HB 2672 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Virginia War Memorial; names & homes of Virginians on Shrine of Memory, "Missing in Action" names.

Summary
Provides that only the names and homes of record designation of those Virginians "Killed in Action" (i) as a result of military operations against terrorism, (ii) as a result of a terrorist act, or (iii) in any armed conflict after December 6, 1941, can be placed on the Shrine of Memory on the grounds of the Virginia War Memorial. The names and homes of record designation of all Virginians "Missing in Action" as a result of the Vietnam War and all other Virginians who served honorably but do not meet the criteria for placement on the Shrine of Memory, are required to be honored elsewhere at the Virginia War Memorial. The bill also provides that the Board of Veterans Services will advise the Department of Veterans Services on policies related to the War Memorial. This advisory authority currently rests with the Virginia War Memorial Board. This bill is identical to
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 13, 2019 Signed Mar 8, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2019

How they voted

360
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 13, 2019
D Democratic16
16 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 8, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 312 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 13, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 13, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 13, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19103704D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Betsy Carr
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
VA
78