The legislation (HB 21) to repeal the July 1, 2013 expiration date on the act establishing spaceflight liability and immunity law in Virginia has been referred to the Virginia House Labor and Commerce Committee for consideration where the sponsor, State Delegate Terry Kilgore, chairs the committee. It is excpected to gain a positive policy trajectory. Kilgore carried the orginial spaceflight liability and immunity measure in the 2007 session of the Virginia General Assembly. Virginia became the first state in the nation to grant protection to the commercial space launch industry. Similar measures were subsequently adopted in Florida and Texas. New Mexico is now considering a similar measure.
The 2010 session of the state legislature is also considering a $1.37 million spaceport operating budget for the next fiscal year backed by both outgoing Virginia Governor Tim Kaine and incoming Governor Robert 'Bob' McDonnell.
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