Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2025; created.
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025
Signed Mar 18, 2025
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Enrolled
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Chaptered
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4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was formatted from an enrolled version to a chaptered version, adding official chapter number 44, approval date (March 18, 2025), and page numbering. The substantive legislative content remains unchanged, with the same bond authorization amount ($206,085,243), same projects (James Madison University and College of William & Mary), and same legal provisions for funding higher education capital projects.
TECHNICAL
Added chapter designation (Chapter 44) and approval date (March 18, 2025) to indicate official enactment
Added page numbering (2 of 3) to the chaptered version
Reformatted text layout from single-line to multi-line format for readability in chaptered version
Removed session header formatting differences between enrolled and chaptered versions
Floor votes · Senate Jan 16, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2025
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 16, 2025
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Mar 18, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 44 (Effective 03/18/25)
executive
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1121ER)
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (93-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Louise Lucas
DDemocratic
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