---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; Planning Districts 13 and 14."
description: "Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; Planning Districts 13 and 14. Adds Planning Districts 13 (Southside) and 14 (Commonwealth Regional Commission) to the list of areas where localities may create a regional industrial facility authority that contains a town and only one city or county rather than at least two cities or counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "Virginia HB 59 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas C. Wright, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-12-22"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08826382-6da3-4ea5-a53b-43bf908575ed"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB59"
source_hash: "ded000e8bfe03d35b73a692d4a916f6968daf9057ea1869efa603a3a022a7b93"
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 59 (2024) — Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; Planning Districts 13 and 14.

Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; Planning Districts 13 and 14. Adds Planning Districts 13 (Southside) and 14 (Commonwealth Regional Commission) to the list of areas where localities may create a regional industrial facility authority that contains a town and only one city or county rather than at least two cities or counties.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0167** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0167)
2. **HB59ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB59ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100402D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB59)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100402D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-12-22** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-02** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB59ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 167 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0167)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08826382-6da3-4ea5-a53b-43bf908575ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).