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type: "Bill"
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title: "Military centered community zones; localities may establish, by ordinance, one or more zones."
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description: "Military centered community zones; local designation. Allows localities to establish, by ordinance, one or more military centered community zones, defined in the bill as a community that has a significant presence of military personnel living or working in the designated area and where such presence drives, or has the potential to drive, significant economic activity. The bill provides that a locality, or another political subdivision acting on behalf of the locality, may offer unique benefits to businesses looking to locate within a zone for the purpose of serving the needs of the military personnel, including reduction of certain fees and taxes. In addition, the bill provides that local governing bodies are authorized to enter into agreements for the payment of economic development incentive grants to such businesses. The bill also allows a governing body to provide for certain regulatory flexibility and incentives and provides that the establishment of a military centered community zone shall not preclude the area from also being designated as an enterprise zone or from receiving support under the Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program. This bill is identical to HB 619."
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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: "SB 343"
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citation: "Virginia SB 343 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron R. Rouse"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db0cbda5-a177-4cce-8ca3-6a6a62e485a4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB343"
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source_hash: "175185c99f3acb8d06e6212b2cbd226dbf0ddd7db420f2abc25894640c8e9cf9"
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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 SB 343 (2024) — Military centered community zones; localities may establish, by ordinance, one or more zones.
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Military centered community zones; local designation. Allows localities to establish, by ordinance, one or more military centered community zones, defined in the bill as a community that has a significant presence of military personnel living or working in the designated area and where such presence drives, or has the potential to drive, significant economic activity. The bill provides that a locality, or another political subdivision acting on behalf of the locality, may offer unique benefits to businesses looking to locate within a zone for the purpose of serving the needs of the military personnel, including reduction of certain fees and taxes. In addition, the bill provides that local governing bodies are authorized to enter into agreements for the payment of economic development incentive grants to such businesses. The bill also allows a governing body to provide for certain regulatory flexibility and incentives and provides that the establishment of a military centered community zone shall not preclude the area from also being designated as an enterprise zone or from receiving support under the Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program. This bill is identical to HB 619.
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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. **CHAP0350** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0350)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104666D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB343)
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3. **SB343ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB343ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N) — **97–2** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron R. Rouse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104666D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-21** Impact statement from TAX (SB343)
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- **2024-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-14** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2024-02-16** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-21** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2024-02-21** Passed House with amendment (98-Y 2-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-23** House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB343ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from TAX (SB343ER)
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 350 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0350)
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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/db0cbda5-a177-4cce-8ca3-6a6a62e485a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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