SB 1202 Virginia Senate · 2017 Regular Session

Commercial Space Flight Authority; development of six-year strategic plan.

Summary
Requires the Executive Director of the Commercial Space Flight Authority (the Authority) to develop and present to the Authority's board of directors (the Board) every four years a six-year strategic plan for its adoption and eliminates the requirement that a strategic plan be submitted to the Governor and General Assembly every four years. The bill also clarifies that the public purpose of the Authority is to promote (i) industrial and economic development and (ii) scientific and technological research and development for the commercial space flight industry. The bill provides that the Executive Director of the Authority also serves as the Chief Executive Officer; specifies that the Governor's appointments to the Board have experience in the aerospace industry, the financial industry, higher education, or the marketing industry or in scientific research and development; and eliminates the requirement that the Board form a nonvoting advisory committee.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 10, 2017 Signed Mar 20, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Mar 20, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 633 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed House with amendment (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Jan 31, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
legislature
Jan 26, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1202E
legislature
Jan 26, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Jan 26, 2017
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102147D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
LL
Lynwood Lewis
DDemocratic
VA
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