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type: "Bill"
title: "Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2021; created."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2178"
citation: "Virginia HB 2178 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luke E. Torian"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72439a11-7a5d-4b97-93d5-305f249e22c9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2178"
source_hash: "a52ff518cdff10f03de4a990616c9850dfc746b3d52b5c1e3ce97a5f2664fa18"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0095)
2. **HB2178ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2178ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102186D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2178)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 2-N) — **972** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) — **190** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72439a11-7a5d-4b97-93d5-305f249e22c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).