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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund; created."
description: "Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund. Establishes the Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Fund (the Fund) to support military communities in the Commonwealth by awarding grants to aid the planning and design, construction, or completion of infrastructure projects that enhance military readiness, installation resiliency, or quality of life for military communities. The bill directs the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs to develop guidance and criteria to be used in awarding grants from the Fund and an annual grant application that sets out certain requirements for a grantee. This bill is identical to SB 315."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 354"
citation: "Virginia HB 354 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Ferrell Tata"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99895f21-464d-4fde-bda5-ceff26f4710a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB354"
source_hash: "bd376fb4cec36a612e13bf750a1673a0f1c5a24659f4e90300027c090a55fd27"
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 354 (2022) — Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund; created.
Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program and Fund. Establishes the Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Fund (the Fund) to support military communities in the Commonwealth by awarding grants to aid the planning and design, construction, or completion of infrastructure projects that enhance military readiness, installation resiliency, or quality of life for military communities. The bill directs the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs to develop guidance and criteria to be used in awarding grants from the Fund and an annual grant application that sets out certain requirements for a grantee. This bill is identical to SB 315.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0345** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0345)
2. **HB354ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB354ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102425D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB354)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22102425D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB354E)
## Votes
- Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) — **180** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Anne Ferrell Tata — primary (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102425D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB354)
- **2022-02-03** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-02-08** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-08** Reported from General Laws with amendment (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended HB354E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22102425D-E
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB354E)
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB354ER)
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 345 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99895f21-464d-4fde-bda5-ceff26f4710a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).