Benefit awareness & access prog.; establishes, military service members' transition to civilian life.

Voted 7/21/2026View source

Summary

Department of Veterans Services; benefit awareness and access; program. Establishes an outreach program to ensure military service members transitioning from military to civilian life, veterans, members of the Virginia National Guard, residents of the Commonwealth in the Armed Forces Reserves, and their family members can easily access federal, state, and local benefits and other programs and services available to them. The bill requires the outcomes of such program to be published in the annual report submitted to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, the Governor, and the General Assembly.

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Docket history

Action history

7/21/2026Continued from last session
3/3/2026Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2/25/2026Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2/19/2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB514)
2/17/2026Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2/17/2026Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2/16/2026Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
2/16/2026Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
2/16/2026Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
2/13/2026Read second time and engrossed