Special Workforce Grant Fund; created.
Summary
Creates the Special Workforce Grant Fund to award grants to certain e-commerce companies that make a capital investment at a facility in Fairfax County of at least $84 million and create at least 1,500 new full-time jobs at such facility. The grants would be paid out over a period of three years on the basis of investment and job-creation progress. The total aggregate amount of grants that may be paid is $10.5 million.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2018
Last action Mar 15, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 2-N)
legislature
Jan 29, 2018
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology
legislature
Jan 19, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Jan 19, 2018
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 18104222D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
R. Steven Landes
RRepublican
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