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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Minority Business Commission; established, membership, report, sunset date."
description: "Virginia Minority Business Commission; report; sunset. Establishes the 13-member Virginia Minority Business Commission in the legislative branch of government for the purpose of promoting the growth and competitiveness of Virginia minority-owned businesses. The bill provides that the Commission sunsets on July 1, 2028."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 374"
citation: "Virginia HB 374 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-06"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fda274f-7654-4448-81a5-d34afbebda00"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB374"
source_hash: "2996316d21b246aebb4e47f6f5da69ff768a23836b7ec9cb9b1e3d3a4f0ad64f"
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 HB 374 (2024) — Virginia Minority Business Commission; established, membership, report, sunset date.
Virginia Minority Business Commission; report; sunset. Establishes the 13-member Virginia Minority Business Commission in the legislative branch of government for the purpose of promoting the growth and competitiveness of Virginia minority-owned businesses. The bill provides that the Commission sunsets on July 1, 2028.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0527** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0527)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107092D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB374H1)
3. **HB374ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB374ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101660D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB374)
## Votes
- Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 with substitute — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rules with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) — **180** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101660D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-06** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB374)
- **2024-01-21** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB374)
- **2024-01-25** Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 with substitute
- **2024-02-01** Reported from Rules with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24107092D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB374H1)
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee on Rules amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2024-02-12** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24107092D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB374H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB374ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB374ER)
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 527 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0527)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fda274f-7654-4448-81a5-d34afbebda00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).