---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rural Virginia, Center for; renames Center the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia."
description: "Center for Rural Virginia; name change. Renames the Center for Rural Virginia as the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia. This bill is identical to HB 1381."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 704"
citation: "Virginia SB 704 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tammy Brankley Mulchi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/435bfb3e-c974-4609-90b0-541d904bf6b0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB704"
source_hash: "762e93a36942591c5ee63686069b96c42224e0851ee96e3a1ffd44a180038a68"
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 704 (2024) — Rural Virginia, Center for; renames Center the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia.

Center for Rural Virginia; name change. Renames the Center for Rural Virginia as the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia. This bill is identical to HB 1381.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0133** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0133)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 24104217D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB704)
3. **SB704ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB704ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tammy Brankley Mulchi — primary (person)
- Aaron R. Rouse — cosponsor (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- Emily M. Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
- L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
- R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan T. McDougle — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
- Stella G. Pekarsky — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
- T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)
- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Timmy F. French — cosponsor (person)
- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24104217D `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB704ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 133 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0133)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/435bfb3e-c974-4609-90b0-541d904bf6b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).