republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2356.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Fort Monroe Authority; increases number of members on Board of Trustees.	Adds three nonlegislative citizen members to the Fort Monroe Authority Board of Trustees, to be appointed by the Governor. The bill also changes the Secretary of Commerce and Trade and the Secretary of Natural Resources from voting to nonvoting ex officio members and removes the Lieutenant Governor from membership. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2356	Virginia HB 2356 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Authorities	enacted	Gordon C. Helsel, Jr.	4	18	6	2017-01-16	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/91ebcb1b-5471-4be9-84a1-ea3e2988c622	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2356	7975fa2d2ab727225e6b08c07fc07bdec122987c4d6457f7a5f04d3283ce8a6c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2356 (2017) — Fort Monroe Authority; increases number of members on Board of Trustees.

Adds three nonlegislative citizen members to the Fort Monroe Authority Board of Trustees, to be appointed by the Governor. The bill also changes the Secretary of Commerce and Trade and the Secretary of Natural Resources from voting to nonvoting ex officio members and removes the Lieutenant Governor from membership. 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 (CHAP0732) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2356ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17103738D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17103738D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws with amendment — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 17103738D introduction
• 2017-01-16 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB2356E
• 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17103738D-E
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 732 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91ebcb1b-5471-4be9-84a1-ea3e2988c622. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).