republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1279.md

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Bill	Veterans Services, Department of; initiatives to reduce unemployment among veterans.	Department of Veterans Services; initiativesto reduce unemployment among veterans; comprehensive transition program.Requires the Department of Veterans Services to develop a comprehensiveprogram to assist military service members, veterans, and their spousesin making a successful transition from military to civilian life in Virginia. The program promotes strategies and services for connectingtransitioning service members, veterans, and spouses to local, regional,state, and federal employment resources in Virginia, including (i)skills and workforce assessments and (ii) internship and apprenticeship programs. The bill also requires that the program prioritize assistanceto military service members, veterans, and their spouses who havenot sought services from or do not qualify for services under certainfederal programs administered by the Commonwealth.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1279	Virginia SB 1279 (2021)	bill		enacted	John J. Bell	3	29	10	2021-01-11	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/c0b23a25-916c-40a6-83e4-b5e2e7684b28	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1279	73157a1f564e94ef59aa236095d925ac88d3da008a439e07fc46366e10db66db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1279 (2021) — Veterans Services, Department of; initiatives to reduce unemployment among veterans.

Department of Veterans Services; initiativesto reduce unemployment among veterans; comprehensive transition program.Requires the Department of Veterans Services to develop a comprehensiveprogram to assist military service members, veterans, and their spousesin making a successful transition from military to civilian life in Virginia. The program promotes strategies and services for connectingtransitioning service members, veterans, and spouses to local, regional,state, and federal employment resources in Virginia, including (i)skills and workforce assessments and (ii) internship and apprenticeship programs. The bill also requires that the program prioritize assistanceto military service members, veterans, and their spouses who havenot sought services from or do not qualify for services under certainfederal programs administered by the Commonwealth.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0247 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101920D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB1279ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• John J. Bell — primary (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101920D introduction
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB1279)
• 2021-01-20 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-20 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-01 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-01 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-05 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 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-16 Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-19 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-19 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-24 Enrolled
• 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB1279ER)
• 2021-02-24 Signed by President
• 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
• 2021-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 247 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0b23a25-916c-40a6-83e4-b5e2e7684b28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).