republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-967.md

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Bill	Local industrial development authorities; port authority.	Permits the City Council of Chesapeake to transfer the powers of the Chesapeake Port Authority to the Chesapeake Economic Development Authority. Such transfer has the effect of dissolving the Chesapeake Port Authority.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 967	Virginia SB 967 (2017)	bill	Authorities Counties Cities and Towns Waters of the State Ports and Harbors	enacted	John A. Cosgrove, Jr.	4	19	6	2017-01-03	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/03b04ffd-6a59-4f45-aa97-b5a21ff90a48	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB967	495d971b818474a22624fd59443e141acf6b4bf2b6cb1efd0968b881ab8a3f72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 967 (2017) — Local industrial development authorities; port authority.

Permits the City Council of Chesapeake to transfer the powers of the Chesapeake Port Authority to the Chesapeake Economic Development Authority. Such transfer has the effect of dissolving the Chesapeake Port Authority.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB967ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17103982D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102302D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Local Government with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102302D introduction
• 2017-01-03 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 17103982D-S1
• 2017-01-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB967S1
• 2017-02-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-14 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-16 Enrolled
• 2017-02-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 162 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03b04ffd-6a59-4f45-aa97-b5a21ff90a48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).