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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant."
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description: "Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority;eligible site for site development grant; minimum acreage requirement. Reduces from 100 acres to 50 acres the minimum number of contiguousacres required for a site that is not a brownfield to satisfy theacreage requirement to be considered eligible to receive a site developmentgrant from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund by theVirginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The bill alsoexempts from the minimum acreage requirement any site that existsin a locality that has three or fewer eligible sites that are atleast 100 acres."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 135"
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citation: "Virginia SB 135 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2024-01-05"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6a3a1db-dd8a-4b4f-92b6-6b59915d1bcb"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB135"
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source_hash: "a4c77ad9b21bef49912eb0d39b4233877b8256db3f6ce0c7dc9963fd1804549c"
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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 135 (2024) — Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant.
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Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority;eligible site for site development grant; minimum acreage requirement. Reduces from 100 acres to 50 acres the minimum number of contiguousacres required for a site that is not a brownfield to satisfy theacreage requirement to be considered eligible to receive a site developmentgrant from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund by theVirginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The bill alsoexempts from the minimum acreage requirement any site that existsin a locality that has three or fewer eligible sites that are atleast 100 acres.
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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. **CHAP0379** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0379)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24105425D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB135S1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24108051D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB135H1)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103042D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB135)
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5. **SB135ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB135ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — **0–39** (fail) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103042D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB135)
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- **2024-01-22** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-22** Reported from Local Government with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-22** Committee substitute printed 24105425D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-22** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB135S1)
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- **2024-01-30** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-01** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 24105425D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB135S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Committee substitute printed 24108051D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB135H1)
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- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Committee substitute agreed to 24108051D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB135H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
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- **2024-02-29** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-02-29** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-04** Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2024-03-04** Senators: Head, Bagby, Aird
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- **2024-03-05** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2024-03-05** Delegates: Reid, Willett, Campbell
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- **2024-03-07** Amended by conference committee
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- **2024-03-07** Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB135ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB135ER)
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 379 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379)
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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/a6a3a1db-dd8a-4b4f-92b6-6b59915d1bcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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