republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-377.md

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Bill	Charitable institutions and associations; organizations applying for or receiving public funds, etc.	Charitable institutions and associations; local appropriations to faith-based organizations. Provides that no organization shall be prohibited from applying for or receiving public funds as part of a neutral grant or funding program from a locality on the basis of the organization's religious status, provided that all government funds received from the locality are used to provide community services for secular purposes, and further provides that nothing in the bill shall be construed to absolve or change any existing right or obligation created by certain provisions of the Virginia Human Rights Act or related to the exercise of religion.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 377	Virginia HB 377 (2022)	bill		enacted	Suhas Subramanyam	5	36	9	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0f351f0b-9419-411a-bfcc-88c0ee67b1e9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB377	8e85f00a040131fa522cee74142bec76590f1fa87d571c7feb51a4702ce40cb1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 377 (2022) — Charitable institutions and associations; organizations applying for or receiving public funds, etc.

Charitable institutions and associations; local appropriations to faith-based organizations. Provides that no organization shall be prohibited from applying for or receiving public funds as part of a neutral grant or funding program from a locality on the basis of the organization's religious status, provided that all government funds received from the locality are used to provide community services for secular purposes, and further provides that nothing in the bill shall be construed to absolve or change any existing right or obligation created by certain provisions of the Virginia Human Rights Act or related to the exercise of religion.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0566 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105175D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB377EH1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB377ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101041D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N) — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N) — 98–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 6-N) — 33–6 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — 36–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Suhas Subramanyam — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101041D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2022-01-18 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N)
• 2022-02-04 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-04 Committee substitute printed 22105175D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-09 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 22105175D-H1
• 2022-02-09 Amendments by Delegate Subramanyam agreed to amendment-passage
• 2022-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB377EH1
• 2022-02-09 Printed as engrossed 22105175D-EH1
• 2022-02-10 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-10 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N)
• 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-11 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Reported from Local Government (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-23 Passed by for the day
• 2022-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-24 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-02-24 Amendment by Senator McPike agreed to amendment-passage
• 2022-02-24 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2022-02-24 Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 6-N) passage
• 2022-02-24 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-24 Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) passage
• 2022-02-28 Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-28 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-02 Enrolled
• 2022-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-03 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 566 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f351f0b-9419-411a-bfcc-88c0ee67b1e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).