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type: "Bill"
title: "Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority; quorum."
description: "Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority; quorum. Changes from 10 to eight the number of members required for a quorum of the board of directors for the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 305"
citation: "Virginia HB 305 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James W. Morefield"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b95d0be-1a0b-4b71-8fcb-817bb5149fe6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB305"
source_hash: "0ff37946c5153506cb0a08b2e28e51741cbb1d6b0208a913263b0b6de0e4ddc2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 305 (2026) — Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority; quorum.
Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority; quorum. Changes from 10 to eight the number of members required for a quorum of the board of directors for the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083773.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216363.PDF)
3. **Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1146663.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148393.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182523.PDF)
## Votes
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends laying on the table — **32** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government — **150** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- James W. Morefield — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102676D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (3-Y 2-N)
- **2026-02-13** House committee offered
- **2026-02-13** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-24** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB305ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 104 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0104)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b95d0be-1a0b-4b71-8fcb-817bb5149fe6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).