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type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act; members of Space Force."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 194"
citation: "Virginia HB 194 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marty Martinez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c27a8f3-4704-4da3-954e-f1b80b529415"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB194"
source_hash: "bf9a7a268876450fa309ab1cbaf75ae5ff2c1b6b629d07e19d697ec78b456c91"
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 194 (2024) — Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act; members of Space Force.
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0022)
2. **HB194ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB194ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102450D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB194)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 0-N) — **940** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102450D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25** Passed by for the day
- **2024-01-26** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-26** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB194ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 22 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022)
## Source
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).