republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1102.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority; created, financing of a Hampton Roads arena and facility."
description: "Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority created; financing of a Hampton Roads arena and facility. Creates the Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority and grants it certain powers relating to construction of an arena and facility. Among those powers is the authority to (i) issue bonds to construct the arena and facility, (ii) receive state sales and use tax revenue that is attributable to the arena and facility, (iii) use such revenue to repay such bonds, and (iv) distribute any excess revenue to any Hampton Roads locality that elects to contribute to the financing of the construction of an arena and facility. The bill provides that the Authority's entitlement to state sales and use tax revenue will expire on the earlier of the maturity date of any bonds it issues related to constructing the arena and facility or July 1, 2060. The powers granted by the bill to the Authority are similar to those granted to the City of Virginia Beach with respect to a sports or entertainment project. The bill repeals existing provisions related to a Hampton Roads Sports Facility Authority. This bill is identical to SB 787."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1102"
citation: "Virginia HB 1102 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Miyares"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22280822-7b90-4bb9-801e-9a7c8cd9d723"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1102"
source_hash: "f1a35f78f3ff199576cb1f191662c4a36a2747d692ec6f35d7b45fbd7c0b44c1"
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 HB 1102 (2020) — Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority; created, financing of a Hampton Roads arena and facility.

Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority created; financing of a Hampton Roads arena and facility. Creates the Hampton Roads Regional Arena Authority and grants it certain powers relating to construction of an arena and facility. Among those powers is the authority to (i) issue bonds to construct the arena and facility, (ii) receive state sales and use tax revenue that is attributable to the arena and facility, (iii) use such revenue to repay such bonds, and (iv) distribute any excess revenue to any Hampton Roads locality that elects to contribute to the financing of the construction of an arena and facility. The bill provides that the Authority's entitlement to state sales and use tax revenue will expire on the earlier of the maturity date of any bonds it issues related to constructing the arena and facility or July 1, 2060. The powers granted by the bill to the Authority are similar to those granted to the City of Virginia Beach with respect to a sports or entertainment project. The bill repeals existing provisions related to a Hampton Roads Sports Facility Authority. This bill is identical to SB 787.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0538)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0538)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1102ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1102ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1102H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1102H1)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1102S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1102S1)
5. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB1102)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1102)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 3-N 1-A) — **36–3** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 4-N) — **5–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance with substitute (16-Y 5-N) — **16–5** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N) — **58–38** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 32-N) — **59–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason S. Miyares — primary (person)
- Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105118D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB1102)
- **2020-01-29** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from TAX (HB1102)
- **2020-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 4-N)
- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute printed 20106197D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance with substitute (16-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 20106197D-H1
- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1102H1
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House (59-Y 38-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from TAX (HB1102H1)
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Committee substitute printed 20108311D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 32-N)
- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-26** Committee substitute agreed to 20108311D-S1
- **2020-02-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1102S1
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 3-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108311D-S1 (60-Y 32-N)
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Impact statement from TAX (HB1102ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 538 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22280822-7b90-4bb9-801e-9a7c8cd9d723`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).