Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant.
Summary
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority;eligible site for site development grant; minimum acreage requirement. Reduces from 100 acres to 50 acres the minimum number of contiguousacres required for a site that is not a brownfield to satisfy theacreage requirement to be considered eligible to receive a site developmentgrant from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund by theVirginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The bill alsoexempts from the minimum acreage requirement any site that existsin a locality that has three or fewer eligible sites that are atleast 100 acres.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 5, 2024
Signed Apr 4, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 2, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 26, 2024
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Feb 2, 2024
D
Democratic21
90% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
48
Key actions
14
Committee
11
Apr 4, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 379 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB135ER)
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
House requested conference committee
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Head
RRepublican
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