Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program; reduces minimum percentage of revenues. (HB1969)

Introduced By

Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave) with support from co-patron Del. Tim Hugo (R-Centreville)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program. Reduces from 50 percent to 35 percent the minimum percentage of revenues that a small business must derive from out-of-state sources in order to be eligible for grants from the Small Business Jobs Grant Fund Program. The bill provides that to be eligible for assistance under the Program a company must make a new capital investment of at least $50,000. Finally, the bill changes the definition of small business for purposes of the Program from a company that has 250 or fewer employees to one that has 30 or fewer employees in its base year and average annual gross receipts of $3 million or less averaged over the previous 24-month period. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/10/2017Committee
01/10/2017Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100307D
01/10/2017Referred to Committee on General Laws
01/16/2017Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
01/19/2017Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
01/24/2017Reported from General Laws with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2017Impact statement from DPB (HB1969)
01/26/2017Read first time
01/27/2017Read second time
01/27/2017Committee amendment agreed to
01/27/2017Engrossed by House as amended HB1969E
01/27/2017Printed as engrossed 17100307D-E
01/30/2017Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
01/30/2017VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2017Impact statement from DPB (HB1969E)
01/31/2017Constitutional reading dispensed
01/31/2017Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/13/2017Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2017Read third time
02/16/2017Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2017Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2017Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2017Enrolled
02/20/2017Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1969ER)
02/20/2017Impact statement from DPB (HB1969ER)
02/20/2017Signed by Speaker
02/21/2017Signed by President
02/21/2017Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/2017G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
03/03/2017G Approved by Governor-Chapter 264 (effective 7/1/17)
03/03/2017G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0264)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 32 seconds.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

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