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Bill Veterans Services, Board of; membership, duties. Removes requirements regarding specific areas of expertise for members appointed to the Board of Veterans Services (the Board) by the Governor. The bill also (i) extends the number of consecutive terms for legislative members from four to six two-year terms for members of the House of Delegates and from two to three four-year terms for members of the Senate; (ii) removes the requirement that the Board be organized into at least three standing committees; and (iii) makes other changes to the administration of the Board and the eligibility for reappointment of nonlegislative citizen members of the Board. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 2302 Virginia HB 2302 (2017)
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Armed Forces
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Boards and Institutions Generally
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Virginia HB 2302 (2017) — Veterans Services, Board of; membership, duties.

Removes requirements regarding specific areas of expertise for members appointed to the Board of Veterans Services (the Board) by the Governor. The bill also (i) extends the number of consecutive terms for legislative members from four to six two-year terms for members of the House of Delegates and from two to three four-year terms for members of the Senate; (ii) removes the requirement that the Board be organized into at least three standing committees; and (iii) makes other changes to the administration of the Board and the eligibility for reappointment of nonlegislative citizen members of the Board. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0501) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2302ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17103606D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 50 (pass) · legislature
  • Senate amendments rejected by House — 096 (fail) · legislature
  • Senate receded from amendments — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 980 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate with amendments — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws — 210 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — 140 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Richard L. Anderson — primary (person)
  • Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
  • Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
  • Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
  • John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Scott Lingamfelter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 17103606D introduction
  • 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2017-01-16 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
  • 2017-01-26 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2017-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2017-02-09 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-09 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2017-02-09 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2017-02-09 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2017-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-13 Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
  • 2017-02-20 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-21 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
  • 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 501 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/798fc20e-00f1-48c4-ae79-b18bfa81cb06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).