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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Virginia Minority Business Commission; established, membership, report, sunset date."
+description: "Virginia Minority Business Commission; report; sunset. Establishes the 13-member Virginia Minority Business Commission in the legislative branch of government for the purpose of promoting the growth and competitiveness of Virginia minority-owned businesses. The bill provides that the Commission sunsets on July 1, 2028."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 374"
+citation: "Virginia HB 374 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2024-01-06"
+last_action: "2024-04-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fda274f-7654-4448-81a5-d34afbebda00"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB374"
+source_hash: "2996316d21b246aebb4e47f6f5da69ff768a23836b7ec9cb9b1e3d3a4f0ad64f"
+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 374 (2024) — Virginia Minority Business Commission; established, membership, report, sunset date.
+
+Virginia Minority Business Commission; report; sunset. Establishes the 13-member Virginia Minority Business Commission in the legislative branch of government for the purpose of promoting the growth and competitiveness of Virginia minority-owned businesses. The bill provides that the Commission sunsets on July 1, 2028.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0527** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0527)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 24107092D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB374H1)
+3. **HB374ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB374ER)
+4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101660D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB374)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 with substitute — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Rules with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
+- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
+- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
+- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
+- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
+- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
+- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
+- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
+- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
+- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
+- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
+- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
+- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
+- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101660D `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-01-06** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB374)
+- **2024-01-21** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB374)
+- **2024-01-25** Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 with substitute
+- **2024-02-01** Reported from Rules with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-01** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-01** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
+- **2024-02-07** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24107092D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB374H1)
+- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-12** Committee on Rules amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
+- **2024-02-12** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24107092D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB374H1 `substitution`
+- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB374ER) `passage`
+- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB374ER)
+- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 527 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0527)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fda274f-7654-4448-81a5-d34afbebda00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+