republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-356.md

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Bill	Investment of public funds; qualified public entity allowed to invest in asset-backed securities.	Investment of public funds. Allows any qualified public entity of the Commonwealth to invest in asset-backed securities that are guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof. This bill is identical to SB 510.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 356	Virginia HB 356 (2024)	bill		enacted	Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.	4	32	7	2024-01-05	2024-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/708142a8-9285-4a41-94f4-f72bd7b8c205	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB356	196f26f10655d0cc2f510b8faab72d4bad9e2d16048227aeccf3411ab8229664	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 356 (2024) — Investment of public funds; qualified public entity allowed to invest in asset-backed securities.

Investment of public funds. Allows any qualified public entity of the Commonwealth to invest in asset-backed securities that are guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof. This bill is identical to SB 510.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0065 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106906D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB356ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102813D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Referred from General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
• Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)
• Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102813D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB356)
• 2024-01-30 Referred from General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-02 Committee substitute printed 24106906D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB356H1)
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 24106906D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB356H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB356ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB356ER)
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 65 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-14 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/708142a8-9285-4a41-94f4-f72bd7b8c205. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).