republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-990.md

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Bill	Governor's New Airline Service Incentive Fund; created.	Virginia Tourism Authority; Governor's New Airline Service Incentive Fund. Creates the Governor's New Airline Service Incentive Fund to be administered by the Virginia Tourism Authority to support the local, regional, national, and international airports in Virginia by providing the means for attracting new passenger air service routes by advertising and promoting new air service routes that would commence in Virginia. The bill provides that expenditures must be consistent with the commercial air service plan adopted by the Virginia Aviation Board. The bill requires that a grant from the Fund shall not be awarded if it can be reasonably anticipated to result in the reduction of existing commercial air service at another airport located within the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates SB 984 and is identical to HB 1602.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 990	Virginia SB 990 (2020)	bill		enacted	John S. Edwards	6	48	11	2020-01-15	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/37156ebb-8f50-43d0-942b-dc9418edb616	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB990	c53470a0aa28b93d649ad0f2a254f0b4b9f92ee42ae5bdf1d6bab71f514c7a20	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 990 (2020) — Governor's New Airline Service Incentive Fund; created.

Virginia Tourism Authority; Governor's New Airline Service Incentive Fund. Creates the Governor's New Airline Service Incentive Fund to be administered by the Virginia Tourism Authority to support the local, regional, national, and international airports in Virginia by providing the means for attracting new passenger air service routes by advertising and promoting new air service routes that would commence in Virginia. The bill provides that expenditures must be consistent with the commercial air service plan adopted by the Virginia Aviation Board. The bill requires that a grant from the Fund shall not be awarded if it can be reasonably anticipated to result in the reduction of existing commercial air service at another airport located within the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates SB 984 and is identical to HB 1602.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1120) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB990ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB990H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB990S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (SB990) (committee substitute) — source
6. Impact statement from DPB (SB990S2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 37-N) — 1–37 (fail) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (82-Y 12-N) — 81–12 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (86-Y 12-N) — 85–12 (pass) · lower
• 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
• Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John S. Edwards — primary (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen D. Newman — cosponsor (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 20105451D introduction
• 2020-01-15 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB990)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Incorporates SB984 (Newman)
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20107493D-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 20107493D-S1
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB990S1
• 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
• 2020-02-13 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
• 2020-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB990S1)
• 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 (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Committee substitute printed 20108583D-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 20108583D-H1
• 2020-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB990H1
• 2020-02-26 Passed House with substitute (86-Y 12-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (86-Y 12-N)
• 2020-02-28 House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 37-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
• 2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference substitute printed 20109756D-S2
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (82-Y 12-N)
• 2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (82-Y 12-N)
• 2020-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB990S2)
• 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
• 2020-03-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB990ER)
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1120 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37156ebb-8f50-43d0-942b-dc9418edb616. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).