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type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Services, Board of; increases membership and clarifies scope of responsibilities."
description: "Increases the membership of the Board of Veterans Services by adding an additional member of the House of Delegates, an additional member of the Senate of Virginia, an additional nonlegislative citizen member, and an additional ex officio member, the Chairman of the Virginia War Memorial Foundation. The bill also clarifies the scope of responsibility of the Board to include policy recommendations related to the mission of the Virginia War Memorial. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2020, and is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2632"
citation: "Virginia HB 2632 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon C. Helsel, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/597c3672-199d-4876-a955-00f4d73f2033"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2632"
source_hash: "66cef64660eab810b5efe41d8faaf39a6f34fb5f39598f7b5bd085bcfcc4d538"
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 2632 (2019) — Veterans Services, Board of; increases membership and clarifies scope of responsibilities.
Increases the membership of the Board of Veterans Services by adding an additional member of the House of Delegates, an additional member of the Senate of Virginia, an additional nonlegislative citizen member, and an additional ex officio member, the Chairman of the Virginia War Memorial Foundation. The bill also clarifies the scope of responsibility of the Board to include policy recommendations related to the mission of the Virginia War Memorial. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2020, and 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 (CHAP0204)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0204)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2632ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2632ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19103958D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2632)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **140** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws — **210** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-10** Presented and ordered printed 19103958D `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 204 (effective 1/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/597c3672-199d-4876-a955-00f4d73f2033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).