HB 2347 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Small Business Investment Grant Fund; recapture of awards.

Summary
Provides that if an eligible investor is awarded a grant from the Small Business Investment Grant Fund and the small business in which the investment was made (i) relocates outside of the Commonwealth within two years of the award of the grant or (ii) closes within two years of the award of the grant as a result of a criminal conviction on the part of any officer, director, manager, or general partner of such business relating to his involvement with the business, such investor shall forfeit the grant and refund such moneys to the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority. The bill also advances the starting date for an eligible investor to receive a grant from July 1, 2016, to July 1, 2019, and advances the end date for receiving such a grant from January 1, 2019, to January 1, 2022.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019 Signed Feb 19, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2019

How they voted

36–0
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 6, 2019
D Democratic17
17 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
19
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Feb 19, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 35 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 6, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-0)
senate
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
upper
Jan 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2347E
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102988D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Charniele Herring
Charniele Herring
DDemocratic
VA
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