Bill Commons

VA HB 1248

Status unknown

Virginia Creative Economy Grant Program; established.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did VA HB 1248 pass?

The current status of VA HB 1248 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-18): Left in Committee Appropriations

What is VA HB 1248 about?

Virginia Creative Economy Grant Program established. Establishes the Virginia Creative Economy Grant Program, to be administered by the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation, for the purpose of awarding grants to independent content creators and creative economy entrepreneurs, as those terms are defined in the bill, for the purpose of developing and expanding the creative economy, as defined in the bill, in the Commonwealth. The bill provides for the award of grants of no more than $20,000 to any recipient.

Who sponsors VA HB 1248?

Jackie H. Glass is the primary sponsor of VA HB 1248.

Description

Virginia Creative Economy Grant Program established. Establishes the Virginia Creative Economy Grant Program, to be administered by the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation, for the purpose of awarding grants to independent content creators and creative economy entrepreneurs, as those terms are defined in the bill, for the purpose of developing and expanding the creative economy, as defined in the bill, in the Commonwealth. The bill provides for the award of grants of no more than $20,000 to any recipient.

Introduced
2026-01-14
Latest action
2026-02-18 — Left in Committee Appropriations
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Jackie H. Glassprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-14

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103363D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-14

    Referred to Committee on Appropriations

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-23

    Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-28

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1248)

  5. 2026-02-11

    Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)

  6. 2026-02-18

    Left in Committee Appropriations

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

    2026-02-11 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Paul E. Krizek: yes
    • Betsy B. Carr: yes
    • Rodney T. Willett: yes
    • Charniele L. Herring: yes
    • Amy J. Laufer: yes
    • Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
    • Bill Wiley: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:35:59.552682Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=VA&identifier=HB 1248. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.