---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Fund; created."
description: "Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Programand Fund. Creates the Advanced Manufacturing Talent InvestmentProgram and Fund to assist qualified institutions, as defined in the bill, in reaching, by 2042, a goal of increasing by at least 25,000new eligible credentials, which are noncredit workforce credentialsawarded by a qualified institution in a high demand advanced manufacturingfield as identified by the Board of Workforce Development. To be eligible for an annual grant, a qualified institution is requiredto enter into a memorandum of understanding setting forth specificcriteria for eligible credentials, eligible expenses, credentialproduction goals, and completion rates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 685"
citation: "Virginia SB 685 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7484cb2d-63bb-46c6-83fe-7b7127a77a71"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB685"
source_hash: "3b1590edc5f831e5b1aab8629bc1e9bb81c411a037f194f3f64a6fafc57207d8"
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 685 (2022) — Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Fund; created.

Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Programand Fund. Creates the Advanced Manufacturing Talent InvestmentProgram and Fund to assist qualified institutions, as defined in the bill, in reaching, by 2042, a goal of increasing by at least 25,000new eligible credentials, which are noncredit workforce credentialsawarded by a qualified institution in a high demand advanced manufacturingfield as identified by the Board of Workforce Development. To be eligible for an annual grant, a qualified institution is requiredto enter into a memorandum of understanding setting forth specificcriteria for eligible credentials, eligible expenses, credentialproduction goals, and completion rates.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0500** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0500)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106814D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB685H1)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22102566D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB685)
4. **SB685ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB685ER)
5. **SB685S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB685S1)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N) — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 4-N) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–40** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22102566D `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-03** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB685)
- **2022-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Floor substitute printed 22106596D-S1 (Barker)
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendment rejected
- **2022-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-14** Substitute by Senator Barker agreed to 22106596D-S1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB685S1
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Committee substitute printed 22106814D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 22106814D-H1
- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB685H1
- **2022-02-28** Passed House with substitute (96-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N)
- **2022-03-02** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2022-03-03** House insisted on substitute
- **2022-03-03** House requested conference committee
- **2022-03-07** Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-09** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-12** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-03-12** Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 4-N)
- **2022-03-12** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 4-N)
- **2022-03-12** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-21** Enrolled
- **2022-03-21** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-03-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB685ER)
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 500 (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/7484cb2d-63bb-46c6-83fe-7b7127a77a71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).