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type: "Bill"
title: "Military Spouse Liaison; position created in Department of Veterans Services, report."
description: "Department of Veterans Services; Military Spouse Liaison; position created. Establishes the position of Military Spouse Liaison (the Liaison) in the Department of Veterans Services to conduct outreach and advocate on behalf of military spouses in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Liaison to report by December 1 of each year through the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, the Governor, and the General Assembly on the work of the Liaison and any legislative recommendations. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1150"
citation: "Virginia SB 1150 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer A. Kiggans"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/451a4521-c14d-494c-a87f-214e4ba1493a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1150"
source_hash: "1ec7950d332653cec32c46db127b49b5ea886c12fad2858d8ddefc7af4961c93"
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 1150 (2021) — Military Spouse Liaison; position created in Department of Veterans Services, report.
Department of Veterans Services; Military Spouse Liaison; position created. Establishes the position of Military Spouse Liaison (the Liaison) in the Department of Veterans Services to conduct outreach and advocate on behalf of military spouses in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Liaison to report by December 1 of each year through the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, the Governor, and the General Assembly on the work of the Liaison and any legislative recommendations. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0309** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0309)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101031D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1150)
3. **Printed as engrossed 21101031D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1150E)
4. **SB1150ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1150ER)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **961** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — **71** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) — **201** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage #2 (97-Y 0-N 1-A) — **960** (pass) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jennifer A. Kiggans — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
- Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101031D `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-13** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1150)
- **2021-01-26** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Reading of amendment waived
- **2021-01-28** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-01-28** Reading of amendment waived
- **2021-01-28** Amendment by Senator Kiggans agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1150E
- **2021-01-28** Printed as engrossed 21101031D-E
- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB1150E)
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws
- **2021-02-09** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
- **2021-02-11** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2021-02-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-16** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-02-24** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2021-02-24** Passed House with amendments (97-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-24** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
- **2021-02-24** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- **2021-02-24** Passed House with amendments (97-Y 0-N1-A) `passage`
- **2021-02-24** VOTE: Passage #2 (97-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2021-02-25** House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
- **2021-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB1150ER)
- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 309 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/451a4521-c14d-494c-a87f-214e4ba1493a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).