HB 599 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

School boards; unexpended local funds, capital reserve fund permitted.

Summary
School boards; unexpended local funds; capitalreserve fund permitted. Permits any school board, with the concurrenceof the local governing body, to establish a capital reserve fundas a savings account into which it exclusively deposits the localoperating funds that remain unexpended at the end of the year forfuture school division capital expenditures at no additional costto local taxpayers, subject to certain conditions enumerated in thebill.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Signed Apr 2, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 6, 2024

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 26, 2024
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 2, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 294 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB599ER)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Shelly Simonds
Shelly Simonds
DDemocratic
VA
70