SB 571 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Disabled Veterans Family Passport; established, free entry into state parks and discounted services.

Summary
Department of Conservation and Recreation; Disabled Veteran's Family Passport; free entry into state parks and discounted services. Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish a Disabled Veteran's Family Passport that entitles the bearer to enter state parks in the Commonwealth without the payment of a parking or admission fee. The bill provides that the Passport will be issued upon request to any immediate family member, as defined in the bill, of a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States who provides certain documentation to the Department. The bill authorizes the Department to require passport holders to re-certify such documentation no more than once every five years.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Last action Feb 3, 2026
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Jan 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
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Jan 14, 2026
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Glen Sturtevant
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