SJ 375 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Commending Ruth Anne Walker.

This resolution formally commends Ruth Anne Walker for her contributions. It passed unanimously in both the Senate and House via voice vote as a ceremonial recognition with no policy impact or direct effect on constituents. The bill serves solely as a symbolic gesture of appreciation.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Governor

Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Feb 21, 2025

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Introduced → Enrolled · 3 edits

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This bill is a Senate Joint Resolution (SJ 375) that commends Ruth Anne Walker for her retirement after a distinguished 20-year career with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The primary changes between the introduced and enrolled versions are formatting and layout adjustments rather than substantive policy changes. The enrolled version includes additional spacing, page breaks, and final approval dates from both legislative chambers, while the core commendation language remains unchanged.

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Removed introductory metadata including session year, introduction date, and bill number that appeared at the top of the introduced version

Added formatting elements including extra spacing, page breaks, and final approval dates showing Senate agreement on February 19, 2025 and House of Delegates agreement on February 20, 2025

Changed the bill title from 'Introduced' to 'Enrolled' to reflect its final passage status, and added the enrolled bill number SJ375ER

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How they voted

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

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Committee

Feb 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ375ER)

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Agreed to by House by voice vote

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Agreed to by Senate by voice vote

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Introduced

Presented 25106726D

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors