---
type: "Bill"
title: "GO Virginia Grants; extends sunset provision."
description: "Certain GO Virginia Grants; matching funds; sunset. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, the sunset of the provision that allows a locality to use grant funds awarded by the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission as matching funds for GO Virginia grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 654"
citation: "Virginia HB 654 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William C. Wampler III"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26a85181-acbd-4af8-801d-e1fcf273957b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB654"
source_hash: "8306a582fca9d146d87cdd4c15a30fbfe474beb7e30f721270514a604dd2cea2"
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 654 (2022) — GO Virginia Grants; extends sunset provision.

Certain GO Virginia Grants; matching funds; sunset. Extends from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, the sunset of the provision that allows a locality to use grant funds awarded by the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission as matching funds for GO Virginia grants.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0137)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106832D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB654S1)
3. **HB654ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB654ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101157D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB654)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 3-N) — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N 1-A) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William C. Wampler III — primary (person)
- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101157D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB654)
- **2022-01-25** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-02** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2022-02-08** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Committee substitute printed 22106832D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-24** Committee substitute agreed to 22106832D-S1
- **2022-02-24** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB654S1
- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106832D-S1 (95-Y 3-N)
- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 3-N)
- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB654S1)
- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-03** Signed by President
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB654ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 137 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26a85181-acbd-4af8-801d-e1fcf273957b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).