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2024 SESSION

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HB 237 Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board; increases membership.

Introduced by: Terry L. Austin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board. Modifies aspects of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board by adding a fourth Secretary to the Board's membership, to be appointed by the Governor, and providing that the Secretary of Labor may be one of the Secretaries appointed to the Board. The bill also reduces the amount of matching funds required for any grant awarded from the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Fund by requiring such funds to be equal to at least half of the grant awarded until July 1, 2028.

FULL TEXT

• 01/04/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102385D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/21/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108091D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/04/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB237ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/02/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0276)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/04/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102385D
• 01/04/24  House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
• 01/16/24  House: Referred from Labor and Commerce by voice vote
• 01/16/24  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/17/24  House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
• 01/24/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/24  House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/24  House: Read first time
• 02/01/24  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/02/24  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (92-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/05/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/19/24  Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/21/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108091D-S1
• 02/22/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/23/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108091D-S1
• 02/23/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB237S1
• 02/23/24  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/24  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108091D-S1 (96-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/04/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB237ER)
• 03/04/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/02/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 276 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/02/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0276)