Virginia Senate Bill 1279 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0247)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Department of Veterans Services; initiatives to reduce unemployment among veterans; comprehensive transition program. Requires the Department of Veterans Services to develop a comprehensive program to assist military service members, veterans, and their spouses in making a successful transition from military to civilian life in Virginia. The program promotes strategies and services for connecting transitioning service members, veterans, and spouses to local, regional, state, and federal employment resources in Virginia, including (i) skills and workforce assessments and (ii) internship and apprenticeship programs. The bill also requires that the program prioritize assistance to military service members, veterans, and their spouses who have not sought services from or do not qualify for services under certain federal programs administered by the Commonwealth.

Veterans Services, Department of; initiatives to reduce unemployment among veterans.

Sen. John Bell [D]

2021-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-16 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-11 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0247)
2021-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 247 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-02-26		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-02-26	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
2021-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-24	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1279ER)
2021-02-24	Senate	Enrolled
2021-02-19	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2021-02-19	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2021-02-19	House	Read third time
2021-02-18	House	Read second time
2021-02-16	House	Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N)
2021-02-11	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2021-02-09	House	Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws by voice vote
2021-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2021-02-05	House	Read first time
2021-02-05	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-01	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2021-01-29	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2021-01-28	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2021-01-27	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2021-01-20	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2021-01-20	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2021-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101920D

SB1279 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in General Laws by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	2001.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1279
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1279+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1279ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0247+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1279F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+SB1279FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S12C0014+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S05C0067+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0161SB1279+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0193SB1279+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0197SB1279+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0198SB1279+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1101V0003+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H11V0021+SB1279
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1753+SB1279