---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant."
description: "Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority;eligible site for site development grant; minimum acreage requirement. Reduces from 100 acres to 50 acres the minimum number of contiguousacres required for a site that is not a brownfield to satisfy theacreage requirement to be considered eligible to receive a site developmentgrant from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund by theVirginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The bill alsoexempts from the minimum acreage requirement any site that existsin a locality that has three or fewer eligible sites that are atleast 100 acres."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "Virginia SB 135 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6a3a1db-dd8a-4b4f-92b6-6b59915d1bcb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB135"
source_hash: "a4c77ad9b21bef49912eb0d39b4233877b8256db3f6ce0c7dc9963fd1804549c"
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 135 (2024) — Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant.

Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority;eligible site for site development grant; minimum acreage requirement. Reduces from 100 acres to 50 acres the minimum number of contiguousacres required for a site that is not a brownfield to satisfy theacreage requirement to be considered eligible to receive a site developmentgrant from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund by theVirginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The bill alsoexempts from the minimum acreage requirement any site that existsin a locality that has three or fewer eligible sites that are atleast 100 acres.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0379** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0379)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24105425D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB135S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24108051D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB135H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103042D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB135)
5. **SB135ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB135ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — **0–39** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103042D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB135)
- **2024-01-22** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-22** Reported from Local Government with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Committee substitute printed 24105425D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-22** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB135S1)
- **2024-01-30** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 24105425D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB135S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (38-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 Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Committee substitute printed 24108051D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB135H1)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Committee substitute agreed to 24108051D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB135H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-26** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- **2024-02-29** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2024-02-29** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2024-03-04** Senators: Head, Bagby, Aird
- **2024-03-05** Conferees appointed by House
- **2024-03-05** Delegates: Reid, Willett, Campbell
- **2024-03-07** Amended by conference committee
- **2024-03-07** Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB135ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB135ER)
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 379 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6a3a1db-dd8a-4b4f-92b6-6b59915d1bcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).