Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund; established and created.

Changed 'rural and underserved locality' to 'distressed locality' in Section 45.2-1736, affecting which communities qualify for grant funding.

Updated Section 45.2-1736 to require that at least 70 percent of funds be awarded to charging stations located in 'distressed localities' instead of 'rural and underserved localities'.

Added a new definition for 'Distressed locality' in Section 45.2-1735 that uses the same economic criteria as the previous 'rural and underserved locality' definition.

The term 'distressed locality' was replaced with 'rural and underserved locality' throughout the bill to reflect updated terminology.

A bracketed provision was added requiring that any project costs not covered by the grant must be funded by non-federal sources.

Minor formatting and layout adjustments were made to conform to enrolled bill standards, including page breaks and header formatting.

Header information updated to show the bill is now an 'Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute' proposed by the House Committee on Labor and Commerce, with Delegate Sullivan as the patron prior to substitute.

Bill number changed from 25101441D to 25105585D to reflect the engrossed version.

Status changed from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' with additional spacing and formatting adjustments throughout the document.

Added amendment date information showing House amendments were made on February 3, 2025.