Virginia Senate Bill 297 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Passed on March 27 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-04-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754)

Department of Veterans Services; mental health and rehabilitative services. Requires that the Department of Veterans Services, the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services and the Department of Rehabilitative Services to cooperate in establishing a program to monitor and coordinate mental health and rehabilitative services support for Virginia veterans and members of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia residents in the Armed Forces Reserves not in active federal service. This bill incorporates

Veterans; Commissioner et al., to establish comprehensive program to address mental health needs.

Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Stephen Martin [R]	Sen. Donald McEachin [D]	Sen. Phillip Puckett [D]
Sen. Linda Puller [D]	Sen. Roscoe Reynolds [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-04-14		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754)
2008-03-27		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 754 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-03-11		Senate: Signed by President
2008-03-08		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-03-08		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB297ER)
2008-03-08		Senate: Enrolled
2008-03-05		Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2008-03-03		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
2008-03-03		House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2008-03-03		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB297H1
2008-03-03		House: Committee substitute agreed to 082424304-H1
2008-03-03		House: Read third time
2008-02-29		House: Read second time
2008-02-28		House: Committee substitute printed 082424304-H1
2008-02-27		House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (23-Y 0-N)
2008-02-26		House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety (Sherwood)
2008-02-13		House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2008-02-13		House: Read first time
2008-02-13		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-08		Senate: Communicated to House
2008-02-08		Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-08		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-08		Senate: Printed as engrossed 084082304-ES1
2008-02-08		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB297ES1
2008-02-08		Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
2008-02-08		Senate: Reading of amendments waived
2008-02-08		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 084082304-S1
2008-02-08		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2008-02-08		Senate: Read second time
2008-02-07		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2008-02-06		Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (16-Y 0-N)
2008-01-24		Senate: Rereferred to Finance
2008-01-24		Senate: Committee substitute printed 084082304-S1
2008-01-24		Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2008-01-16		Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Care
2008-01-08		Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2008-01-08		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084016304

SB304 (Same As) 2010-01-19 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-N)
HB475 (Same As) 2008-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB297