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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterans Services, Department of; initiatives to reduce unemployment among veterans."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1279"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1279 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2021-01-11"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0b23a25-916c-40a6-83e4-b5e2e7684b28"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1279"
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source_hash: "73157a1f564e94ef59aa236095d925ac88d3da008a439e07fc46366e10db66db"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1279 (2021) — Veterans Services, Department of; initiatives to reduce unemployment among veterans.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0247** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0247)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101920D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1279)
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3. **SB1279ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1279ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Bell — primary (person)
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- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101920D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1279)
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- **2021-01-20** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-20** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-01** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws
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- **2021-02-09** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-16** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-19** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1279ER)
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- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
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- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 247 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0b23a25-916c-40a6-83e4-b5e2e7684b28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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