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| Bill | Commonwealth of Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority; created. | Research and development in the Commonwealth. Creates the Commonwealth of Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority (the Authority) to oversee and support research, development, and commercialization, as well as related investment and seed-stage funding, in the Commonwealth. The Authority is governed by an 11-member Board, consisting of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, six nonlegislative members appointed by the Governor, and four nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Joint Rules Committee. Existing grant, loan, and investment funds currently administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority and the Virginia Research Investment Committee, repealed under the bill, would be consolidated under the Authority, and the Authority would be responsible for developing an Innovation Index for the Commonwealth. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 1017. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 576 | Virginia SB 576 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 576 (2020) — Commonwealth of Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority; created.
Research and development in the Commonwealth. Creates the Commonwealth of Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority (the Authority) to oversee and support research, development, and commercialization, as well as related investment and seed-stage funding, in the Commonwealth. The Authority is governed by an 11-member Board, consisting of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, six nonlegislative members appointed by the Governor, and four nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Joint Rules Committee. Existing grant, loan, and investment funds currently administered by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority and the Virginia Research Investment Committee, repealed under the bill, would be consolidated under the Authority, and the Authority would be responsible for developing an Innovation Index for the Commonwealth. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to HB 1017.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1169) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB576ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB576H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB576S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB576) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB576S2) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — 0–38 (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 7-N) — 87–7 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N) — 94–4 (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Janet D. Howell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103653D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB576)
- 2020-02-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20107606D-S1
substitution - 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20107606D-S1
- 2020-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB576S1
- 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB576S1)
- 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-02-13 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-02-19 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-02-21 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-21 Committee substitute printed 20108586D-H1
substitution - 2020-02-25 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108586D-H1
- 2020-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB576H1
- 2020-02-26 Passed House with substitute (95-Y 4-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N)
- 2020-02-28 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
- 2020-03-02 House insisted on substitute
- 2020-03-02 House requested conference committee
- 2020-03-03 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
- 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
- 2020-03-07 Conference substitute printed 20109833D-S2
- 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (88-Y 7-N)
- 2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 7-N)
- 2020-03-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB576S2)
- 2020-03-18 Enrolled
- 2020-03-18 Signed by President
- 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-03-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB576ER)
- 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1169 (effective - see bill)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd669176-0fd6-4cdb-a545-4605e724b18c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).