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type: "Bill"
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title: "Arts, Va. Commission for the; eliminates Va. Arts Foundation and transfers its powers & fund to Com."
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description: "Virginia Commission for the Arts; Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund. Eliminates the Virginia Arts Foundation and transfers its powers to the Virginia Commission for the Arts. The bill renames the existing Virginia Arts Foundation Fund (the Fund) as the Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund and transfers authority for expenditures and disbursements from the Fund to the Virginia Commission for the Arts."
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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 597"
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citation: "Virginia SB 597 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-12"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/117bdb65-fac1-4870-a1f2-07ef2e4d87e7"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB597"
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source_hash: "672fe66b428e6e360c66073a981e691ebd7e907d1a34178bbbf497d77bff71eb"
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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 597 (2022) — Arts, Va. Commission for the; eliminates Va. Arts Foundation and transfers its powers & fund to Com.
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Virginia Commission for the Arts; Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund. Eliminates the Virginia Arts Foundation and transfers its powers to the Virginia Commission for the Arts. The bill renames the existing Virginia Arts Foundation Fund (the Fund) as the Virginia Commission for the Arts Fund and transfers authority for expenditures and disbursements from the Fund to the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
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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. **CHAP0437** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0437)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103775D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB597)
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3. **SB597ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB597ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103775D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-14** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB597)
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- **2022-01-20** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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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 Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-26** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-07** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-08** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-09** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB597ER)
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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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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 437 (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/117bdb65-fac1-4870-a1f2-07ef2e4d87e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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