VirginiaDVS; powers and duties of Commissioner, identification of incarcerated veterans.
What it does
Department of Veterans Services; powers and duties of Commissioner; identification of incarcerated veterans. Provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services shall assist the Department of Corrections, sheriffs, and local and regional jails in utilizing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Re-Entry Search Services system to identify veterans incarcerated in state prisons and local and regional jails to help such veterans prepare for release or reentry, reduce recidivism and homelessness, connect such veterans to resources to address the challenges of post-traumatic stress disorder, and divert eligible veterans to treatment dockets. This bill is identical to HB 2071.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 21Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245)Latest
- Mar 21Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 245 (Effective 07/01/25)Became Law
- Mar 3Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 3Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025Minor
- Feb 24Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
- Feb 22Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 19Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 19Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1251ER)Major
- Feb 19EnrolledMinor
- Feb 17House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 17Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 17House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 14Passed by for the day
- Feb 12Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Passed House (97-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 12Public Safety Substitute agreed to
- Feb 12Read third timeMinor
- Feb 11Read second timeMinor
- Feb 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
- Feb 7Committee substitute printed 25106907D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 7Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 6Referred to Committee on Public SafetyMinor
- Feb 6Read first timeMinor
- Feb 6Placed on Calendar
- Feb 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
- Jan 31Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 31Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Jan 31Rules suspended
- Jan 31Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Jan 31Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Jan 31Reading of substitute waived
- Jan 31Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute rejected
- Jan 31Read second timeMinor
- Jan 30Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 30Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- Jan 30Rules suspended
- Jan 29Committee substitute printed 25106404D-S2Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 29Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 28Committee substitute printed 25105473D-S1Major
- Jan 27Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
- Jan 24Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 15Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Rereferred from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on General Laws and TechnologyMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103625DIntroduced