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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; Planning Districts 13 and 14."
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description: "Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; Planning Districts 13 and 14. Adds Planning Districts 13 (Southside) and 14 (Commonwealth Regional Commission) to the list of areas where localities may create a regional industrial facility authority that contains a town and only one city or county rather than at least two cities or counties."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 59"
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citation: "Virginia HB 59 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thomas C. Wright, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-12-22"
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last_action: "2024-03-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08826382-6da3-4ea5-a53b-43bf908575ed"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB59"
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source_hash: "ded000e8bfe03d35b73a692d4a916f6968daf9057ea1869efa603a3a022a7b93"
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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 59 (2024) — Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; Planning Districts 13 and 14.
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Virginia Regional Industrial Facilities Act; Planning Districts 13 and 14. Adds Planning Districts 13 (Southside) and 14 (Commonwealth Regional Commission) to the list of areas where localities may create a regional industrial facility authority that contains a town and only one city or county rather than at least two cities or counties.
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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. **CHAP0167** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0167)
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2. **HB59ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB59ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100402D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB59)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100402D `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-12-22** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-02** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB59ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 167 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0167)
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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/08826382-6da3-4ea5-a53b-43bf908575ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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