---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia state militia; officers of certain educational institutions; Randolph-Macon Academy."
description: "Virginia state militia; officers of certain educational institutions; Randolph-Macon Academy. Adds Randolph-Macon Academy to the list of educational institutions of which officers shall be commissioned officers of the Virginia state militia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1740"
citation: "Virginia HB 1740 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-04"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42c28bb3-665a-4ba3-99e8-d9cb606dc030"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1740"
source_hash: "ff6b5717f0fe1c7dedb2ba868f75c79735b4d2815f90ddc9a888f69cd791d3cf"
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 1740 (2025) — Virginia state militia; officers of certain educational institutions; Randolph-Macon Academy.

Virginia state militia; officers of certain educational institutions; Randolph-Macon Academy. Adds Randolph-Macon Academy to the list of educational institutions of which officers shall be commissioned officers of the Virginia state militia.

## 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/1012937.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071430.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061021.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David A. Reid — primary (person)
- Delores Oates — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100830D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-04** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-11** Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-15** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-21** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-22** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1740ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., (March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1740)
- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 139 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0139)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42c28bb3-665a-4ba3-99e8-d9cb606dc030`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).