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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund; created."
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description: "Economic development; Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund created. Establishes the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund (the Fund), to be administered by the Governor and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority in order to provide grants on a competitive basis to political subdivisions to prepare sites for industrial or commercial development. The bill repeals existing law that created the Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant Fund and provides that any remaining funds would be allocated to the Fund. The bill also authorizes grants from the Virginia Brownfields Restoration and Economic Redevelopment Assistance Fund for site remediation and requires the prioritization of sites with potential for redevelopment and economic benefits to the surrounding community."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 28"
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citation: "Virginia SB 28 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2021-12-23"
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last_action: "2022-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4e4a3db-7171-4eae-973e-c7ded48f2fd7"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB28"
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source_hash: "28365688a506630b006e0d0dc673505ec84a9b231bef173b0f540a4dd01f878f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 28 (2022) — Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund; created.
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Economic development; Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund created. Establishes the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund (the Fund), to be administered by the Governor and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority in order to provide grants on a competitive basis to political subdivisions to prepare sites for industrial or commercial development. The bill repeals existing law that created the Major Employment and Investment Project Site Planning Grant Fund and provides that any remaining funds would be allocated to the Fund. The bill also authorizes grants from the Virginia Brownfields Restoration and Economic Redevelopment Assistance Fund for site remediation and requires the prioritization of sites with potential for redevelopment and economic benefits to the surrounding community.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0083** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0083)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22103800D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB28S1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 22107025D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB28H1)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100242D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB28)
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5. **SB28ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB28ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) — **88–11** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N) — **37–3** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-12-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100242D `introduction`
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- **2021-12-23** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-01** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-01** Committee substitute printed 22103800D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-01** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB28S1)
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- **2022-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-10** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 22103800D-S1
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- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB28S1
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- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-25** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-25** Committee substitute printed 22107025D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-01** Committee substitute agreed to 22107025D-H1
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- **2022-03-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB28H1
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- **2022-03-01** Passed House with substitute (89-Y 11-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N)
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- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB28H1)
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- **2022-03-03** House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
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- **2022-03-03** Title replaced 22107025D-H1
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- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB28ER)
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 83 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4e4a3db-7171-4eae-973e-c7ded48f2fd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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