HB 1969 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program; reduces minimum percentage of revenues.

Summary
Reduces from 50 percent to 35 percent the minimum percentage of revenues that a small business must derive from out-of-state sources in order to be eligible for grants from the Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program. The bill reduces from $100,000 to $50,000 the minimum new capital investment that a company is required to make to be eligible for assistance under the Program. Finally, the bill changes the definition of small business for purposes of the Program from a company that has 250 or fewer employees to one that has 50 or fewer employees in its base year and average annual gross receipts of $3 million or less averaged over the previous 24-month period.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jan 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 10, 2017 Signed Mar 3, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 3, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 264 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Jan 31, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Jan 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 27, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1969E
legislature
Jan 27, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Jan 16, 2017
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100307D
legislature
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors