---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; localities' revenue sharing agreements."
description: "Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; revenue sharing agreements; facilities. Allows facilities owned by a non-authority that are utilized as part of a cooperative arrangement entered into by an authority promoting economic and workforce development to participate in localities' revenue sharing agreements. This bill is identical to SB 720."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1271"
citation: "Virginia HB 1271 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James W. Morefield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad9b9b1a-6b9b-46a4-9005-24cdc92535e1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1271"
source_hash: "efe093d3277aaf85ea856afd92ba99e990acd423a7d571dfa987f6a6986743e7"
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 1271 (2022) — Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; localities' revenue sharing agreements.

Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; revenue sharing agreements; facilities. Allows facilities owned by a non-authority that are utilized as part of a cooperative arrangement entered into by an authority promoting economic and workforce development to participate in localities' revenue sharing agreements. This bill is identical to SB 720.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0231** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0231)
2. **HB1271ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1271ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22103946D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1271)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James W. Morefield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22103946D `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed by temporarily
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 231 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad9b9b1a-6b9b-46a4-9005-24cdc92535e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).