HB 1830 - Head - Virginia Small Business Financing Authority; members to have small business lending experience. Passed the Senate 39-Y 0-N)

• Requires at least five of the nine citizen members of the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority to have experience in small business lending.
• This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.

HB 2172 - Mundon King - Small, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses; right to appeal denial of initial certification (Passed the Senate 39-Y 0-N)

• Requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to adopt regulations to establish a process for businesses that are denied initial certification as a small, women-owned, or minority-owned business to appeal such denial on the basis that the Department made a mistake in denying the business's application for certification.
• This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.