VirginiaVirginia Sports Tourism Grant Program; established, report.
What it does
Virginia Sports Tourism Grant Program; work group; report. Creates the Virginia Sports Tourism Grant Program, to be administered by the Virginia Tourism Authority, to provide grants to sports tourism activity sponsors, defined in the bill, in order to develop and attract sports tourism activities, also defined in the bill, to the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Virginia Tourism Authority to establish guidelines and criteria for grant awards and to report annually on the Program.
More detail
The bill also requires a work group of stakeholders to be convened to recommend guidelines for grant awards by the Program and report such recommendations to the General Assembly by October 31, 2025.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 21Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)Latest
- Mar 21Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)
- Mar 21Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 216 (Effective 07/01/25)Became Law
- Mar 3Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 3Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025Minor
- Feb 22Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 19Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 19Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB927)
- Feb 19Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB927ER)Major
- Feb 19EnrolledMinor
- Feb 17House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Passed House with substitute (90-Y 7-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Passed House with substitute (90-Y 7-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 13Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Feb 13Read third timeMinor
- Feb 13Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- Feb 12Read second timeMinor
- Feb 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB927)
- Feb 10Committee substitute printed 25107016D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 10Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 6Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Feb 5Read first timeMinor
- Feb 5Placed on Calendar
- Jan 24Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 23Printed as engrossed 25101628D-E
- Jan 23Engrossed by Senate as amended SB927E
- Jan 23Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed toMajor
- Jan 23Reading of amendment waived
- Jan 23Read second timeMinor
- Jan 23Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB927)
- Jan 22Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 22Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Jan 22Rules suspended
- Jan 21Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 15Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB927)
- Jan 6Referred to Committee on Finance and AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 6Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101628DIntroduced