republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022s1/sb-473.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Construction Fund and Program; created and established."
description: "School Construction Fund and Program; created and established."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022S1"
identifier: "SB 473"
citation: "Virginia SB 473 (2022S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McClellan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6e881f2-db24-4f1b-95a5-8c584e8b64d1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+sum+SB473"
source_hash: "232b3d596929d87b5aebd7b518c0f5899284bc09fc7e448d0c938528d33a6b4a"
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 SB 473 (2022S1) — School Construction Fund and Program; created and established.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0009** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+CHAP0009)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106368D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+SB473S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22106986D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+SB473H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100790D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+SB473)
5. **SB473ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+SB473ER)

## Votes

- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- McClellan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100790D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB473)
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Committee substitute printed 22106368D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-09** Incorporates SB117 (Newman)
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB473S1)
- **2022-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 22106368D-S1
- **2022-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB473S1
- **2022-02-14** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-23** Committee substitute printed 22106986D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB473H1)
- **2022-02-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 22106986D-H1
- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB473H1
- **2022-02-28** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- **2022-03-03** House insisted on substitute
- **2022-03-03** House requested conference committee
- **2022-03-07** Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-09** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-12** Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455
- **2022-06-01** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-06-01** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0--N)
- **2022-06-01** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-07-20** Enrolled
- **2022-07-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-07-21** Signed by President
- **2022-07-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on July 28, 2022
- **2022-07-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., August 4, 2022
- **2022-08-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 9 (effective on the 1st day of the 4th month following the month `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-04** of adjournment of the 2022 Special Session l)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6e881f2-db24-4f1b-95a5-8c584e8b64d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).