---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tourism Development Authority; name change."
description: "Tourism Development Authority; name change.Renames the Tourism Development Authority, also known as the VirginiaCoalfield Regional Tourism Development Authority, as the Heart ofAppalachia Tourism Authority. The bill contains technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1399"
citation: "Virginia SB 1399 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cba603b-3fae-4789-a560-f8670ed00de9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1399"
source_hash: "65601e9a2126096db843f5be6fad2cd4f102ab0b886ce0438876797ce1762696"
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 SB 1399 (2021) — Tourism Development Authority; name change.

Tourism Development Authority; name change.Renames the Tourism Development Authority, also known as the VirginiaCoalfield Regional Tourism Development Authority, as the Heart ofAppalachia Tourism Authority. The bill contains technical amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0384** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0384)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100596D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1399)
3. **SB1399ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1399ER)

## Votes

- Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100596D `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns
- **2021-02-12** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-12** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-02-17** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2021-02-17** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-19** House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 384 (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/1cba603b-3fae-4789-a560-f8670ed00de9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).