---
type: "Bill"
title: "Literary Fund; open application process for loans, restriction upon making loans, etc."
description: "Literary Fund; open application process for loans, restriction upon making loans, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022S1"
identifier: "SB 471"
citation: "Virginia SB 471 (2022S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McClellan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f46c7073-d413-4fd1-b136-a8ea73e57b0c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+sum+SB471"
source_hash: "328a8c950e44eadcabfcf0f5514d824002f20170875a216c897a13d794ab79f0"
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 471 (2022S1) — Literary Fund; open application process for loans, restriction upon making loans, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+CHAP0020)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106259D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+SB471S1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 22208244D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+SB471S2)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100789D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+SB471)
5. **SB471ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+SB471ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate requested second conference committee (35-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- McClellan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100789D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB471)
- **2022-01-20** Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-20** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Committee substitute printed 22106259D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB471S1)
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 22106259D-S1
- **2022-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB471S1
- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Committee on Education amendment agreed to
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2022-03-03** Passed House with amendment (96-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-03** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 4-N)
- **2022-03-07** House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- **2022-03-08** House insisted on amendment
- **2022-03-08** House requested conference committee
- **2022-03-09** Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-12** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-03-12** Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-12** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-12** Passed by temporarily
- **2022-03-12** Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455
- **2022-06-01** Senate requested second conference committee (35-Y 0-N)
- **2022-06-01** Second conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-06-17** House acceded to request for second conference committee
- **2022-06-17** Second conferees appointed by House
- **2022-06-17** Conference substitute printed 22208244D-S2
- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by House (89-Y 0-N)
- **2022-06-17** VOTE: Adoption (89-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 20 (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/f46c7073-d413-4fd1-b136-a8ea73e57b0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).