Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
5.4 KiB
type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
| type | title | description | jurisdiction | legislature | session | identifier | citation | classification | subjects | status | primary_sponsors | version_count | action_count | vote_count | first_action | last_action | source | source_identifier | source_url | source_hash | vintage | source_snapshot | retrieved_at | confidence | tags | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | Enterprise zones; renewal periods. | Enterprise zones; renewal periods. Authorizes the Governor, upon the recommendation of the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, to renew enterprise zones for up to four five-year renewal periods for zones designated on or after July 1, 2005, and for up to two five-year renewal periods for zones designated before July 1, 2005. Under current law, zones designated on or after July 1, 2005, may be renewed for up to three such periods and zones designated before July 1, 2005, may be renewed for up to one such period. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 61 | Virginia HB 61 (2024) |
|
enacted |
|
3 | 29 | 8 | 2023-12-22 | 2024-04-08 | openstates | ocd-bill/3f4acdef-ed27-44fa-96a6-50bf464d9dfa | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB61 | 254deb46b06c75e0c360f063de185c6a0348c24b8626bbf67f36bdef1bff9b9b | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
|
Virginia HB 61 (2024) — Enterprise zones; renewal periods.
Enterprise zones; renewal periods. Authorizes the Governor, upon the recommendation of the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, to renew enterprise zones for up to four five-year renewal periods for zones designated on or after July 1, 2005, and for up to two five-year renewal periods for zones designated before July 1, 2005. Under current law, zones designated on or after July 1, 2005, may be renewed for up to three such periods and zones designated before July 1, 2005, may be renewed for up to one such period.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0631 (committee substitute) — source
- HB61ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100659D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Referred from Labor and Commerce — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100659D
filing, introduction - 2023-12-22 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2024-01-16 Referred from Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2024-01-16 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2024-01-23 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2024-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB61)
- 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-02 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-07 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2024-02-19 Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
referral-committee - 2024-02-19 Rereferred to Local Government
referral-committee - 2024-02-26 Reported from Local Government (10-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-02-28 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-03-05 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB61ER)
passage - 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB61ER)
- 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-07 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 631 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0631)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f4acdef-ed27-44fa-96a6-50bf464d9dfa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).