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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; site and building assessment program, etc."
description: "Lowers the minimum size of industrial sites that may be included in the Authority's site and building assessment program from 250 acres to 100 acres. The bill contains a technical amendment. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1591"
citation: "Virginia HB 1591 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Authorities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew James"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-02"
last_action: "2017-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc0dea39-a5b9-4499-9793-36e99ebcec4e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1591"
source_hash: "0b6e34a5ad8fda6138827e1b977cbd1e23772ea89943f2564bce31e536bb87b1"
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 1591 (2017) — Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; site and building assessment program, etc.
Lowers the minimum size of industrial sites that may be included in the Authority's site and building assessment program from 250 acres to 100 acres. The bill contains a technical amendment. This bill is identical to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0013)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0013)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1591ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1591ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102591D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1591)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **130** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **70** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Matthew James — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102591D `introduction`
- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 13 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc0dea39-a5b9-4499-9793-36e99ebcec4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).