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type: "Bill"
title: "Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2020; created."
description: "Bonds for institutions of higher learning; emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $279,470,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher learning. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to HB 1246."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 580"
citation: "Virginia SB 580 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet D. Howell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4244a5b-c27e-4587-93d3-6839ba04f633"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB580"
source_hash: "af77a492c0433065ac81527e382fa1b0572de1f1ef169932408910d1c3b287db"
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 580 (2020) — Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2020; created.
Bonds for institutions of higher learning; emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $279,470,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher learning. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to HB 1246.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0280)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0280)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB580ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB580ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB580)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB580)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Janet D. Howell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20104591D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB580)
- **2020-01-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB580ER)
- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 280 (effective 3/11/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4244a5b-c27e-4587-93d3-6839ba04f633`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).