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Bill Investment of public funds; ratings agencies. Investment of public funds; ratings agencies. Allows ratings by Fitch Ratings to be used for determining whether certain investments are permissible for public funds. Under current law, only ratings by Standard & Poor's or Moody's Investors Service may be used. The bill contains technical amendments, including the removal of obsolete references to ratings by Duff & Phelps. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 1587 Virginia HB 1587 (2020)
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Virginia HB 1587 (2020) — Investment of public funds; ratings agencies.

Investment of public funds; ratings agencies. Allows ratings by Fitch Ratings to be used for determining whether certain investments are permissible for public funds. Under current law, only ratings by Standard & Poor's or Moody's Investors Service may be used. The bill contains technical amendments, including the removal of obsolete references to ratings by Duff & Phelps.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1587ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB1587) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1587H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) — 151 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) — 350 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 20105250D introduction
  • 2020-01-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2020-01-22 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process referral-committee
  • 2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1587)
  • 2020-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20107152D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-02-04 Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1587H1)
  • 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20107152D-H1
  • 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1587H1
  • 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-19 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-21 Passed Senate (35-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-26 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1587ER)
  • 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-27 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
  • 2020-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 333 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e8b0562a-a6ec-4a92-af14-b915f7de3ac0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).