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type: "Bill"
title: "Va Economic Development Partnership Authority; site and building assessment program."
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: "SB 976"
citation: "Virginia SB 976 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Authorities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34bab3e4-e780-4685-9727-3d0efdd000b5"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB976"
source_hash: "d8f9ae839806871bad5b825dd4b64b0a94c339b748705bf349cac8501dce4784"
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 SB 976 (2017) — Va Economic Development Partnership Authority; site and building assessment program.
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 (CHAP0019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0019)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB976ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB976ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103015D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB976)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **950** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Local Government — **130** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- John S. Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103015D `introduction`
- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **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 19 (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/34bab3e4-e780-4685-9727-3d0efdd000b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).