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type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Services, Board of; membership, duties."
description: "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 incorporates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1182"
citation: "Virginia SB 1182 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Armed Forces", "Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e67c7735-5f40-4954-9cd3-aa52fcbd852e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1182"
source_hash: "489dd6969b50f3f8cdf08d6132ca41f93d8a01230b0ef6457d6b296b08f9b8c3"
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 SB 1182 (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 incorporates
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0089)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1182ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1182ER)
3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105009D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1182S1)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103501D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1182)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **950** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **150** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
- Jennifer T. Wexton (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103501D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Incorporates SB1212 (Wexton)
- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 17105009D-S1
- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1182S1
- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 89 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e67c7735-5f40-4954-9cd3-aa52fcbd852e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).