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| Bill | Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2025; created. | An Act to authorize the issuance of bonds, in an amount up to $206,085,243 plus financing costs, pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (c) of the Constitution of Virginia, for paying costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher learning of the Commonwealth; to authorize the Treasury Board, by and with the consent of the Governor, to fix the details of such bonds, to provide for the sale of such bonds, and to issue notes to borrow money in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds; to provide for the pledge of the net revenues of such capital projects and the full faith, credit and taxing power of the Commonwealth for the payment of such bonds; to provide that the interest income on such bonds and notes shall be exempt from all taxation by the Commonwealth and any political subdivision thereof; emergency. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2359 | Virginia HB 2359 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2359 (2025) — Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2025; created.
An Act to authorize the issuance of bonds, in an amount up to $206,085,243 plus financing costs, pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (c) of the Constitution of Virginia, for paying costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher learning of the Commonwealth; to authorize the Treasury Board, by and with the consent of the Governor, to fix the details of such bonds, to provide for the sale of such bonds, and to issue notes to borrow money in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds; to provide for the pledge of the net revenues of such capital projects and the full faith, credit and taxing power of the Commonwealth for the payment of such bonds; to provide that the interest income on such bonds and notes shall be exempt from all taxation by the Commonwealth and any political subdivision thereof; emergency.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Luke E. Torian — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-08-2025 25100774D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2025-01-08 Introduced bill reprinted 25100774D
- 2025-01-18 Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
referral-committee - 2025-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-22 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-29 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2025-02-05 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-06 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-06 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-07 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-07 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-10 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-10 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2359ER)
passage - 2025-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2359)
- 2025-02-10 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-13 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 35 (Effective 03/18/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0035)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c7347d61-a81c-47fc-a6a9-aaa0cf8227d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).