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Bill	Rural Virginia, Center for; renames Center the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia.	Center for Rural Virginia; name change. Renames the Center for Rural Virginia as the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia. This bill is identical to HB 1381.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 704	Virginia SB 704 (2024)	bill		enacted	Tammy Brankley Mulchi	3	22	5	2024-01-19	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/435bfb3e-c974-4609-90b0-541d904bf6b0	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB704	762e93a36942591c5ee63686069b96c42224e0851ee96e3a1ffd44a180038a68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 704 (2024) — Rural Virginia, Center for; renames Center the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia.

Center for Rural Virginia; name change. Renames the Center for Rural Virginia as the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia. This bill is identical to HB 1381.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0133 (committee substitute) — source
2. Presented and ordered printed 24104217D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB704ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tammy Brankley Mulchi — primary (person)
• Aaron R. Rouse — cosponsor (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
• Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
• Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
• Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
• David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
• Emily M. Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. "Danny" Diggs — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
• John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
• L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
• Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
• R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
• Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
• Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan T. McDougle — cosponsor (person)
• Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
• Stella G. Pekarsky — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
• T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)
• Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Timmy F. French — cosponsor (person)
• Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
• William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24104217D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-05 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-20 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB704ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-29 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 133 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0133)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/435bfb3e-c974-4609-90b0-541d904bf6b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).