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type: "Bill"
title: "One-stop small business; permitting program, written guidance."
description: "Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; one-stop small business permitting program; guidance regarding responsibilities for maintaining a business. Requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to develop and provide guidance to businesses with newly approved permits regarding responsibilities and requirements for maintaining the business. The bill also requires regulatory agencies, by November 30 of each year, to provide the Department with information outlining any changes to the agency's policies and regulations. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1221"
citation: "Virginia HB 1221 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6620ebd-f678-4049-9c0a-08fa0008fc27"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1221"
source_hash: "1cf7f7c6ed1a1cbcaba27c33f9550a08e386eb1206bc82a2c4f2643b7b2d409f"
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 1221 (2020) — One-stop small business; permitting program, written guidance.
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; one-stop small business permitting program; guidance regarding responsibilities for maintaining a business. Requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to develop and provide guidance to businesses with newly approved permits regarding responsibilities and requirements for maintaining the business. The bill also requires regulatory agencies, by November 30 of each year, to provide the Department with information outlining any changes to the agency's policies and regulations. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0750)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0750)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1221ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1221ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1221H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1221)
4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1221H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1221H1)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N) — **201** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 0-N) — **110** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N) — **972** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104199D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute printed 20107438D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20107438D-H1
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1221H1
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1221H1)
- **2020-02-27** Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1221ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 750 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6620ebd-f678-4049-9c0a-08fa0008fc27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).