---
type: "Bill"
title: "Six-year capital outlay plan and funding; removes certain requirement."
description: "Six-year capital outlay plan and funding. Repeals the requirement that the Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan Advisory Committee meet on the day the Governor presents his preliminary financial report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1473"
citation: "Virginia SB 1473 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea1f9082-8909-426f-9681-204aa4c4f1a4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1473"
source_hash: "902b12d00d09b0f1746d7908e1f903e1477a5bf191dbb3384412717f7f8534ee"
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 1473 (2025) — Six-year capital outlay plan and funding; removes certain requirement.

Six-year capital outlay plan and funding. Repeals the requirement that the Six-Year Capital Outlay Plan Advisory Committee meet on the day the Governor presents his preliminary financial report.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1023199.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072682.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051257.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 25102890D `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1473)
- **2025-01-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-29** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N)
- **2025-01-30** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1473ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1473)
- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 362 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea1f9082-8909-426f-9681-204aa4c4f1a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).