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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fort Monroe Authority; changes definition of \"Area of Operation.\""
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description: "Changes the definition of \"Area of Operation\" for purposes of the Fort Monroe Authority to mean land owned by the Commonwealth at Fort Monroe. The current definition refers to lands acquired from the federal government by the Fort Monroe Authority. 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: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1963"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1963 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gordon C. Helsel, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-06"
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last_action: "2019-03-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/608031f1-6191-4209-bf8c-0b1bd697a9e7"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1963"
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source_hash: "6374a220fc10695014f039dada02790b36f79309ebec22c960c4d27f2bc90a77"
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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 1963 (2019) — Fort Monroe Authority; changes definition of "Area of Operation."
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Changes the definition of "Area of Operation" for purposes of the Fort Monroe Authority to mean land owned by the Commonwealth at Fort Monroe. The current definition refers to lands acquired from the federal government by the Fort Monroe Authority. 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 (CHAP0389)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0389)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1963ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1963ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102033D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1963)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102033D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-14** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-30** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-01-30** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
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- **2019-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 389 (effective 7/1/19) `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/608031f1-6191-4209-bf8c-0b1bd697a9e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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