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type: "Bill"
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title: "Flag at half staff or mast; public safety personnel."
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description: "Expands the category of flags required to be flown at half staff or mast when a service member, police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services provider is killed in the line of duty to include flags flown at any building owned and operated by any political subdivision of the Commonwealth. In addition, the bill adds state correctional officers to the list of public safety personnel for whom such flags are flown at half staff or mast."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1720"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1720 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Boundaries", "Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Police"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard L. Anderson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-07"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25584e2a-eb05-45bb-b1d1-0664effb3c64"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1720"
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source_hash: "95e96eec130b35d6fca374ebbd51bcf44c8ea397843aa7e2ce4eac83cd016259"
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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 HB 1720 (2017) — Flag at half staff or mast; public safety personnel.
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Expands the category of flags required to be flown at half staff or mast when a service member, police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services provider is killed in the line of duty to include flags flown at any building owned and operated by any political subdivision of the Commonwealth. In addition, the bill adds state correctional officers to the list of public safety personnel for whom such flags are flown at half staff or mast.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0344)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1720ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1720ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104759D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1720H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103040D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1720)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Richard L. Anderson — primary (person)
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- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
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- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103040D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-07** Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Assigned MPPS sub: #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 17104759D-H1
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- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1720H1
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- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-16** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-16** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-16** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-20** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-20** Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 344 (effective 7/1/17) `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/25584e2a-eb05-45bb-b1d1-0664effb3c64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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