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| Bill | Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program and Fund; created. | Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program; creation. Creates the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program to make grant payments to an eligible pharmaceutical manufacturer that makes a capital investment of at least $1 billion at a facility in Rockingham County and creates at least 152 new full-time jobs at the facility. The pharmaceutical manufacturer would be eligible for an aggregate of $7.5 million in grants paid out over a three-year period if it meets such performance parameters. The bill also makes available, subject to appropriation, $2.525 million to a comprehensive community college and baccalaureate public institution of higher education in or near Rockingham County to support the workforce development needs of the manufacturer and other research and development companies in the area. This bill is identical to HB 1498. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 610 | Virginia SB 610 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 610 (2020) — Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program and Fund; created.
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program; creation. Creates the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program to make grant payments to an eligible pharmaceutical manufacturer that makes a capital investment of at least $1 billion at a facility in Rockingham County and creates at least 152 new full-time jobs at the facility. The pharmaceutical manufacturer would be eligible for an aggregate of $7.5 million in grants paid out over a three-year period if it meets such performance parameters. The bill also makes available, subject to appropriation, $2.525 million to a comprehensive community college and baccalaureate public institution of higher education in or near Rockingham County to support the workforce development needs of the manufacturer and other research and development companies in the area. This bill is identical to HB 1498.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0758) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB610ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB610) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Referred from Labor and Commerce — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (87-Y 8-N) — 86–8 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102793D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2020-01-16 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB610)
- 2020-01-21 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-23 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 Referred from Labor and Commerce
- 2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-21 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-25 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-26 Passed House (87-Y 8-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (87-Y 8-N)
- 2020-03-03 Enrolled
- 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB610ER)
- 2020-03-04 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
- 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 758 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4bbf75a5-8f56-4f7a-86ab-10258d3352c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).