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| Bill | Honor Guard Grant Program; Department of Veterans Services to establish. | Department of Veterans Services; Honor Guard Grant Program established. Requires the Department of Veterans Services to establish the Honor Guard Grant Program for the purpose of providing grants to veteran service organizations, defined in the bill, to offset expenses incurred by the organizations and members of the organizations' honor guards in providing honor guard burial details at the funerals of veterans in the Commonwealth, including expenses for training, transportation, food, equipment, and supplies. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 108 | Virginia HB 108 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 108 (2026) — Honor Guard Grant Program; Department of Veterans Services to establish.
Department of Veterans Services; Honor Guard Grant Program established. Requires the Department of Veterans Services to establish the Honor Guard Grant Program for the purpose of providing grants to veteran service organizations, defined in the bill, to offset expenses incurred by the organizations and members of the organizations' honor guards in providing honor guard burial details at the funerals of veterans in the Commonwealth, including expenses for training, transportation, food, equipment, and supplies.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jason S. Ballard — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104102D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-02 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-27 Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-27 Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
referral-committee - 2026-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-06 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB108)
- 2026-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-11 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-05 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-05 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-09 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB108ER)
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB108)
- 2026-03-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 65 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25c4da96-3317-4a80-8b9b-ea4c3bbbc1a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).