republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-599.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 HB 711.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 599	Virginia SB 599 (2024)	bill		enacted	L. Louise Lucas	4	30	6	2024-01-10	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/4592a3c8-e765-4c8c-a5e6-2ff9ad4a787e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB599	de5b6fc5ac8dc0312140ad02bc6b58ceaba7ee3bcc8efcd508db67ab18431c53	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 599 (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 HB 711.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0514 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24102812D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24102812D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB599ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24102812D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB599)
• 2024-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-08 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-08 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB599E
• 2024-02-08 Printed as engrossed 24102812D-E
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB599E)
• 2024-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-22 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y -0-N) passage
• 2024-02-22 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB599ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB599ER)
• 2024-03-01 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 514 (effective 4/4/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0514)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4592a3c8-e765-4c8c-a5e6-2ff9ad4a787e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).