HB 2206 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Virginia Veteran and Family Support program; established, report.

Summary
Updates the purposes and priorities of the Virginia Veteran and Family Support program to, in a cost-effective manner, refer veterans to mental health, physical rehabilitation, and other services as needed to help them achieve individually identified goals and to monitor their progress toward achieving those goals. The program is available to veterans and members of the Virginia National Guard in the Commonwealth, residents of the Commonwealth in the Armed Forces Reserves who are not in active federal service, and family members of covered military members who have been affected by the covered military members' service and deployments and who are located in the Commonwealth. The bill requires an annual report on the program be sent to the Governor and the General Assembly.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 11, 2017 Signed Mar 13, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 13, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 497 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 6, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 16, 2017
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101851D
legislature
1 primary · 41 co-sponsors

Sponsors