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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterans Services Foundation; powers and duties, appointment of Executive Director, report."
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description: "Requires the Veterans Services Foundation to provide an annual report on its funding levels and services to the General Assembly. The bill also (i) authorizes the board of trustees of the Foundation to appoint an Executive Director, (ii) clarifies that the Foundation may make direct requests for appropriations from the General Assembly, (iii) clarifies that only the unrestricted portion of the Veterans Services Fund may be used for Foundation expenses, (iv) requires the Department of Veterans Services to provide qualified finance and development personnel to perform the duties of the treasurer and secretary of the Foundation, and (iv) provides that expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made upon written authorization of the Executive Director with the approval of the board of trustees. The bill requires that allocations and expenditures of donated restricted funds be in accordance with cited provisions of the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act relating to the standard of conduct in managing and investing institutional funds."
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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 2148"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2148 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Armed Forces", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2017-01-11"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fad05f1e-0838-489e-a39d-b1388c42fabb"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2148"
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source_hash: "e282142c6925356433462bf3a086d7e9c539afdb3e9c99d4c70caf8c999532c0"
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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 2148 (2017) — Veterans Services Foundation; powers and duties, appointment of Executive Director, report.
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Requires the Veterans Services Foundation to provide an annual report on its funding levels and services to the General Assembly. The bill also (i) authorizes the board of trustees of the Foundation to appoint an Executive Director, (ii) clarifies that the Foundation may make direct requests for appropriations from the General Assembly, (iii) clarifies that only the unrestricted portion of the Veterans Services Fund may be used for Foundation expenses, (iv) requires the Department of Veterans Services to provide qualified finance and development personnel to perform the duties of the treasurer and secretary of the Foundation, and (iv) provides that expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made upon written authorization of the Executive Director with the approval of the board of trustees. The bill requires that allocations and expenditures of donated restricted funds be in accordance with cited provisions of the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act relating to the standard of conduct in managing and investing institutional funds.
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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 (CHAP0622)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0622)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2148ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2148ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101126D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2148)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws — **15–7** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **66–30** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **4–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
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- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank W. Wagner — cosponsor (person)
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- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Mark Dudenhefer — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Scott Lingamfelter — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
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- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101126D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-16** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House (66-Y 30-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2017-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-22** Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 622 (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/fad05f1e-0838-489e-a39d-b1388c42fabb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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