---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund; eligible site for site development grant."
description: "Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund; eligible site for site development grant. Provides that the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority may determine a site of at least 25 contiguous acres to be an eligible site to receive a site development grant from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund if such site is located in a locality with an area of 35 square miles of land area or less."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1275"
citation: "Virginia SB 1275 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily M. Jordan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e15df18d-433e-4e08-8450-f57c23904c6f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1275"
source_hash: "0a7d79e4e269b72e6a94658b0afaaaa8f34a9ab0b314150c729e875ff1aba519"
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 1275 (2025) — Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund; eligible site for site development grant.

Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund; eligible site for site development grant. Provides that the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority may determine a site of at least 25 contiguous acres to be an eligible site to receive a site development grant from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund if such site is located in a locality with an area of 35 square miles of land area or less.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018636.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071678.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034830.PDF)
4. **General Laws and Technology Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1026449.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060140.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (18-Y 0-N 1-A) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily M. Jordan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102728D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1275)
- **2025-01-22** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-29** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Reading of amendment waived
- **2025-01-30** General Laws and Technology Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-01-30** Printed as engrossed 25102728D-E
- **2025-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1275)
- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N)
- **2025-01-30** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-13** Reported from General Laws (18-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed House (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1275ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1275)
- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 179 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0179)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e15df18d-433e-4e08-8450-f57c23904c6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).