republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-358.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees."
description: "Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees. Directs the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, in conjunction with the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity, to examine the waiving of fees associated with permits necessary to establish a small business for veteran-owned small businesses. This bill is identical to SB 572."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 358"
citation: "Virginia HB 358 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John J. McGuire, III"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0abd0f4-b235-49c2-8d81-3c5f946410a9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB358"
source_hash: "2bf9d5d4f1838bd7efd29a4479a0f1bd8bc7e2967c0f5c3de74a34db20d17444"
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 358 (2022) — Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees.

Veteran-owned small businesses; waiving of fees. Directs the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, in conjunction with the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity, to examine the waiving of fees associated with permits necessary to establish a small business for veteran-owned small businesses. This bill is identical to SB 572.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0575** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0575)
2. **HB358ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB358ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100769D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB358)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. McGuire, III — primary (person)
- A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
- Amanda E. Batten — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
- Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
- Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
- Karen S. Greenhalgh — cosponsor (person)
- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Marie E. March — cosponsor (person)
- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
- William C. Wampler III — cosponsor (person)
- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100769D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB358)
- **2022-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-01-27** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-21** Rereferred to General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **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 (HB358ER)
- **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 575 (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/b0abd0f4-b235-49c2-8d81-3c5f946410a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).