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
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 21, 2022
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
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
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
Co
A.C. Cordoza
RRepublican
Co
AC
Amanda Chase
RRepublican
Co
Bill Wiley
RRepublican
Co
Bryce Reeves
RRepublican
Co
Chris Runion
RRepublican
Co
David Reid
DDemocratic
Co
Dawn Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Ellen Campbell
RRepublican
Co
Emily Jordan
RRepublican
Co
FR
Frank Ruff
RRepublican
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