HJ621: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport; joint subcommittee to study development and utilization thereof.

Chief Patron

Terry Kilgore (R-1)
Gate City, VA
Served: 1994–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate

Status

Bill is Dead

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Summary

Study; Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the development and utilization of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. In conducting its study, the joint subcommittee shall (i) identify any federal or state regulatory impediments, including taxation, to the development of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport; (ii) identify potential economic development opportunities and marketing strategies to attract launch companies to Virginia; (iii) identify potential state legal barriers to human spaceflight, including liability and assumption of risk issues; and (iv) develop a long-term strategic plan to make the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport the premiere commercial hub for space travel in the United States.

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Comments

Jack Kennedy writes:

The coolest bill is HB 3184 offered by Del. Kilgore that moves Virginia in clarification of assumption of risk to participate in a commercial suborbital spaceflight. The bill, if passed, would
place Virginia on par with New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and California on waiver of liability for commercial human spaceflight. While some will be skeptical, just remember, "They laughed at Christoper Columbus too."

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+sum+HB3184

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