---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic development authorities; size of board in Powhatan County."
description: "Economic development authorities; size of boardin Powhatan County; quorum. Reduces from seven to five the number of members that may be appointed to the economic development authorityboard by Powhatan County and reduces the quorum requirement to threemembers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2287"
citation: "Virginia HB 2287 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a69c8d4-85a6-4f5c-866e-ba27b7e815a6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2287"
source_hash: "1498a19134a17defaa805a09c5dc0784e4612f5b0db4fc8f756ed1e9fcc2b87e"
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 2287 (2021) — Economic development authorities; size of board in Powhatan County.

Economic development authorities; size of boardin Powhatan County; quorum. Reduces from seven to five the number of members that may be appointed to the economic development authorityboard by Powhatan County and reduces the quorum requirement to threemembers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0321** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0321)
2. **HB2287ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2287ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 21102329D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2287)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 21102329D `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 321 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a69c8d4-85a6-4f5c-866e-ba27b7e815a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).