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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 Department ofMilitary 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 funding amount for such recruitment shall be at the discretion ofthe Adjutant General and the Department of Military Affairs and notexceed $50,000 per fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 256"
citation: "Virginia SB 256 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cacb621-c35f-4528-ad39-ea4334a9c802"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB256"
source_hash: "924cbf69e2ab6d7374a5fe5feeb4256ad735b1aada56a3a343284ba03fa140f7"
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 SB 256 (2022) — Virginia National Guard; Dept. of Military Affairs may utilize grant funding to recruit.
Department of Military Affairs; institutionsof higher education; recruitment. Authorizes the Department ofMilitary 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 funding amount for such recruitment shall be at the discretion ofthe Adjutant General and the Department of Military Affairs and notexceed $50,000 per fiscal year.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0691** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0691)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106182D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB256S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22106811D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB256H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102443D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB256)
5. **SB256ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB256ER)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John J. Bell — primary (person)
- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102443D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Assigned Education sub: Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-20** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB256)
- **2022-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Committee substitute printed 22106182D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB256S1)
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 22106182D-S1
- **2022-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB256S1
- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Committee substitute printed 22106811D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB256H1)
- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 22106811D-H1
- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB256H1
- **2022-02-28** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Title replaced 22106811D-H1
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB256ER)
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 691 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cacb621-c35f-4528-ad39-ea4334a9c802`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).