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type: "Bill"
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title: "Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2024; created."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 599"
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citation: "Virginia SB 599 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4592a3c8-e765-4c8c-a5e6-2ff9ad4a787e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB599"
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source_hash: "de5b6fc5ac8dc0312140ad02bc6b58ceaba7ee3bcc8efcd508db67ab18431c53"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 599 (2024) — Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2024; created.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0514** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0514)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24102812D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB599)
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3. **Printed as engrossed 24102812D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB599E)
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4. **SB599ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB599ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/24 24102812D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB599)
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- **2024-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2024-02-08** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB599E
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- **2024-02-08** Printed as engrossed 24102812D-E
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB599E)
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- **2024-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-19** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-22** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y -0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-27** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB599ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB599ER)
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- **2024-03-01** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 514 (effective 4/4/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0514)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4592a3c8-e765-4c8c-a5e6-2ff9ad4a787e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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