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+type: "Bill"
+title: "GO Virginia grants; matching funds."
+description: "GO Virginia grants; matching funds. Allows a locality to use funds awarded from the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission as matching funds for a GO Virginia grant award. No other state funds are authorized to be used as a source of matching funds. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2021."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1597"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1597 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["William C. Wampler III"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2020-01-15"
+last_action: "2020-03-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5bb0ada-e7c6-491b-8c97-1cfb4716e1bf"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1597"
+source_hash: "4a8f471143704d9b1513db34cac4fafd6e7404da69a45622f26c774fdc609919"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1597 (2020) — GO Virginia grants; matching funds.
+
+GO Virginia grants; matching funds. Allows a locality to use funds awarded from the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission as matching funds for a GO Virginia grant award. No other state funds are authorized to be used as a source of matching funds. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2021.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0525)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0525)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1597ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1597ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1597)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1597)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate with amendment (31-Y 6-N) — **31–6** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 8-N) — **87–8** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N) — **92–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- William C. Wampler III — primary (person)
+- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
+- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
+- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
+- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
+- Les R. Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Nick Rush — cosponsor (person)
+- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
+- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 20104916D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-15** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-20** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-27** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-01-31** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N)
+- **2020-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1597)
+- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-18** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2020-02-20** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2020-02-20** Passed by for the day
+- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate with amendment (31-Y 6-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-25** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-25** Passed by for the day
+- **2020-02-26** Senate amendment agreed to by House (88-Y 8-N)
+- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 8-N)
+- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB1597ER)
+- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 525 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5bb0ada-e7c6-491b-8c97-1cfb4716e1bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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