---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resilient VA Revolving Fund; projects located in locality having low community resilience rating."
description: "Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects; low-income geographic areas; nature-based solutions. Provides that the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall give additional weight to projects located in low-income geographic areas and projects that incorporate nature-based solutions when distributing loans or grants from the Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund to particular local governments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 673"
citation: "Virginia HB 673 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/950d2985-9ba5-43fe-bff3-ee4bbbeb609d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB673"
source_hash: "04c1dcfed68f67ce1f5edc0663194e6b01f57a2cf2ab09014e28f9514547d647"
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 673 (2024) — Resilient VA Revolving Fund; projects located in locality having low community resilience rating.

Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects; low-income geographic areas; nature-based solutions. Provides that the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall give additional weight to projects located in low-income geographic areas and projects that incorporate nature-based solutions when distributing loans or grants from the Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund to particular local governments.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0816** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0816)
2. **HB673ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB673ER)
3. **HB673ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB673ER2)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103610D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB673)
5. **Printed as engrossed 24103610D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB673E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 36-N) — **61–36** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103610D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB673)
- **2024-01-23** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-05** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 4-N)
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB673E
- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24103610D-E
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (58-Y 41-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB673E)
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB673ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB673ER)
- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-08** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-03-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-03-09** Passed by until Reconvene, Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (62-Y 36-N)
- **2024-04-17** VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 36-N)
- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (HB673ER2) `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 816 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/950d2985-9ba5-43fe-bff3-ee4bbbeb609d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).