republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-233.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant."
description: "Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant; minimum acreage requirement. Allows the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to determine a site of at least 50 but less than 100 acres to be eligible to receive a site development grant from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund. The reduced acreage requirement shall apply only to sites which (i) are located in GO Virginia regions 1 or 2, (ii) are located in a locality or region in which topographic or environmental factors constrain the availability of viable sites for economic development, (iii) present a unique economic development opportunity based on infrastructure, logistics, or other distinguishable features of the site, or (iv) create an economic development opportunity not currently available in the regional inventory of economic development sites. by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 233"
citation: "Virginia HB 233 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellen H. Campbell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5658651f-b0be-41db-a2bb-6683cba92567"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB233"
source_hash: "d804523908bd6f86d75e181600a1bdc44863236ae222506922fd75e414fdaa26"
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 233 (2024) — Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant.

Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant; minimum acreage requirement. Allows the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to determine a site of at least 50 but less than 100 acres to be eligible to receive a site development grant from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program Fund. The reduced acreage requirement shall apply only to sites which (i) are located in GO Virginia regions 1 or 2, (ii) are located in a locality or region in which topographic or environmental factors constrain the availability of viable sites for economic development, (iii) present a unique economic development opportunity based on infrastructure, logistics, or other distinguishable features of the site, or (iv) create an economic development opportunity not currently available in the regional inventory of economic development sites. by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0378** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0378)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24108462D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB233S1)
3. **HB233ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB233ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102915D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB233)
5. **Printed as engrossed 24102915D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB233E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ellen H. Campbell — primary (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102915D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-04** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB233)
- **2024-01-17** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-24** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Engrossed by House as amended HB233E
- **2024-01-29** Printed as engrossed 24102915D-E
- **2024-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB233E)
- **2024-02-19** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Committee substitute printed 24108462D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB233S1)
- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-03-01** Committee substitute agreed to 241408462D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB233S1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-01** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108462D-S1 (96-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB233ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB233ER)
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 378 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5658651f-b0be-41db-a2bb-6683cba92567`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).