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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act; members of Space Force."
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description: "Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act;Space Force; deployment. Adds members of the Space Force to thelist of service members included in the definition of deploying parentor guardian for the purposes of the Virginia Military Parents EqualProtection Act."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 194"
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citation: "Virginia HB 194 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marty Martinez"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-03"
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last_action: "2024-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c27a8f3-4704-4da3-954e-f1b80b529415"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB194"
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source_hash: "bf9a7a268876450fa309ab1cbaf75ae5ff2c1b6b629d07e19d697ec78b456c91"
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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 194 (2024) — Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act; members of Space Force.
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Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act;Space Force; deployment. Adds members of the Space Force to thelist of service members included in the definition of deploying parentor guardian for the purposes of the Virginia Military Parents EqualProtection Act.
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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. **CHAP0022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0022)
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2. **HB194ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB194ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102450D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB194)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102450D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-25** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-01-26** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-26** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-01-29** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB194ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 22 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022)
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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/9c27a8f3-4704-4da3-954e-f1b80b529415`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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