republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2185.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Va. Rural Information Technology Apprenticeship Grant Fund/Program; established, qualified locality."
description: "Establishes the Virginia Rural Information Technology Apprenticeship Grant Fund and Program, to be administered by the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, for the purpose of awarding grants to small, rural information technology businesses in certain localities in the Southwest and Southside regions of Virginia to establish 18-month apprenticeship programs for full-time employees that combine mentorship and on-the-job training to enhance the experience and skills of such employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2185"
citation: "Virginia HB 2185 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1215c197-4cfb-4ed0-bd01-50ed246537de"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2185"
source_hash: "16e3a9a6770f54a08fe5a13fa48299fd392849f333c83611946619605a95ec3e"
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 2185 (2019) — Va. Rural Information Technology Apprenticeship Grant Fund/Program; established, qualified locality.

Establishes the Virginia Rural Information Technology Apprenticeship Grant Fund and Program, to be administered by the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, for the purpose of awarding grants to small, rural information technology businesses in certain localities in the Southwest and Southside regions of Virginia to establish 18-month apprenticeship programs for full-time employees that combine mentorship and on-the-job training to enhance the experience and skills of such employees.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0647)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2185AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2185)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2185ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2185ER)
5. **House: Conference substitute printed 19107574D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2185H1)
6. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101830D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2185)
7. **House: Printed as engrossed 19101830D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2185E)
8. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106931D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2185S1)

## Votes

- Conference report agreed to by House — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute rejected by House 19106931D-S1 — **2–96** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101830D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Assigned App. sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB2185E
- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19101830D-E
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-15** Committee substitute agreed to 19106931D-S1
- **2019-02-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2185S1
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-19** Senate substitute rejected by House 19106931D-S1 (2-Y 96-N)
- **2019-02-20** Senate requested conference committee
- **2019-02-21** House acceded to request
- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by House
- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2019-02-22** Amended by conference committee
- **2019-02-22** Conference substitute printed 19107574D-H1
- **2019-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- **2019-03-07** Enrolled
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-09** Signed by President
- **2019-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- **2019-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 647 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1215c197-4cfb-4ed0-bd01-50ed246537de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).