Benefit awareness & access prog.; establishes, military service members transition to civilian life.
Summary
Department of Veterans Services; benefit awareness and access; program. Establishes an outreach program to ensure military service members transitioning from military to civilian life, veterans, members of the Virginia National Guard, residents of the Commonwealth in the Armed Forces Reserves, and their family members can easily access federal, state, and local benefits and other programs and services available to them. The bill requires the outcomes of such program to be published in the annual report submitted to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, the Governor, and the General Assembly.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Mar 3, 2026
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 16, 2026
How they voted
85–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 88
Feb 16, 2026
D
Democratic53
98% Yea
R
Republican35
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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