---
type: "Bill"
title: "Truck Manufacturing Grant Fund; created."
description: "Truck Manufacturing Grant Fund; creation. Creates the Truck Manufacturing Grant Fund to make grant payments to an eligible truck manufacturer that makes a capital investment of at least $397 million at a facility in Pulaski County and creates at least 777 new full-time jobs at the facility. The eligible truck manufacturer would be eligible for an aggregate of $16.5 million in grants paid out over a 10-year period if it meets such performance parameters. This bill is identical to SB 611."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1361"
citation: "Virginia HB 1361 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nick Rush"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c408690d-260d-466d-b42c-7ef8fd8cf92e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1361"
source_hash: "20c881940d15784c841323199d90f92f22c483e1287752bd6392377eab9daa28"
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 1361 (2020) — Truck Manufacturing Grant Fund; created.

Truck Manufacturing Grant Fund; creation. Creates the Truck Manufacturing Grant Fund to make grant payments to an eligible truck manufacturer that makes a capital investment of at least $397 million at a facility in Pulaski County and creates at least 777 new full-time jobs at the facility. The eligible truck manufacturer would be eligible for an aggregate of $16.5 million in grants paid out over a 10-year period if it meets such performance parameters. This bill is identical to SB 611.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0265)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0265)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1361ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1361ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1361E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1361E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1361)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1361)

## Votes

- Referred from Labor and Commerce — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (90-Y 9-N) — **89–9** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nick Rush — primary (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102795D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Referred from Labor and Commerce
- **2020-01-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1361)
- **2020-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-27** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-27** Reported from Appropriations with amendment (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB1361E
- **2020-01-30** Printed as engrossed 20102795D-E
- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed House (90-Y 9-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-31** VOTE: Passage (90-Y 9-N)
- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1361E)
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled
- **2020-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1361ER)
- **2020-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-26** Signed by President
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 265 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c408690d-260d-466d-b42c-7ef8fd8cf92e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).