republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-108.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Honor Guard Grant Program; Department of Veterans Services to establish."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 108"
citation: "Virginia HB 108 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Ballard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2026-01-02"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25c4da96-3317-4a80-8b9b-ea4c3bbbc1a5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB108"
source_hash: "89df8024f586ba34ec8c9a7eb7372410be8f53fc56486d69fd72452f669adee2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# 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.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082415.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216190.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208763.PDF)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25c4da96-3317-4a80-8b9b-ea4c3bbbc1a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).