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Bill	Space Force; extension of certain benefits and privileges for persons serving in Armed Forces.	Space Force; extension of certain benefits andprivileges for persons serving in a branch of the Armed Forces. Amends several provisions of law related to certain benefits andprivileges available to persons serving or having served in a branchof the Armed Forces to include the Space Force as an eligible branch.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 738	Virginia HB 738 (2024)	bill		enacted	Briana D. Sewell	5	37	8	2024-01-09	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/2d4899b5-f1d3-4c4c-a58b-244cbbb75cd1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB738	7dbedabd017c5ef57a0253c559bcb0d3e5f9ff3b1e1d956b0cf94c9fcc7d1d06	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 738 (2024) — Space Force; extension of certain benefits and privileges for persons serving in Armed Forces.

Space Force; extension of certain benefits andprivileges for persons serving in a branch of the Armed Forces. Amends several provisions of law related to certain benefits andprivileges available to persons serving or having served in a branchof the Armed Forces to include the Space Force as an eligible branch.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0817 (committee substitute) — source
2. Governor's substitute printed 24108766D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB738ER (committee substitute) — source
4. HB738ER2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101018D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
• Bill Wiley — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101018D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-31 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-02 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB738)
• 2024-02-14 Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-22 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-22 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB738ER) passage
• 2024-02-22 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB738ER)
• 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-08 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2024-03-08 Governor's substitute printed 24108766D-H1
• 2024-03-09 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-03-09 Passed by until Reconvene, Wednesday, April 17, 2024
• 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB738ER2) enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 817 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
• 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0817)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d4899b5-f1d3-4c4c-a58b-244cbbb75cd1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).