---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Values Veterans Program; military spouse eligibility."
description: "Virginia Values Veterans Program; military spouse eligibility. Provides that the comprehensive program developed by the Department of Veterans Services to reduce unemployment among veterans extends to military spouses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2736"
citation: "Virginia HB 2736 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atoosa R. Reaser"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32a2b55f-5f35-4150-b748-282d6773aded"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2736"
source_hash: "7871a1ef19b8ae9026d808c962b1b676ca9fcdaada0819c83bfec0591bc0b6f6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2736 (2025) — Virginia Values Veterans Program; military spouse eligibility.

Virginia Values Veterans Program; military spouse eligibility. Provides that the comprehensive program developed by the Department of Veterans Services to reduce unemployment among veterans extends to military spouses.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022401.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072462.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068708.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Passed Senate with substitute block vote agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- JJ Singh — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 25101280D `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2736)
- **2025-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-30** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-19** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2736ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2736)
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 313 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0313)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32a2b55f-5f35-4150-b748-282d6773aded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).