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| Bill | Military centered community zones; localities may establish, by ordinance, one or more zones. | Military centered community zones; local designation. Allows localities to establish, by ordinance, one or more military centered community zones, defined in the bill as a community that has a significant presence of military personnel living or working in the designated area and where such presence drives, or has the potential to drive, significant economic activity. The bill provides that a locality, or another political subdivision acting on behalf of the locality, may offer unique benefits to businesses looking to locate within a zone for the purpose of serving the needs of the military personnel, including reduction of certain fees and taxes. In addition, the bill provides that local governing bodies are authorized to enter into agreements for the payment of economic development incentive grants to such businesses. The bill also allows a governing body to provide for certain regulatory flexibility and incentives and provides that the establishment of a military centered community zone shall not preclude the area from also being designated as an enterprise zone or from receiving support under the Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program. This bill is identical to SB 343. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 619 | Virginia HB 619 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 619 (2024) — Military centered community zones; localities may establish, by ordinance, one or more zones.
Military centered community zones; local designation. Allows localities to establish, by ordinance, one or more military centered community zones, defined in the bill as a community that has a significant presence of military personnel living or working in the designated area and where such presence drives, or has the potential to drive, significant economic activity. The bill provides that a locality, or another political subdivision acting on behalf of the locality, may offer unique benefits to businesses looking to locate within a zone for the purpose of serving the needs of the military personnel, including reduction of certain fees and taxes. In addition, the bill provides that local governing bodies are authorized to enter into agreements for the payment of economic development incentive grants to such businesses. The bill also allows a governing body to provide for certain regulatory flexibility and incentives and provides that the establishment of a military centered community zone shall not preclude the area from also being designated as an enterprise zone or from receiving support under the Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program. This bill is identical to SB 343.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0298 (committee substitute) — source
- HB619ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104738D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 24104738D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 2-N) — 93–2 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Referred from Finance — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104738D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2024-01-22 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2024-01-22 Impact statement from TAX (HB619)
- 2024-01-24 Referred from Finance
referral-committee - 2024-01-24 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2024-01-30 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2024-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 2-N)
- 2024-02-02 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-07 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-07 Committee amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House as amended HB619E
- 2024-02-07 Printed as engrossed 24104738D-E
- 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 2-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-08 VOTE: Passage (94-Y 2-N)
passage - 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-20 Impact statement from TAX (HB619E)
- 2024-02-21 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-02-23 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-28 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB619ER)
passage - 2024-02-28 Impact statement from TAX (HB619ER)
- 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-02 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 - 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 298 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0298)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/484226fd-482f-49e7-bbec-fb4d0425af3a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).