republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-796.md

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Bill	Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority; authority to dissolve, disposition of property.	Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority; authority to dissolve. Provides that the board of directors of the Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority may by resolution divest itself of property owned by the Authority and may transfer all such property to a locality. The bill provides that whenever the board of the Authority determines by resolution that the purposes for which the Authority was formed have been substantially complied with and all property of the Authority has been transferred and all bonds therefor issued and all obligations incurred by the Authority have been fully paid or adequate provisions have been made for the payment, the board may dissolve itself upon a majority vote of the board. The bill also provides that if the Authority ceases to operate or is dissolved, the title to its real property will transfer to the locality in which the majority of such property is located. Under current law, the property would transfer to the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 2321.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 796	Virginia SB 796 (2025)	bill		enacted	Christopher T. Head	6	32	8	2024-12-28	2025-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/2b287b42-323d-46ec-a094-2de355ae4dce	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB796	d5348b807b3183684cc00ea4694f69618dfc8627e4e6455aceca1f0b94d7d23f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 796 (2025) — Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority; authority to dissolve, disposition of property.

Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority; authority to dissolve. Provides that the board of directors of the Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority may by resolution divest itself of property owned by the Authority and may transfer all such property to a locality. The bill provides that whenever the board of the Authority determines by resolution that the purposes for which the Authority was formed have been substantially complied with and all property of the Authority has been transferred and all bonds therefor issued and all obligations incurred by the Authority have been fully paid or adequate provisions have been made for the payment, the board may dissolve itself upon a majority vote of the board. The bill also provides that if the Authority ceases to operate or is dissolved, the title to its real property will transfer to the locality in which the majority of such property is located. Under current law, the property would transfer to the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 2321.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. House Amendments (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Christopher T. Head — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-28 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101941D filing, introduction
• 2024-12-28 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2025-01-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB796)
• 2025-01-14 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-21 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-22 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-22 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-23 Engrossed by Senate
• 2025-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-17 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2025-02-17 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2025-02-17 Passed House with amendments (95-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-17 Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
• 2025-02-17 Passed House with amendments (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-18 House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2025-02-21 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-21 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB796ER) passage
• 2025-02-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB796)
• 2025-02-21 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-24 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 176 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b287b42-323d-46ec-a094-2de355ae4dce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).