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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program and Fund; created."
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description: "Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program; creation. Creates the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program to make grant payments to an eligible pharmaceutical manufacturer that makes a capital investment of at least $1 billion at a facility in Rockingham County and creates at least 152 new full-time jobs at the facility. The pharmaceutical manufacturer would be eligible for an aggregate of $7.5 million in grants paid out over a three-year period if it meets such performance parameters. The bill also makes available, subject to appropriation, $2.525 million to a comprehensive community college and baccalaureate public institution of higher education in or near Rockingham County to support the workforce development needs of the manufacturer and other research and development companies in the area. This bill is identical to SB 610."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1498"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1498 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Sickles"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9842f4ef-1f5e-4c0a-b547-37c0fd5c7187"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1498"
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source_hash: "9a27578524e6221252ea6ec80a340e87441b183fefcbce54add166a7ba6ca3f2"
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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 1498 (2020) — Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program and Fund; created.
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program; creation. Creates the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Grant Program to make grant payments to an eligible pharmaceutical manufacturer that makes a capital investment of at least $1 billion at a facility in Rockingham County and creates at least 152 new full-time jobs at the facility. The pharmaceutical manufacturer would be eligible for an aggregate of $7.5 million in grants paid out over a three-year period if it meets such performance parameters. The bill also makes available, subject to appropriation, $2.525 million to a comprehensive community college and baccalaureate public institution of higher education in or near Rockingham County to support the workforce development needs of the manufacturer and other research and development companies in the area. This bill is identical to SB 610.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0275)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1498ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1498ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1498)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1498)
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## Votes
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- Referred from Labor and Commerce — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N) — **90–7** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Presented and ordered printed 20102789D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Referred from Labor and Commerce
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- **2020-01-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1498)
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- **2020-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-27** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-31** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N)
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- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-13** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1498ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
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- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (effective 7/1/20) `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/9842f4ef-1f5e-4c0a-b547-37c0fd5c7187`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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