---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Construction Fund and Program; created and established."
description: "School Construction Fund and Program; created and established."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022S1"
identifier: "HB 563"
citation: "Virginia HB 563 (2022S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Quinn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebbf24a6-ffac-4bcc-81a2-89286b7ce12b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+sum+HB563"
source_hash: "2316533213e2196ed446e10c03751f15c6255f6c4d12ca08ab88369b9c57550a"
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 563 (2022S1) — School Construction Fund and Program; created and established.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0008** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+CHAP0008)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106318D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB563H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22107360D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB563S1)
4. **HB563ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB563ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103849D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB563)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Quinn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103849D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB563)
- **2022-01-26** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-02** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute printed 22106318D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee on Education amendments rejected
- **2022-02-14** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 22106318D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB563H1
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB563H1)
- **2022-03-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Committee substitute printed 22107360D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB563S1)
- **2022-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-07** Committee substitute agreed to 22107360D-S1
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB563S1
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Senate substitute rejected by House 22107360D-S1 (0-Y 96-N)
- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N)
- **2022-03-09** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Senate requested conference committee
- **2022-03-10** House acceded to request
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-12** Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455
- **2022-06-01** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-06-01** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- **2022-06-01** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-07-20** Enrolled
- **2022-07-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-07-21** Signed by President
- **2022-07-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on July 28, 2022
- **2022-07-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., August 4, 2022
- **2022-08-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 8 (effective on the 1st day of the 4th month following the month `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-04** of adjournment of the 2022 Special Session l)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebbf24a6-ffac-4bcc-81a2-89286b7ce12b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).