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type: "Bill"
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title: "National Guard; employment protections."
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description: "Extends the rights regarding (i) leaves of absence from nongovernmental employment, (ii) reemployment, and (iii) employment nondiscrimination that are currently provided to members of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force and residents of Virginia who are members of the National Guard of another state to any person who is a member of the National Guard of another state who is employed or seeking employment in Virginia."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 146"
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citation: "Virginia HB 146 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Armed Forces", "Military and Emergency Laws"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Cole"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-12-19"
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last_action: "2018-03-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20dac63e-5b04-4473-b2ae-d6cc4f2ed163"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB146"
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source_hash: "714ed3f8e512641a3fb0a69360c28fd873beac9266d71a3db9ba16008fdd9658"
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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 146 (2018) — National Guard; employment protections.
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Extends the rights regarding (i) leaves of absence from nongovernmental employment, (ii) reemployment, and (iii) employment nondiscrimination that are currently provided to members of the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force and residents of Virginia who are members of the National Guard of another state to any person who is a member of the National Guard of another state who is employed or seeking employment in Virginia.
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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. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB146ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB146ER)
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2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102430D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB146)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Mark L. Cole — primary (person)
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- Cheryl B. Turpin — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-12-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102430D `introduction`
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- **2017-12-19** Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-15** Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2018-02-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2018-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
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- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
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- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 216 (effective 7/1/18) `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/20dac63e-5b04-4473-b2ae-d6cc4f2ed163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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