Virginia House Bill 573 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: Passed on April 18 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Flags flown at half staff. Provides that whenever a member of the United States armed forces, Virginia National Guard, Virginia Defense Force, a police officer, a firefighter, or an emergency medical services provider who is a resident of Virginia is killed in the line of duty, state and local flags flown at any building owned by the Commonwealth shall be flown at half staff or mast for one day to honor and acknowledge respect for those who made the supreme sacrifice. The Department of General Services is to develop procedures to effectuate the purposes of the bill.

Uniform Flag Act; flags shall be flown at half-mast for one day to honor fallen Virginians.

Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. Gordon Helsel [R]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Daniel Marshall [R]	Del. James Massie [R]	Del. John O'Bannon [R]	Del. Larry Rush [R]

2012-04-18 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-04-18 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-03-02 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-14 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)
2012-04-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 767 (effective 7/1/12)
2012-04-18		Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
2012-04-18		House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2012-04-18		House: Reenrolled bill text (HB573ER2)
2012-04-18		House: Reenrolled
2012-04-18		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2012-04-18		Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
2012-04-18		House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
2012-04-18		House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
2012-04-17		House: Placed on Calendar
2012-04-09		House: Governor's recommendation received by House
2012-03-08		Senate: Signed by President
2012-03-07		House: Signed by Speaker
2012-03-07		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB573ER)
2012-03-07		House: Enrolled
2012-03-02		House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N)
2012-03-02		House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
2012-03-01		House: Placed on Calendar
2012-02-29		Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
2012-02-29		Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
2012-02-29		Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
2012-02-29		Senate: Reading of amendments waived
2012-02-29		Senate: Read third time
2012-02-28		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2012-02-27		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
2012-02-15		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-02-15		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2012-02-14		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
2012-02-14		House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2012-02-13		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB573H1
2012-02-13		House: Committee substitute agreed to 12105233D-H1
2012-02-13		House: Read second time
2012-02-12		House: Read first time
2012-02-10		House: Committee substitute printed 12105233D-H1
2012-02-10		House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2012-02-06		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
2012-01-18		House: Assigned MPPS sub: #3
2012-01-10		House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2012-01-10		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100552D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	488.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	490	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB573
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB573+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB573H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB573ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB573ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0767+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H1503V0017+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H15V0048+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV0703+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S03V0251+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0718HB0573+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0743HB0573+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV1338+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV1599+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV1177HB0573+HB0573