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2022 SESSION
SB 473 School Construction Fund and Program; created and established, Gaming Proceeds Fund revenues.
Introduced by: Jennifer L. McClellan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Department of Education; School Construction Fund and Program; Gaming Proceeds Fund revenues. Establishes the School Construction Fund as a special nonreverting fund in the state treasury and requires the Department of Education to establish the School Construction Program for the purpose of providing grants from the Fund, subject to certain conditions, to school boards that leverage federal, state, and local programs and resources to finance the design and construction of new school buildings and facilities or the modernization and maintenance of existing school buildings and facilities. The bill provides that three percent of any fiscal year's budget surplus shall be appropriated to the School Construction Fund and Program. The bill also provides that any remaining revenues not appropriated by the Gaming Proceeds Fund shall be appropriated to the School Construction Fund and Program. Under current law, any remaining revenues in the Gaming Proceeds Fund not appropriated remain in the Fund until appropriated by the General Assembly for programs established to address public school construction, renovations, or upgrades.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100790D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106368D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22106986D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100790D
- 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 02/09/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 1-N)
- 02/09/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106368D-S1
- 02/09/22 Senate: Incorporates SB117 (Newman)
- 02/10/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/22 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106368D-S1
- 02/11/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB473S1
- 02/14/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
- 02/21/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/22 House: Read first time
- 02/21/22 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/22/22 House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/23/22 House: Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22106986D-H1
- 02/25/22 House: Read second time
- 02/28/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22106986D-H1
- 02/28/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB473H1
- 02/28/22 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/22 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- 03/03/22 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/03/22 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/07/22 Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/22 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/07/22 Senate: Senators: McClellan, Saslaw, Stanley
- 03/09/22 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/09/22 House: Delegates: O'Quinn, Austin, Torian
- 03/12/22 Senate: Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455