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type: "Bill"
title: "Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees."
description: "Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees. Directs the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, in conjunction with the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity, to examine the waiving of fees associated with permits necessary to establish a small business for veteran-owned small businesses. This bill is identical to HB 358."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 572"
citation: "Virginia SB 572 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer A. Kiggans"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5828552-8ca1-4186-8291-bc5f8232e5e8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB572"
source_hash: "222e0e96f7bd5187d27f5fa448fef2cb8b66e3f312a7846bb9219ca136a1506e"
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 572 (2022) — Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees.
Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees. Directs the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, in conjunction with the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity, to examine the waiving of fees associated with permits necessary to establish a small business for veteran-owned small businesses. This bill is identical to HB 358.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0595** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0595)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100770D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB572)
3. **SB572ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB572ER)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jennifer A. Kiggans — primary (person)
- Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100770D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB572)
- **2022-01-26** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB572ER)
- **2022-03-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-02** Signed by President
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 595 (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/b5828552-8ca1-4186-8291-bc5f8232e5e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).