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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Recreational Facilities Authorities Act; grants to localities, etc."
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description: "Public Recreational Facilities Authorities Act. Authorizes authorities established under the Public Recreational Facilities Authorities Act to make grants to any participating locality, the Commonwealth or any other political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, any federal agency, and any person to promote the purposes of the authority, including for the purpose of promoting tourism development."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 744"
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citation: "Virginia SB 744 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Schuyler T. VanValkenburg"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-19"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa5ddde7-c390-4c48-a7c0-bce11931ee92"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB744"
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source_hash: "c04ece7a8431b74305f394202a8b72f4a2f828da24999ebe3914ce534cf6313c"
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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 744 (2026) — Public Recreational Facilities Authorities Act; grants to localities, etc.
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Public Recreational Facilities Authorities Act. Authorizes authorities established under the Public Recreational Facilities Authorities Act to make grants to any participating locality, the Commonwealth or any other political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, any federal agency, and any person to promote the purposes of the authority, including for the purpose of promoting tourism development.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1092271.PDF)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181681.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Local Government — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 26104642D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-19** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-03** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-03** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-04** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-20** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-27** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB744ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 952 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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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/fa5ddde7-c390-4c48-a7c0-bce11931ee92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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