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type: "Bill"
title: "Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund; established."
description: "Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund. Establishes the Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund to provide grant installment awards between July 1, 2027, and July 1, 2046, in an amount not to exceed $6 million per fiscal year and in an aggregate amount not to exceed $97,723,000 to a qualified company that (i) engages in the manufacture of solid rocket motors, (ii) executes a memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth, and (iii) is expected to make a capital investment of at least $537,570,000 and create and maintain at least 1,546 new full-time jobs. This bill is identical to HB 1531."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 835"
citation: "Virginia SB 835 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-24"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14aaba5d-1e8f-4445-94b5-dd755ef927f3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB835"
source_hash: "0b892f1821b80d6d8ac996b793525186be6d9a5eee86b3a7f037cc44c01652e4"
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 SB 835 (2026) — Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund; established.
Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund. Establishes the Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund to provide grant installment awards between July 1, 2027, and July 1, 2046, in an amount not to exceed $6 million per fiscal year and in an aggregate amount not to exceed $97,723,000 to a qualified company that (i) engages in the manufacture of solid rocket motors, (ii) executes a memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth, and (iii) is expected to make a capital investment of at least $537,570,000 and create and maintain at least 1,546 new full-time jobs. This bill is identical to HB 1531.
## 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/1179035.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217478.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213436.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **140** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **942** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-24** Presented and ordered printed 26108122D `introduction`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB835)
- **2026-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-05** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-03-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed House (94-Y 2-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB835ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB835)
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 349 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0349)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14aaba5d-1e8f-4445-94b5-dd755ef927f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).