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type: "Bill"
title: "Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund; established."
description: "Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund. Establishes the Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund to provide grant installment awards between July 1, 2027, and July 1, 2046, in an amount not to exceed $6 million per fiscal year and in an aggregate amount not to exceed $97,723,000 to a qualified company that (i) engages in the manufacture of solid rocket motors, (ii) executes a memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth, and (iii) is expected to make a capital investment of at least $537,570,000 and create and maintain at least 1,546 new full-time jobs. This bill is identical to SB 835."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1531"
citation: "Virginia HB 1531 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luke E. Torian"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-24"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/312735c5-5e20-44e8-8b87-bfac47faf60f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1531"
source_hash: "eb6e35f0e8a83ec4e265f4047a31e0a1d24ae87bc8ae40f386171a9972601045"
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 1531 (2026) — Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund; established.
Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund. Establishes the Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Grant Fund to provide grant installment awards between July 1, 2027, and July 1, 2046, in an amount not to exceed $6 million per fiscal year and in an aggregate amount not to exceed $97,723,000 to a qualified company that (i) engages in the manufacture of solid rocket motors, (ii) executes a memorandum of understanding with the Commonwealth, and (iii) is expected to make a capital investment of at least $537,570,000 and create and maintain at least 1,546 new full-time jobs. This bill is identical to SB 835.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178093.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217490.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212583.PDF)
## Votes
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **390** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **962** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Luke E. Torian — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-24** Presented and ordered printed 26108046D `introduction`
- **2026-02-24** Introduced at the request of Governor
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact statement From DPB (3/2/2026 2:07 pm)
- **2026-03-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-03-06** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1531ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1531)
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 326 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0326)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/312735c5-5e20-44e8-8b87-bfac47faf60f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).