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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia War Memorial; names & homes of Virginians on Shrine of Memory, \"Missing in Action\" names."
description: "Provides that only the names and homes of record designation of those Virginians \"Killed in Action\" (i) as a result of military operations against terrorism, (ii) as a result of a terrorist act, or (iii) in any armed conflict after December 6, 1941, can be placed on the Shrine of Memory on the grounds of the Virginia War Memorial. The names and homes of record designation of all Virginians \"Missing in Action\" as a result of the Vietnam War and all other Virginians who served honorably but do not meet the criteria for placement on the Shrine of Memory, are required to be honored elsewhere at the Virginia War Memorial. The bill also provides that the Board of Veterans Services will advise the Department of Veterans Services on policies related to the War Memorial. This advisory authority currently rests with the Virginia War Memorial Board. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2672"
citation: "Virginia HB 2672 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-13"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f2485a7-c5dd-48d8-88f0-3801efbd88da"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2672"
source_hash: "013e38ede6316d2c70a9e3a4f4180ca07a93b3ee34f1a87d94cba3e9e61e502a"
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 2672 (2019) — Virginia War Memorial; names & homes of Virginians on Shrine of Memory, "Missing in Action" names.
Provides that only the names and homes of record designation of those Virginians "Killed in Action" (i) as a result of military operations against terrorism, (ii) as a result of a terrorist act, or (iii) in any armed conflict after December 6, 1941, can be placed on the Shrine of Memory on the grounds of the Virginia War Memorial. The names and homes of record designation of all Virginians "Missing in Action" as a result of the Vietnam War and all other Virginians who served honorably but do not meet the criteria for placement on the Shrine of Memory, are required to be honored elsewhere at the Virginia War Memorial. The bill also provides that the Board of Veterans Services will advise the Department of Veterans Services on policies related to the War Memorial. This advisory authority currently rests with the Virginia War Memorial Board. This bill is identical to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0312)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0312)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2672ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2672ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19103704D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2672)
## Votes
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws — **210** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-13** Presented and ordered printed 19103704D `introduction`
- **2019-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 312 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f2485a7-c5dd-48d8-88f0-3801efbd88da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).