Lithium-ion Battery Separator Manufacturing Grant Fund; created, definitions.
Summary
Lithium-ion Battery Separator Manufacturing Grant Fund. Establishes the Lithium-ion Battery Separator Manufacturing Grant Fund to, subject to appropriation, fund 20 annual grant award installments, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $60.597 million, to a qualified company that engages in the manufacture of lithium-ion battery separators and that executes a memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority, and that on and after July 1, 2024, but before July 1, 2045, is expected to (i) make a capital investment, defined in the bill, of at least $1.3506 billion and (ii) create and maintain at least 2,015 new full-time jobs in Pittsylvania County. This bill is identical to HB 2540.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Signed Mar 19, 2025
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The bill was formally enacted and approved, transitioning from an enrolled draft to a chaptered law. The substantive policy content remains identical, with no changes to funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or operational requirements. The primary differences are formatting adjustments and the addition of approval metadata indicating the bill was signed on March 19, 2025.
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Floor votes · Senate Jan 30, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 30, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Mar 19, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 110 (Effective 07/01/25)
Feb 20, 2025
Senate · Passed
Signed by President
Feb 18, 2025
House of Delegates · Passed
Signed by Speaker
Feb 18, 2025
Senate · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1207ER)
Feb 13, 2025
House of Delegates · Passed
Passed House (90-Y 6-N)
Feb 10, 2025
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Feb 6, 2025
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
Feb 4, 2025
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Jan 30, 2025
Senate · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Jan 30, 2025
Senate · Amendment offered
Engrossed by Senate as amended
Jan 30, 2025
Senate · Amendment adopted
Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to
Jan 30, 2025
Senate · Amendment offered
Reading of amendment waived
Jan 29, 2025
Senate · Passed
Passed by for the day
Jan 28, 2025
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
Jan 20, 2025
Senate · Referred to committee
Rereferred from Commerce Labor and Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N)
Jan 8, 2025
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tammy Mulchi
RRepublican
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