HB1901
Virginia Sports Tourism Grant Program; established, report.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) Authority to establish guidelines and criteria for grant awards and to report annually on the Program. 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101627D
- 01/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/13/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 01/15/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1901)
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1901)
- 01/23/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/24/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25105561D-H1
- 01/28/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/29/2025 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 01/29/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/29/2025 - House: Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 01/29/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 01/30/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (90-Y 6-N)
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 02/19/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1901ER)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1901)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/21/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 211 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/21/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211)
