Virginia House Bill 1759 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-2)
Status: Passed on March 23 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services; workgroup; statewide strategic plan; report. Directs the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to convene a workgroup to study and develop recommendations for implementing a statewide strategic plan to guide legislation to make Virginia the best state for veterans. The Commissioner or his designee shall serve as chairman and be responsible for conducting the meetings of the workgroup, developing key performance indicators that can be compared with those of other states in determining veterans' quality of life, and reporting the workgroup's findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology. Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services; workgroup; statewide strategic plan; report. Directs the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to convene a workgroup to study and develop recommendations for implementing a statewide strategic plan to guide legislation to make Virginia the best state for veterans. The Commissioner or his designee shall serve as chairman and be responsible for conducting the meetings of the workgroup, developing key performance indicators that can be compared with those of other states in determining veterans' quality of life, and reporting the workgroup's findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology.

Veterans; Commissioner of Dept. of Veterans Services to study strategic plan making VA. the best.

Del. David Reid [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]
Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. David Bulova [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]
Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]	Del. Jackie Glass [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]
Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]
Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Candi Mundon King [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]
Del. Marcia Price [D]	Sen. Danica Roem [D]	Del. Holly Seibold [D]	Del. Briana Sewell [D]
Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]
Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Kim Taylor [R]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg [D]
Del. Jeion Ward [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Del. Wren Williams [R]	Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2023-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)
2023-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 407 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-24	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1759ER)
2023-02-24	House	Enrolled
2023-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-17	Senate	Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-06	House	Printed as engrossed 23100317D-E
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1759E
2023-02-06	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-03	House	Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
2023-02-01	House	Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
2023-01-31	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2023-01-31	House	Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2023-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N)
2023-01-18	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100317D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1759
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1759+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1759E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1759ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0407+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104751A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB1759AH
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1759F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1759FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1759FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1101V0026+HB1759
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H11V0052+HB1759
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H02V0097+HB1759
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1509+HB1759
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S10V0098+HB1759
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0630HB1759+HB1759
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0679HB1759+HB1759