2025 Regular Session • Virginia Legislature
SB1251: DVS; powers and duties of Commissioner, identification of incarcerated veterans.
Legislative Summary
Department of Veterans Services; powers and duties of Commissioner; identification of incarcerated veterans. Provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services shall assist the Department of Corrections, sheriffs, and local and regional jails in utilizing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Re-Entry Search Services system to identify veterans incarcerated in state prisons and local and regional jails to help such veterans prepare for release or reentry, reduce recidivism and homelessness, connect such veterans to resources to address the challenges of post-traumatic stress disorder, and divert eligible veterans to treatment dockets. This bill is identical to HB 2071.
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Bill History
1/8/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103625D
Senate
1/8/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Senate
1/15/2025
Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/24/2025
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/27/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
Senate
1/28/2025
Committee substitute printed 25105473D-S1
Senate
1/29/2025
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/29/2025
Committee substitute printed 25106404D-S2
Senate
1/30/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/30/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
Senate
1/30/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
1/31/2025
Read second time
Senate
1/31/2025
Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute rejected
Senate
1/31/2025
Reading of substitute waived
Senate
1/31/2025
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Senate
1/31/2025
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Senate
1/31/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/31/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/31/2025
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/5/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
Senate
2/6/2025
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/6/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/6/2025
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
House of Delegates
2/7/2025
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/7/2025
Committee substitute printed 25106907D-H1
House of Delegates
2/10/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
Senate
2/11/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Read third time
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Public Safety Substitute agreed to
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/14/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
2/17/2025
House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/17/2025
Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/17/2025
House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/19/2025
Enrolled
Senate
2/19/2025
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1251ER)
Senate
2/19/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
2/22/2025
Signed by President
Senate
2/24/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
Senate
3/3/2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
Senate
3/3/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/21/2025
Approved by Governor-Chapter 245 (Effective 07/01/25)
3/21/2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245)
Roll Call Votes
Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2/17/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2/17/2025
38
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2/17/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)
2/12/2025
97
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2/7/2025
21
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
1/31/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
1/31/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
1/30/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
1/29/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
1/24/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
1/15/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(3/21/2025)
Chamber
Senate
