republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2178.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2021; created.	Bonds for public institutions of higher learning;emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $34,136,000for revenue-producing capital projects at Virginia Polytechnic Instituteand State University. The bill contains an emergency clause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2178	Virginia HB 2178 (2021)	bill		enacted	Luke E. Torian	3	31	8	2021-01-12	2021-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/72439a11-7a5d-4b97-93d5-305f249e22c9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2178	a52ff518cdff10f03de4a990616c9850dfc746b3d52b5c1e3ce97a5f2664fa18	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2178 (2021) — Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2021; created.

Bonds for public institutions of higher learning;emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $34,136,000for revenue-producing capital projects at Virginia Polytechnic Instituteand State University. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0095 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2178ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102186D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 2-N) — 97–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Luke E. Torian — primary (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102186D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-15 Assigned App. sub: Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2021-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB2178)
• 2021-01-20 Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-22 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2021-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-01-26 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-16 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-16 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-17 Reading of amendment waived
• 2021-02-17 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-02-17 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2021-02-17 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-19 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-19 Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 2-N)
• 2021-02-19 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 2-N)
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled
• 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB2178ER)
• 2021-02-25 Signed by President
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 95 (effective 3/12/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72439a11-7a5d-4b97-93d5-305f249e22c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).