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type: "Bill"
title: "Volunteer or nonprofit organizations, certain; donation by locality of in-kind resources."
description: "Donation by locality of in-kind resources to certain volunteer or nonprofit organizations. Expands the scope of permitted in-kind donations by a locality to include the provision of in-kind resources for contract management services for capital projects; assistance in preparing requests for information, bids, or proposals; and budgeting services to any association or other organization furnishing voluntary firefighting services or a nonprofit or volunteer emergency medical services agency. This bill is identical to SB 465."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 343"
citation: "Virginia HB 343 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-01"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f85c8f6-f4f9-439d-8020-a410cb766965"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB343"
source_hash: "d3a41337da4bb9b0fa75ac8f3e89dd2709625f1b741693e1b3bd0fe27d13a5c1"
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 343 (2020) — Volunteer or nonprofit organizations, certain; donation by locality of in-kind resources.
Donation by locality of in-kind resources to certain volunteer or nonprofit organizations. Expands the scope of permitted in-kind donations by a locality to include the provision of in-kind resources for contract management services for capital projects; assistance in preparing requests for information, bids, or proposals; and budgeting services to any association or other organization furnishing voluntary firefighting services or a nonprofit or volunteer emergency medical services agency. This bill is identical to SB 465.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0439)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB343ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB343ER)
3. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB343)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB343)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Referred from Finance — **00** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101276D `introduction`
- **2020-01-01** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB343)
- **2020-01-22** Referred from Finance
- **2020-01-22** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Assigned CC & T sub: Charters `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-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 BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **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
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 439 (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/8f85c8f6-f4f9-439d-8020-a410cb766965`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).