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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Resilient VA Revolving Fund; projects located in locality having low community resilience rating."
+description: "Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects; low-income geographic areas; nature-based solutions. Provides that the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall give additional weight to projects located in low-income geographic areas and projects that incorporate nature-based solutions when distributing loans or grants from the Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund to particular local governments."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 673"
+citation: "Virginia HB 673 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2024-01-09"
+last_action: "2024-04-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/950d2985-9ba5-43fe-bff3-ee4bbbeb609d"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB673"
+source_hash: "04c1dcfed68f67ce1f5edc0663194e6b01f57a2cf2ab09014e28f9514547d647"
+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 673 (2024) — Resilient VA Revolving Fund; projects located in locality having low community resilience rating.
+
+Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects; low-income geographic areas; nature-based solutions. Provides that the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall give additional weight to projects located in low-income geographic areas and projects that incorporate nature-based solutions when distributing loans or grants from the Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund to particular local governments.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0816** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0816)
+2. **HB673ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB673ER)
+3. **HB673ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB673ER2)
+4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103610D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB673)
+5. **Printed as engrossed 24103610D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB673E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 36-N) — **61–36** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) — **28–11** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower
+- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
+- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
+- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
+- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
+- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
+- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
+- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
+- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
+- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
+- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
+- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
+- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103610D `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB673)
+- **2024-01-23** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-29** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2024-02-05** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 4-N)
+- **2024-02-07** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB673E
+- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24103610D-E
+- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (58-Y 41-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB673E)
+- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-15** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB673ER) `passage`
+- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB673ER)
+- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-08** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
+- **2024-03-09** Placed on Calendar
+- **2024-03-09** Passed by until Reconvene, Wednesday, April 17, 2024
+- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (62-Y 36-N)
+- **2024-04-17** VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 36-N)
+- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (HB673ER2) `enrolled`
+- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
+- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
+- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 816 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
+- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/950d2985-9ba5-43fe-bff3-ee4bbbeb609d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+