Virginia Senate Bill 259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-11-30 - Left in Finance
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility. Extends the benefits of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to the spouse or child of a veteran with at least a 90 percent permanent, service-related disability. Under current law, the spouse or child would be eligible for benefits only if the veteran's disability was incurred during military operations against terrorism, on a peacekeeping mission, as a result of a terrorist act, or in any armed conflict.

Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; extends benefits of Program.

Sen. Richard Stuart [R]

Sen. John Cosgrove [R]

2018-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2019 in Finance (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-11-30	Senate	Left in Finance
2018-02-07	Senate	Continued to 2019 in Finance (16-Y 0-N)
2018-02-01	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2018-02-01	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2018-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2018-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100276D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	1	608	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB259
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB259+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S04C0129+SB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S05C0201+SB0259