republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2055.md

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Bill	Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority; created, report.	Establishes the Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority, consisting of the 12 counties within the Northern Neck, Middle Peninsula, and Accomack-Northampton planning districts, if approved by the respective governing bodies. The Authority is created for the purpose of serving as a regional economic development body and represents a partnership of the Commonwealth, the planning districts, and the 12 counties of the coastal region. The Authority shall be governed by a board of up to 15 members. The Authority may seek and approve loans and solicit donations, grants, and any other funding from the Commonwealth, the federal government, and regional, local government, and private entities to carry out its purposes, powers, and duties. Also, the Authority will (i) assist the region in obtaining necessary job training or employment-related education, leadership and civic development, and business development, especially entrepreneurship for the coastal region; (ii) provide special assistance to distressed and underdeveloped counties within the coastal region; and (iii) fund demonstration projects, and conduct research, evaluations, and assessments of the coastal region's assets and needs.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2055	Virginia HB 2055 (2017)	bill	Authorities Counties Cities and Towns	enacted	M. Keith Hodges	4	22	7	2017-01-10	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/9ac1b0d8-1d50-44c3-88c3-77369e6320b6	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2055	2b7531cf258b9767a3924d6486d818a8a5261b51e624e50d5d8b851b3f29c909	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2055 (2017) — Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority; created, report.

Establishes the Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority, consisting of the 12 counties within the Northern Neck, Middle Peninsula, and Accomack-Northampton planning districts, if approved by the respective governing bodies. The Authority is created for the purpose of serving as a regional economic development body and represents a partnership of the Commonwealth, the planning districts, and the 12 counties of the coastal region. The Authority shall be governed by a board of up to 15 members. The Authority may seek and approve loans and solicit donations, grants, and any other funding from the Commonwealth, the federal government, and regional, local government, and private entities to carry out its purposes, powers, and duties. Also, the Authority will (i) assist the region in obtaining necessary job training or employment-related education, leadership and civic development, and business development, especially entrepreneurship for the coastal region; (ii) provide special assistance to distressed and underdeveloped counties within the coastal region; and (iii) fund demonstration projects, and conduct research, evaluations, and assessments of the coastal region's assets and needs.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2055ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104812D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103874D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Local Government — 12–1 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendments agreed to by House — 96–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendments — 39–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
• Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
• Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103874D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 17104812D-H1
• 2017-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2055H1
• 2017-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-17 Reading of amendments waived
• 2017-02-17 Amendments by Senator Stuart agreed to amendment-passage
• 2017-02-17 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-21 Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 388 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ac1b0d8-1d50-44c3-88c3-77369e6320b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).