republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-210.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia National Guard; Dept. of Military Affairs may utilize grant funding to recruit."
description: "Department of Military Affairs; institutionsof higher education; recruitment. Authorizes the Departmentof Military Affairs to utilize grant funding for which active membersof the Virginia National Guard who attend any public institutionof higher education or accredited nonprofit private institution ofhigher education and meet other certain requirements are eligibleunder current law in order to recruit qualified applicants for servicein the Virginia National Guard. The bill states that the yearly fundingamount for such recruitment shall be at the discretion of the AdjutantGeneral and the Department of Military Affairs and not exceed $50,000per fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 210"
citation: "Virginia HB 210 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily M. Brewer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2875c9c1-e541-4a5d-bc70-5210c9a25993"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB210"
source_hash: "0219f235bbb01a68b5e82e29ce7ad08039064c266208e4e4044cc5750cd51f5d"
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 210 (2022) — Virginia National Guard; Dept. of Military Affairs may utilize grant funding to recruit.

Department of Military Affairs; institutionsof higher education; recruitment. Authorizes the Departmentof Military Affairs to utilize grant funding for which active membersof the Virginia National Guard who attend any public institutionof higher education or accredited nonprofit private institution ofhigher education and meet other certain requirements are eligibleunder current law in order to recruit qualified applicants for servicein the Virginia National Guard. The bill states that the yearly fundingamount for such recruitment shall be at the discretion of the AdjutantGeneral and the Department of Military Affairs and not exceed $50,000per fiscal year.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0748** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0748)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22107375D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB210S1)
3. **Governor's substitute printed 22108119D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB210H1)
4. **HB210ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB210ER)
5. **HB210ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB210ER2)
6. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102438D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB210)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily M. Brewer — primary (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102438D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-24** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB210)
- **2022-01-26** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** Read third time and passed House Block Vote (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Committee substitute printed 22107375D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB210S1)
- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-08** Committee substitute agreed to 22107375D-S1
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB210S1
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107375D-S1 (96-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB210ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-11** Governor's substitute printed 22108119D-H1
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB210ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 748 (effective 7/1/22) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2875c9c1-e541-4a5d-bc70-5210c9a25993`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).