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HB108Introduced in the House of Delegates

Honor Guard Grant Program; Department of Veterans Services to establish.

Passed

Introduced by Jason Ballard, District 42

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Department of Veterans Services; Honor Guard Grant Program established. Requires the Department of Veterans Services to establish the Honor Guard Grant Program for the purpose of providing grants to veteran service organizations, defined in the bill, to offset expenses incurred by the organizations and members of the organizations' honor guards in providing honor guard burial details at the funerals of veterans in the Commonwealth, including expenses for training, transportation, food, equipment, and supplies.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065)

April 6, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · March 9, 2026

40

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1Yes
Mark Obenshain2Yes
Chris Head3Yes
David Suetterlein4Yes
Travis Hackworth5Yes
Todd Pillion6Yes
William Stanley7Yes
Mark Peake8Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104102D

  2. Referred to Committee on General Laws

  3. Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process

  4. Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N)

  5. Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)

  6. Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety

  7. Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)

  8. Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)

  9. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB108)

  10. Read first time

  11. Read second time and engrossed

  12. Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)

  13. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  14. Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

  15. Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)

  16. Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

  17. Rules suspended

  18. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  19. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  20. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  21. Read third time

  22. Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  23. Enrolled

  24. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB108ER)

  25. Signed by Speaker

  26. Signed by President

  27. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB108)

  28. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026

  29. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  30. Approved by Governor-Chapter 65 (effective 7/1/2026)

  31. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065)

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