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Bill 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 HB 1102. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 787 Virginia SB 787 (2020)
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Virginia SB 787 (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 HB 1102.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0539) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB787ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB787H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB787E (committee substitute) — source
  5. Impact statement from DHCD (SB787) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 184 (pass) · lower
  • House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 382 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) — 372 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Local Government with amendments (12-Y 1-N 2-A) — 121 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 160 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (64-Y 34-N) — 6334 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103539D introduction
  • 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (SB787)
  • 2020-01-20 Reported from Local Government with amendments (12-Y 1-N 2-A) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-20 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-01-23 Impact statement from TAX (SB787)
  • 2020-01-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-31 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-01-31 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2020-01-31 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2020-01-31 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB787E
  • 2020-01-31 Printed as engrossed 20103539D-E
  • 2020-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-13 Impact statement from TAX (SB787E)
  • 2020-02-21 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-02-21 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-21 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-21 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-21 Committee substitute printed 20108317D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-26 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108317D-H1
  • 2020-02-26 Amendment by Delegate Miyares agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2020-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB787H1
  • 2020-02-26 Passed House with substitute with amendment (64-Y 34-N) passage
  • 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (64-Y 34-N)
  • 2020-02-26 House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
  • 2020-02-26 Title replaced 20108317D-H1
  • 2020-03-04 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-05 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-11 Impact statement from TAX (SB787ER)
  • 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 539 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ffd9295-57fe-4a23-bc08-e9bd821e4ac8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).