SB927
Virginia Sports Tourism Grant Program; established, report.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Virginia Sports Tourism Fund.
Creates the Virginia Sports Tourism Fund, 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 ... (More) to establish guidelines and criteria for grant awards and to report annually on the Fund and grant program. The bill also requires a work group of stakeholders to be convened to recommend guidelines for grant disbursements from the Fund and report such recommendations to the General Assembly by October 31, 2025. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101628D
- 01/06/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 01/15/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB927)
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB927)
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB927E
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 25101628D-E
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/06/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 02/07/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/10/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25107016D-H1
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB927)
- 02/12/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/13/2025 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 02/13/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/13/2025 - House: Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/13/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/13/2025 - House: Passed House with substitute (90-Y 7-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB927ER)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB927)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2025 - Senate: 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 216 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/21/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)
- 03/21/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)
