Honorary diplomas; requires Board of Education award to certain veterans of Vietnam War. (HB1767)

Introduced By

Sen. Roz Dance (D-Petersburg)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Certain honorary diplomas. Requires that the Board of Education award an honorary high school diploma to veterans of the Vietnam War who, as secondary school students, enlisted or were drafted to serve in any branch of the United States Armed Forces during the war between 1959 and 1975, and were unable to complete their secondary education upon return to civilian life. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/08/2009Committee
01/08/2009Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 094168484
01/08/2009Referred to Committee on Education
01/20/2009Impact statement from DPB (HB1767)
01/26/2009Assigned Education sub: Students and Daycare
01/26/2009Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
01/28/2009Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2009Committee substitute printed 093409484-H1
01/29/2009Read first time
01/30/2009Read second time
01/30/2009Committee substitute agreed to 093409484-H1
01/30/2009Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1767H1
02/02/2009Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/02/2009VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2009Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
02/02/2009Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/02/2009VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2009Impact statement from DPB (HB1767H1)
02/03/2009Constitutional reading dispensed
02/03/2009Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/12/2009Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2009Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2009Read third time
02/16/2009Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2009Enrolled
02/18/2009Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1767ER)
02/18/2009Impact statement from DPB (HB1767ER)
02/18/2009Signed by Speaker
02/18/2009Signed by President
02/25/2009G Approved by Governor-Chapter 66 (effective 7/1/09)
02/25/2009G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0066)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 1 minute.