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| Bill | Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; small business grant funds. | Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; small business grant funds. Repeals the Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program. Under the bill, any cash balances in the Small Business Jobs Grant Fund will be transferred to the Small Business Investment Grant Fund. The bill decreases the amount of an eligible grant under the Small Business Investment Grant Fund from the lesser of 50 percent of the qualified investment or $50,000 to the lesser of 25 percent of the qualified investment or $50,000. The bill also allows the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority to utilize the any cash balances transferred from the Small Business Jobs Grant Fund to the Small Business Investment Grant Fund to implement a grant program for certain small businesses affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic public health crisis during the period for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency. The bill contains an emergency clause. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1505 | Virginia HB 1505 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1505 (2020) — Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; small business grant funds.
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; small business grant funds. Repeals the Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program. Under the bill, any cash balances in the Small Business Jobs Grant Fund will be transferred to the Small Business Investment Grant Fund. The bill decreases the amount of an eligible grant under the Small Business Investment Grant Fund from the lesser of 50 percent of the qualified investment or $50,000 to the lesser of 25 percent of the qualified investment or $50,000. The bill also allows the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority to utilize the any cash balances transferred from the Small Business Jobs Grant Fund to the Small Business Investment Grant Fund to implement a grant program for certain small businesses affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic public health crisis during the period for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1234) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1505ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1505) (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled bill text (HB1505ER2) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N) — 83–15 (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (18-Y 2-N) — 18–2 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (73-Y 13-N 5-A) — 72–13 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Clinton L. Jenkins — primary (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Presented and ordered printed 20102908D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2020-01-17 Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
referral-committee - 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB1505)
- 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-06 Reported from General Laws (18-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (84-Y 15-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N)
- 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2020-02-27 Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-03-06 Enrolled
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-06 Signed by President
- 2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB1505ER)
- 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
- 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 2020-04-22 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (73-Y 13-N 5-A)
- 2020-04-22 VOTE: (73-Y 13-N 5-A)
- 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-04-22 Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
- 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (HB1505ER2)
- 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1234 (effective 4/22/20)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e4f8eb0-9ba0-4e0a-bb5b-9de41e92963f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).