---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fort Monroe Authority; powers and duties."
description: "Fort Monroe Authority; powers and duties. Renames the executive director of the Fort Monroe Authority as the chief executive officer of the Authority. This bill is identical to HB 1138."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "Virginia SB 89 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-01"
last_action: "2024-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/996d9fbe-1376-4a1d-a6e4-9088a5e84025"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB89"
source_hash: "9d0ac3b25e2225199c27015e26ecaa2fd2b100b52154992b462dfb44aa1e22e0"
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 89 (2024) — Fort Monroe Authority; powers and duties.

Fort Monroe Authority; powers and duties. Renames the executive director of the Fort Monroe Authority as the chief executive officer of the Authority. This bill is identical to HB 1138.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0034** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0034)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103387D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB89)
3. **SB89ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB89ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
- Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103387D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-01** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB89)
- **2024-01-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-17** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-18** Read third time and passed Senate (40-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`
- **2024-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB89ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB89ER)
- **2024-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 34 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0034)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/996d9fbe-1376-4a1d-a6e4-9088a5e84025`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).