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| Bill | DVS; powers and duties of Commissioner, identification of incarcerated veterans. | Department of Veterans Services; powers and duties of Commissioner; identification of incarcerated veterans. Provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services shall assist the Department of Corrections, sheriffs, and local and regional jails in utilizing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Re-Entry Search Services system to identify veterans incarcerated in state prisons and local and regional jails to help such veterans prepare for release or reentry, reduce recidivism and homelessness, connect such veterans to resources to address the challenges of post-traumatic stress disorder, and divert eligible veterans to treatment dockets. This bill is identical to HB 2071. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 1251 | Virginia SB 1251 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 1251 (2025) — DVS; powers and duties of Commissioner, identification of incarcerated veterans.
Department of Veterans Services; powers and duties of Commissioner; identification of incarcerated veterans. Provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services shall assist the Department of Corrections, sheriffs, and local and regional jails in utilizing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Re-Entry Search Services system to identify veterans incarcerated in state prisons and local and regional jails to help such veterans prepare for release or reentry, reduce recidivism and homelessness, connect such veterans to resources to address the challenges of post-traumatic stress disorder, and divert eligible veterans to treatment dockets. This bill is identical to HB 2071.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Public Safety Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- SFIN Sub: Public Safety & Claims Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Tara A. Durant — primary (person)
- Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103625D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2025-01-15 Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
referral-committee - 2025-01-24 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
- 2025-01-28 Committee substitute printed 25105473D-S1
substitution - 2025-01-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-29 Committee substitute printed 25106404D-S2
substitution - 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2025-01-30 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-31 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-31 Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute rejected
- 2025-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
- 2025-01-31 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 2025-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-31 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
- 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2025-02-07 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-07 Committee substitute printed 25106907D-H1
substitution - 2025-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
- 2025-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-12 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-12 Public Safety Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-12 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-14 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-17 House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-02-17 Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-02-17 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-02-19 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1251ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-22 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
- 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 245 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0347831-e9da-4a1b-846e-21d3aec5387e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).