **19–21** (fail) · legislature
- VOTE: ADOPTION — **67–32** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute agreed to by House — **68–30** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **23–17** (pass) · legislature
- Committee amendments rejected — **18–22** (fail) · legislature
- Pending question ordered — **21–19** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- S. Chris Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 04/11/18 18200006D `introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-13** Budget amendments available
- **2018-04-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-04-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-17** Uncontested committee amendments agreed to (99-Y 0-N)
- **2018-04-17** Contested committee amendment Item 306#2H agreed to (67-Y 32-N)
- **2018-04-17** Contested committee amendment Item 310#1H agreed to (68-Y 31-N)
- **2018-04-17** Contested committee amendment Item C-14.50#1H agreed to (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
- **2018-04-17** Contested committee amendment Item 3-5.20#1H agreed to (69-Y 30-N)
- **2018-04-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (99-Y 0-N)
- **2018-04-17** Passed House (67-Y 32-N) `passage`
- **2018-05-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-05-14** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-05-30** Passed by temporarily
- **2018-05-30** Floor substitute printed 18200255D-S1 (Hanger)
- **2018-05-30** Reading of substitute waived
- **2018-05-30** Reading of amendment waived
- **2018-05-30** Reading of amendment waived
- **2018-05-30** Senate substitute agreed to by House (69-Y 29-N)
- **2018-05-30** Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House
- **2018-05-30** Senate substitute agreed to by House (68-Y 30-N)
- **2018-06-01** Enrolled
- **2018-06-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-06-01** Signed by President
- **2018-06-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on June 1, 2018
- **2018-06-01** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, June 8, 2018
- **2018-06-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1 (effective 6/7/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28e2b9a5-b75f-4ede-9428-85f2d1d98801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).