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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cooperative Marketing Fund; programs eligible for matching grant funds."
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description: "Provides that proposals for existing programs that have a measurable return on investment are eligible for matching grant funds under the Cooperative Marketing Fund. The bill also (i) removes the requirement that only private funds be matched and (ii) provides that guidelines established for the Fund may include a preference for proposals submitted by state agencies. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2278"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2278 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daun S. Hester"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2017-01-11"
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last_action: "2017-03-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc0f6cef-06e0-46b9-8983-c8fd7ce753a9"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2278"
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source_hash: "65b62002206d82238e9de4a95aabd341d9cd74214246f290c9698d5c71be2824"
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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 HB 2278 (2017) — Cooperative Marketing Fund; programs eligible for matching grant funds.
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Provides that proposals for existing programs that have a measurable return on investment are eligible for matching grant funds under the Cooperative Marketing Fund. The bill also (i) removes the requirement that only private funds be matched and (ii) provides that guidelines established for the Fund may include a preference for proposals submitted by state agencies. This bill is identical to
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0267)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2278ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2278ER)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17101762D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2278)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Appropriations — **19–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **94–3** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Daun S. Hester — primary (person)
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- Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
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- William J. Howell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 17101762D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-25** Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 267 (effective 7/1/17) `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/cc0f6cef-06e0-46b9-8983-c8fd7ce753a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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