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Bill Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility. Extends the benefits of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to the spouse or child of a veteran with at least a 90 percent permanent, service-related disability. Under current law, the spouse or child would be eligible for benefits only if the veteran's disability was incurred during military operations against terrorism, on a peacekeeping mission, as a result of a terrorist act, or in any armed conflict. Under the provisions of the bill, eligibility for stipends from the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Fund is unchanged. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2685 Virginia HB 2685 (2019)
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Virginia HB 2685 (2019) — Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.

Extends the benefits of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to the spouse or child of a veteran with at least a 90 percent permanent, service-related disability. Under current law, the spouse or child would be eligible for benefits only if the veteran's disability was incurred during military operations against terrorism, on a peacekeeping mission, as a result of a terrorist act, or in any armed conflict. Under the provisions of the bill, eligibility for stipends from the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Fund is unchanged. 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 (CHAP0491) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2685ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Presented and ordered printed 19104451D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106586D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Conference report agreed to by House — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance — 160 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on amendment — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Senate amendment rejected by House — 198 (fail) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 71 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with amendment — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education — 201 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Luke E. Torian — primary (person)
  • Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
  • Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
  • Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
  • Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
  • Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
  • Matthew James - Resigned 5/19 — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 19104451D introduction
  • 2019-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2019-01-18 Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-21 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 2019-01-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2019-01-23 Assigned App. sub: Higher Education 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 (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2019-02-07 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
  • 2019-02-15 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-15 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2019-02-15 Committee substitute rejected 19106586D-S1
  • 2019-02-15 Passed by for the day
  • 2019-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-18 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2019-02-18 Amendment by Senator Newman agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2019-02-18 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2019-02-19 Placed on Calendar
  • 2019-02-19 Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 98-N)
  • 2019-02-20 Senate requested conference committee
  • 2019-02-21 House acceded to request
  • 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2019-02-24 Amended by conference committee
  • 2019-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
  • 2019-03-07 Enrolled
  • 2019-03-07 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-03-09 Signed by President
  • 2019-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
  • 2019-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 491 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1fc2486f-3e0a-47f8-84b9-b4e239f2cd9d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).