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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Veteran and Family Support program; established, report."
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description: "Updates the purposes and priorities of the Virginia Veteran and Family Support program to, in a cost-effective manner, refer veterans to mental health, physical rehabilitation, and other services as needed to help them achieve individually identified goals and to monitor their progress toward achieving those goals. The program is available to veterans and members of the Virginia National Guard in the Commonwealth, residents of the Commonwealth in the Armed Forces Reserves who are not in active federal service, and family members of covered military members who have been affected by the covered military members' service and deployments and who are located in the Commonwealth. The bill requires an annual report on the program be sent to the Governor and the General Assembly."
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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 2206"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2206 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Administration of Government", "Armed Forces", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["M. Kirkland Cox"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-11"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8df77bdd-0114-4ba6-a0b4-a66caddf633b"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2206"
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source_hash: "562cd1cc0d79c1b3fd82ad12f756b8c31ad8d35c2b54e6ab0f74667824de3117"
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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 2206 (2017) — Virginia Veteran and Family Support program; established, report.
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Updates the purposes and priorities of the Virginia Veteran and Family Support program to, in a cost-effective manner, refer veterans to mental health, physical rehabilitation, and other services as needed to help them achieve individually identified goals and to monitor their progress toward achieving those goals. The program is available to veterans and members of the Virginia National Guard in the Commonwealth, residents of the Commonwealth in the Armed Forces Reserves who are not in active federal service, and family members of covered military members who have been affected by the covered military members' service and deployments and who are located in the Commonwealth. The bill requires an annual report on the program be sent to the Governor and the General Assembly.
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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 (CHAP0497)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0497)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2206ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2206ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101851D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2206)
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## Votes
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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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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- M. Kirkland Cox — primary (person)
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- Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
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- Benjamin L. Cline — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher E. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
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- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
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- G. Manoli Loupassi — cosponsor (person)
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- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackson H. Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
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- James M. LeMunyon — cosponsor (person)
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- James P. "Jimmie" Massie, III — cosponsor (person)
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- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- John M. O'Bannon, III — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Mark Dudenhefer — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Scott Lingamfelter — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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- Les R. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Riley E. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert G. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
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- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
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- Todd E. Pillion — 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 17101851D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-16** Assigned App. sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 497 (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/8df77bdd-0114-4ba6-a0b4-a66caddf633b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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