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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	Enterprise zones; designation.	Changes from two to three for an enterprise zone designated on or after July 1, 2005, and from two to one for an enterprise zone designated prior to July 1, 2005, the number of times the Governor may renew a five-year designation of an enterprise zone upon recommendation of the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2779	Virginia HB 2779 (2019)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Trade and Commerce	enacted	James E. Edmunds, II	5	17	6	2019-01-18	2019-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/b0b254a3-4d12-4cdd-9827-88b49df5397b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2779	29f22756bb001216d3493fa1bc33ca94aa599b1b7f6ccae518be72707db5d5ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2779 (2019) — Enterprise zones; designation.

Changes from two to three for an enterprise zone designated on or after July 1, 2005, and from two to one for an enterprise zone designated prior to July 1, 2005, the number of times the Governor may renew a five-year designation of an enterprise zone upon recommendation of the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development. 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 (CHAP0496) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2779ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19106065D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Presented and ordered printed 19104509D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 19104509D introduction
• 2019-01-18 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2019-01-22 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19106065D-H1
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2779H1
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2019-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Enrolled
• 2019-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
• 2019-02-27 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 496 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0b254a3-4d12-4cdd-9827-88b49df5397b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).