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type: "Bill"
title: "Capital Region Airport Commission; authorized to make charitable donations to organizations, etc."
description: "Capital Region Airport Commission. Authorizes the Capital Region Airport Commission to (i) make charitable donations to organizations and (ii) form or support independent foundations designed to foster an appreciation by the public of the importance of aviation, assist the public in aviation travel, or help develop and educate the next generation of aviation professionals in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any such foundation is not a public body and is exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill also authorizes the Commission to indemnify any current or former Commissioner, officer, employee, or agent of the Commission against liability arising from such position. This bill is identical to HB 137."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "Virginia SB 478 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer L. McClellan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe112333-b33c-4a6b-b6ca-aa8d7462feda"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB478"
source_hash: "ddbc2587a77bc1f2fe4dba4f9b0a1724f28637a51f31565c54c492546ef8235a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 478 (2022) — Capital Region Airport Commission; authorized to make charitable donations to organizations, etc.
Capital Region Airport Commission. Authorizes the Capital Region Airport Commission to (i) make charitable donations to organizations and (ii) form or support independent foundations designed to foster an appreciation by the public of the importance of aviation, assist the public in aviation travel, or help develop and educate the next generation of aviation professionals in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any such foundation is not a public body and is exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill also authorizes the Commission to indemnify any current or former Commissioner, officer, employee, or agent of the Commission against liability arising from such position. This bill is identical to HB 137.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0368** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0368)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101061D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB478)
3. **SB478ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB478ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — **180** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101061D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB478)
- **2022-01-20** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
- **2022-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB478ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 368 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe112333-b33c-4a6b-b6ca-aa8d7462feda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).