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type: "Bill"
title: "American Revolution 250 Commission; amends membership and staffing."
description: "American Revolution 250 Commission; membership and staffing. Amends the membership of the American Revolution 250 Commission to allow for the appointment of ex officio members who are directors of historic homes, historic sites, or National Park Service sites or former legislative members of the Commission. The bill also provides for staff of the Commission to serve as the Commission's fiscal agent. This bill is identical to HB 839."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Virginia SB 117 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c220900-78ca-4cd0-b5fb-42ef5daf8793"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB117"
source_hash: "bf01c079d5d6807955bf943b6db7a997a9ba404e6b5ebb51f34d44e5cafe5ced"
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 117 (2024) — American Revolution 250 Commission; amends membership and staffing.
American Revolution 250 Commission; membership and staffing. Amends the membership of the American Revolution 250 Commission to allow for the appointment of ex officio members who are directors of historic homes, historic sites, or National Park Service sites or former legislative members of the Commission. The bill also provides for staff of the Commission to serve as the Commission's fiscal agent. This bill is identical to HB 839.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0401** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0401)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101930D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB117)
3. **SB117ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB117ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — **170** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101930D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-04** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB117)
- **2024-01-26** Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB117ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB117ER)
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 401 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0401)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c220900-78ca-4cd0-b5fb-42ef5daf8793`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).