---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fort Monroe Authority; powers and duties, collection of fees for goods and services."
description: "Fort Monroe Authority; powers and duties, collection of fees for goods and services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2256"
citation: "Virginia HB 2256 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cordoza"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98e6325a-3aed-473b-af69-ce9f199d48c5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2256"
source_hash: "58b9dd79a99209554aec9b744fda4d243a986c57dcf0e882c025c73c1ddcce94"
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 2256 (2023) — Fort Monroe Authority; powers and duties, collection of fees for goods and services.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0209)
2. **HB2256ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2256ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103227D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2256)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with amendment (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cordoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103227D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2256)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Local Government with amendment (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-13** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-15** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2256ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2256ER)
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98e6325a-3aed-473b-af69-ce9f199d48c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).