Virginia Grocery Investment Program and Fund; created, report.
Summary
Creates the Virginia Grocery Investment Program and Fund to provide funding for the construction, rehabilitation, equipment upgrades, or expansion of grocery stores, small food retailers, and innovative food retail projects, defined in the bill, in underserved communities. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriations act. The bill incorporates
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jul 16, 2018
Last action Feb 19, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 17, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Jan 17, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB999S1
upper
Jan 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105034D-S1
upper
Jan 17, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Jul 16, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jul 16, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100087D
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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