republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-711.md

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Bill	Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2024; created.	Bonds for public institutions of higher learning; emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $124,285,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at James Madison University, Virginia State University, and The College of William and Mary in Virginia. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 599.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 711	Virginia HB 711 (2024)	bill		enacted	Luke E. Torian	4	29	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/142222f4-a6f8-421c-8406-3f614ef7bf8d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB711	7db21a1113d1ffd89a7a01e0ffe738b2947716e7b32da050ff70b137955f6507	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 711 (2024) — Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2024; created.

Bonds for public institutions of higher learning; emergency. Authorizes issuance of bonds in an amount up to $124,285,000 for revenue-producing capital projects at James Madison University, Virginia State University, and The College of William and Mary in Virginia. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 599.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0450 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB711ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24102811D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24102811D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Luke E. Torian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24102811D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB711)
• 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-31 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended HB711E
• 2024-02-05 Printed as engrossed 24102811D-E
• 2024-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB711E)
• 2024-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-07 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB711ER) passage
• 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB711ER)
• 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 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
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 450 (effective 4/4/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0450)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/142222f4-a6f8-421c-8406-3f614ef7bf8d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).