republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-685.md

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Bill	Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Fund; created.	Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Programand Fund. Creates the Advanced Manufacturing Talent InvestmentProgram and Fund to assist qualified institutions, as defined in the bill, in reaching, by 2042, a goal of increasing by at least 25,000new eligible credentials, which are noncredit workforce credentialsawarded by a qualified institution in a high demand advanced manufacturingfield as identified by the Board of Workforce Development. To be eligible for an annual grant, a qualified institution is requiredto enter into a memorandum of understanding setting forth specificcriteria for eligible credentials, eligible expenses, credentialproduction goals, and completion rates.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 685	Virginia SB 685 (2022)	bill		enacted	T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason	5	45	11	2022-01-20	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/7484cb2d-63bb-46c6-83fe-7b7127a77a71	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB685	3b1590edc5f831e5b1aab8629bc1e9bb81c411a037f194f3f64a6fafc57207d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 685 (2022) — Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Fund; created.

Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Programand Fund. Creates the Advanced Manufacturing Talent InvestmentProgram and Fund to assist qualified institutions, as defined in the bill, in reaching, by 2042, a goal of increasing by at least 25,000new eligible credentials, which are noncredit workforce credentialsawarded by a qualified institution in a high demand advanced manufacturingfield as identified by the Board of Workforce Development. To be eligible for an annual grant, a qualified institution is requiredto enter into a memorandum of understanding setting forth specificcriteria for eligible credentials, eligible expenses, credentialproduction goals, and completion rates.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0500 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106814D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 22102566D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB685ER (committee substitute) — source
5. SB685S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N) — 95–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 4-N) — 94–4 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 22102566D introduction
• 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-03 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-03 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB685)
• 2022-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Floor substitute printed 22106596D-S1 (Barker)
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee amendment rejected
• 2022-02-14 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-14 Substitute by Senator Barker agreed to 22106596D-S1
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB685S1
• 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 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 Education referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Committee substitute printed 22106814D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-23 Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-28 Committee substitute agreed to 22106814D-H1
• 2022-02-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB685H1
• 2022-02-28 Passed House with substitute (96-Y 3-N) passage
• 2022-02-28 VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N)
• 2022-03-02 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
• 2022-03-03 House insisted on substitute
• 2022-03-03 House requested conference committee
• 2022-03-07 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2022-03-09 Conferees appointed by House
• 2022-03-12 Amended by conference committee
• 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 4-N)
• 2022-03-12 VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 4-N)
• 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-21 Enrolled
• 2022-03-21 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
• 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
• 2022-03-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB685ER)
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 500 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7484cb2d-63bb-46c6-83fe-7b7127a77a71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).