Virginia House Bill 377 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Charitable institutions and associations; local appropriations to faith-based organizations. Provides that no organization shall be prohibited from applying for or receiving public funds as part of a neutral grant or funding program from a locality on the basis of the organization's religious status, provided that all government funds received from the locality are used to provide community services for secular purposes, and further provides that nothing in the bill shall be construed to absolve or change any existing right or obligation created by certain provisions of the Virginia Human Rights Act or related to the exercise of religion. Charitable institutions and associations; local appropriations to faith-based organizations. Provides that no organization shall be prohibited from applying for or receiving public funds as part of a neutral grant or funding program from a locality on the basis of the organization's religious status, provided that all government funds received from the locality are used to provide community services for secular purposes, and further provides that nothing in the bill shall be construed to absolve or change any existing right or obligation created by certain provisions of the Virginia Human Rights Act or related to the exercise of religion.

Charitable institutions and associations; organizations applying for or receiving public funds, etc.

Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]

2022-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) (Y: 36 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 6-N) (Y: 33 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Local Government (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N) (Y: 99 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N) (Y: 8 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566)
2022-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 566 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-11	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
2022-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-02	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-02	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB377ER)
2022-03-02	House	Enrolled
2022-02-28	House	VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
2022-02-28	House	Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
2022-02-24	Senate	Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
2022-02-24	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-24	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 6-N)
2022-02-24	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2022-02-24	Senate	Amendment by Senator McPike agreed to
2022-02-24	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2022-02-24	Senate	Read third time
2022-02-23	Senate	Passed by for the day
2022-02-22	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-21	Senate	Reported from Local Government (10-Y 4-N)
2022-02-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2022-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2022-02-10	House	VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N)
2022-02-10	House	Read third time and passed House (99-Y 1-N)
2022-02-09	House	Printed as engrossed 22105175D-EH1
2022-02-09	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB377EH1
2022-02-09	House	Amendments by Delegate Subramanyam agreed to
2022-02-09	House	Committee substitute agreed to 22105175D-H1
2022-02-09	House	Read second time
2022-02-08	House	Read first time
2022-02-04	House	Committee substitute printed 22105175D-H1
2022-02-04	House	Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2022-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N)
2022-01-18	House	Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101041D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	953	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB377
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB377+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB377H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB377EH1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB377ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0566+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105175D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/22105175D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22106306A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+HB377AH
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+HB377AS
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+HB377ASE
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0702V0013+HB0377
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H07V0058+HB0377
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV0646+HB0377
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S07V0070+HB0377
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0543HB0377+HB0377
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0568HB0377+HB0377
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0570HB0377+HB0377
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0571HB0377+HB0377
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV1248+HB0377