HB 17 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Military honor guards and veterans service organizations; paramilitary activities, exception.

Summary
Military honor guards and veterans service organizations; paramilitary activities; exception. Exempts members of a lawfully recognized military color guard, honor guard, or similar organization, and members of a veterans service organization that is congressionally chartered or officially recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, when such member is participating in a training or educational exercise, funeral, or public ceremony on behalf of such military color guard, honor guard, or similar organization or veterans service organization, from the crime of unlawful paramilitary activity unless such member engages in such activity with malicious intent. This bill is identical to SB 618.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Dec 23, 2021 Signed Apr 1, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 21, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2022

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 21, 2022
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Apr 1, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 38 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 21, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB17E
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 18, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Dec 23, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 23, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100634D
lower
1 primary · 21 co-sponsors

Sponsors