republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2278.md

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Bill	Cooperative Marketing Fund; programs eligible for matching grant funds.	Provides that proposals for existing programs that have a measurable return on investment are eligible for matching grant funds under the Cooperative Marketing Fund. The bill also (i) removes the requirement that only private funds be matched and (ii) provides that guidelines established for the Fund may include a preference for proposals submitted by state agencies. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2278	Virginia HB 2278 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government	enacted	Daun S. Hester	3	17	10	2017-01-11	2017-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/cc0f6cef-06e0-46b9-8983-c8fd7ce753a9	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2278	65b62002206d82238e9de4a95aabd341d9cd74214246f290c9698d5c71be2824	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2278 (2017) — Cooperative Marketing Fund; programs eligible for matching grant funds.

Provides that proposals for existing programs that have a measurable return on investment are eligible for matching grant funds under the Cooperative Marketing Fund. The bill also (i) removes the requirement that only private funds be matched and (ii) provides that guidelines established for the Fund may include a preference for proposals submitted by state agencies. 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 (CHAP0267) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2278ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17101762D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Appropriations — 19–1 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 94–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Daun S. Hester — primary (person)
• Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
• M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
• William J. Howell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 17101762D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2017-01-24 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-01-25 Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 267 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc0f6cef-06e0-46b9-8983-c8fd7ce753a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).