republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/sb-1241.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	SB 1241	Virginia SB 1241 (2019)	bill	Administration of Government Armed Forces Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally	enacted	Bryce E. Reeves	3	15	5	2019-01-05	2019-02-19	openstates	ocd-bill/dfddeea7-2fd9-4f7d-a75c-2ca1c5d55b16	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1241	0212e48fc8debb9a09d91283a27e25b7dc5ff06996d4652864b123941d23e6fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1241 (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.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0040) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1241ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101671D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws — 21–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101671D introduction
• 2019-01-05 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2019-01-17 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2019-01-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-01-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-08 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-08 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2019-02-11 Enrolled
• 2019-02-11 Signed by President
• 2019-02-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
• 2019-02-12 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
• 2019-02-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 40 (effective 1/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dfddeea7-2fd9-4f7d-a75c-2ca1c5d55b16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).