republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1720.md

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Bill	Flag at half staff or mast; public safety personnel.	Expands the category of flags required to be flown at half staff or mast when a service member, police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services provider is killed in the line of duty to include flags flown at any building owned and operated by any political subdivision of the Commonwealth. In addition, the bill adds state correctional officers to the list of public safety personnel for whom such flags are flown at half staff or mast.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1720	Virginia HB 1720 (2017)	bill	Boundaries Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth Crimes and Offenses Generally Police	enacted	Richard L. Anderson	4	22	8	2017-01-07	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/25584e2a-eb05-45bb-b1d1-0664effb3c64	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1720	95e96eec130b35d6fca374ebbd51bcf44c8ea397843aa7e2ce4eac83cd016259	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1720 (2017) — Flag at half staff or mast; public safety personnel.

Expands the category of flags required to be flown at half staff or mast when a service member, police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services provider is killed in the line of duty to include flags flown at any building owned and operated by any political subdivision of the Commonwealth. In addition, the bill adds state correctional officers to the list of public safety personnel for whom such flags are flown at half staff or mast.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1720ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104759D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103040D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendment agreed to by House — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard L. Anderson — primary (person)
• Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
• Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
• James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
• Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103040D introduction
• 2017-01-07 Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Assigned MPPS sub: #3 referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 17104759D-H1
• 2017-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1720H1
• 2017-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-16 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-16 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-16 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-20 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-20 Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled
• 2017-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 344 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25584e2a-eb05-45bb-b1d1-0664effb3c64. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).