Virginia Sports Tourism Grant Program; established, report.
Summary
Virginia Sports Tourism Grant Program; work group; report. Creates the Virginia Sports Tourism Grant Program, 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 to establish guidelines and criteria for grant awards and to report annually on the Program. The bill also requires a work group of stakeholders to be convened to recommend guidelines for grant awards by the Program and report such recommendations to the General Assembly by October 31, 2025.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025
Signed Mar 21, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was finalized and assigned Chapter 211 for the 2025 session. The primary substantive change is a title modification to the new section, which now explicitly mentions the establishment of a 'report' regarding the Virginia Sports Tourism Grant Program work group, likely indicating a procedural step to report findings or recommendations.
Scope change
The scope of the bill remains focused on the Virginia Sports Tourism Grant Program, but the title now clarifies that a report on the program's work group is part of the legislation.
TITLE
The section title was updated to include 'report' and 'established work group', clarifying the legislative intent to report on the program's implementation.
TECHNICAL
The chapter number was added as 'CHAPTER 211' to formally identify the bill's place in the session's enacted laws.
The generic 'CHAPTER' placeholder was removed as the specific chapter number was assigned.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 13, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 211 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1901ER)
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (90-Y 6-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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