SB 177 Virginia Senate · 2018 Regular Session

Revolutionary War cemeteries and graves; disbursement of appropriated sums to maintain.

Summary
Authorizes the Comptroller of the Commonwealth to disburse appropriated sums to the Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution for the maintenance of no more than 6,000 Revolutionary War graves set forth on a list submitted annually by the society to the Director of the Department of Historic Resources (the Director). The bill expands the categories of people whose graves may be maintained or marked to include persons rendering service to the Patriot cause in the Revolutionary War. The bill prohibits retroactive disbursements and requires the Director to deposit any funds that have been appropriated for grave maintenance but are not disbursed during the same fiscal year into the Revolutionary War Cemeteries and Graves Fund, which is created by the bill. The bill provides that the Director may use moneys in the Fund to make grants to perform extraordinary maintenance, renovation, repair, or reconstruction of cemeteries or graves or to erect and care for markers, memorials, and monuments.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2018
Governor
Introduced Dec 28, 2017 Last action Mar 9, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
8
Committee
11
Amendments
5
Mar 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
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Mar 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
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Mar 7, 2018
Legislature · Passed
House requested conference committee
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Mar 7, 2018
Introduced
House insisted on amendment
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Mar 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
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Mar 5, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
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Mar 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
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Feb 21, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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Feb 19, 2018
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2
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Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Feb 8, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB177E
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Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment from Finance agreed to
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Feb 8, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
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Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments from General Laws and Technology agreed to
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Feb 8, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
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Jan 29, 2018
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
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Dec 28, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Dec 28, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102612D
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Bill Stanley
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