---
type: "Bill"
title: "Service members; active-duty status for any member injured while in the line of duty."
description: "Active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty. Provides that the Adjutant General may maintain state active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty during the course of a state active-duty mission who is unable to return to civilian employment for a period of up to 90 days after the date of the service member's injury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1513"
citation: "Virginia HB 1513 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad019669-565b-49e6-b78d-569ac2fcd6fb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1513"
source_hash: "efb8fdf28db6745b12a8b84c1a383970684a68d78bd13978f9d08d5d5d4cb3bd"
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 1513 (2024) — Service members; active-duty status for any member injured while in the line of duty.

Active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty. Provides that the Adjutant General may maintain state active-duty status for any service member injured while in the line of duty during the course of a state active-duty mission who is unable to return to civilian employment for a period of up to 90 days after the date of the service member's injury.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0226** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0226)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106266D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1513H1)
3. **HB1513ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1513ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 24105825D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1513)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
- A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
- Amanda E. Batten — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
- Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- C. Todd Gilbert — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Eric R. Zehr — cosponsor (person)
- Geary Higgins — cosponsor (person)
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Hillary Pugh Kent — cosponsor (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
- Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
- N. Baxter Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
- Paul V. Milde — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
- W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)
- Will Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24105825D `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** Committee substitute printed 24106266D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-04** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1513H1)
- **2024-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24106266D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1513H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1513ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1513ER)
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 226 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0226)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad019669-565b-49e6-b78d-569ac2fcd6fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).