Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day; designating as March 30, 2010, & each succeeding year thereafter. (HJ136)

Introduced By

Del. David Bulova (D-Fairfax) with support from 138 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Watkins Abbitt (I-Appomattox), Del. Robin Abbott (D-Newport News), Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield), Del. Rich Anderson (R-Woodbridge), Del. Ward Armstrong (D-Martinsville), Del. Clay Athey (R-Front Royal), Del. Mamye BaCote (D-Newport News), Del. William Barlow (D-Smithfield), Del. Dickie Bell (R-Staunton), Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville), Del. Bob Brink (D-Arlington), Del. Kathy Byron (R-Lynchburg), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Bill Cleaveland (R-Roanoke), Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Barbara Comstock (R-McLean), Del. John A. Cox (R-Ashland), Del. Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights), Del. Anne Crockett-Stark (R-Wytheville), Del. James Edmunds (R-South Boston), Del. David Englin (D-Alexandria), Del. Scott Garrett (R-Lynchburg), Del. Tom Gear (R-Hampton), Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock), Del. Tag Greason (R-Potomac Falls), Del. Morgan Griffith (R-Salem), Del. Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Algie Howell (D-Norfolk), Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Tim Hugo (R-Centreville), Del. Sal Iaquinto (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Riley Ingram (R-Hopewell), Del. Matthew James (D-Portsmouth), Del. Bill Janis (R-Glen Allen), Del. Johnny Joannou (D-Portsmouth), Del. Joseph Johnson (D-Abingdon), Del. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Barry Knight (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave), Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-Oak Hill), Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), Del. Matt Lohr (R-Harrisonburg), Del. Manoli Loupassi (R-Richmond), Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas), Del. Danny Marshall (R-Danville), Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond), Del. Joe May (R-Leesburg), Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond), Del. Don Merricks (R-Danville), Del. Jackson Miller (R-Manassas), Del. Paula Miller (D-Norfolk), Del. Will Morefield (R-North Tazewell), Del. Harvey Morgan (R-Gloucester), Del. Sam Nixon (R-Richmond), Del. Dave Nutter (R-Christiansburg), Del. Glenn Oder (R-Newport News), Del. Bobby Orrock (R-Thornburg), Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond), Del. Chris Peace (R-Mechanicsville), Del. Bud Phillips (D-Castlewood), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Brenda Pogge (R-Williamsburg), Del. Charles Poindexter (R-Glade Hill), Del. Albert Pollard (D-Lively), Del. Bob Purkey (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Lacey Putney (I-Bedford), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), Del. Ed Scott (R-Culpeper), Del. Jim Scott (D-Merrifield), Del. Beverly Sherwood (R-Winchester), Del. Jim Shuler (D-Blacksburg), Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria), Del. Chris Stolle (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Bob Tata (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Luke Torian (D-Woodbridge), Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville), Del. Roslyn Tyler (D-Jarratt), Del. Ron Villanueva (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Jeion Ward (D-Hampton), Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan), Del. Onzlee Ware (D-Roanoke), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Del. Tommy Wright (R-Victoria), Sen. Kenneth Alexander (D-Norfolk), Sen. George Barker (D-Alexandria), Sen. Harry Blevins (R-Chesapeake), Sen. Bill Carrico (R-Grayson), Sen. Chuck Colgan (D-Manassas), Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake), Sen. Roz Dance (D-Petersburg), Sen. Creigh Deeds (D-Charlottesville), Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria), Sen. John Edwards (D-Roanoke), Sen. Emmett Hanger (R-Mount Solon), Sen. Mark Herring (D-Leesburg), Sen. Edd Houck (D-Spotsylvania), Sen. Janet Howell (D-Reston), Sen. Robert Hurt (R-Chatham), Sen. Lynwood Lewis (D-Accomac), Sen. Mamie Locke (D-Hampton), Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth), Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke), Sen. Henry Marsh (D-Richmond), Sen. Steve Martin (R-Chesterfield), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Mechanicsville), Sen. Don McEachin (D-Richmond), Sen. Jeff McWaters (R-Virginia Beach), Sen. John Miller (D-Newport News), Sen. Yvonne Miller (D-Norfolk), Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond), Sen. Steve Newman (R-Forest), Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg), Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk), Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg), Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax), Sen. Phil Puckett (D-Tazewell), Sen. Toddy Puller (D-Mount Vernon), Sen. Fred Quayle (R-Suffolk), Sen. Roscoe Reynolds (D-Martinsville), Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville), Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-Springfield), Sen. Ralph Smith (R-Roanoke), Sen. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake), Sen. Walter Stosch (R-Glen Allen), Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland), Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon), Sen. Patsy Ticer (D-Alexandria), Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Winchester), Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach), Sen. William Wampler (R-Bristol), Sen. John Watkins (R-Midlothian), Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple (D-Arlington)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.  Designates March 30, in 2010 and in each succeeding year, as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day in Virginia to celebrate the service and numerous contributions of the Commonwealths Vietnam-era veterans and to coincide with the national observance of the day. Read the Bill »

Status

03/05/2010: Passed the House

History

DateAction
01/13/2010Committee
01/13/2010Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100390D
01/13/2010Referred to Committee on Rules
01/19/2010Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/21/2010Passed by for the day
01/22/2010Passed by for the day
01/22/2010Introduced bill reprinted 10100390D
01/25/2010Taken up
01/25/2010Engrossed by House
01/25/2010Agreed to by House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
01/25/2010VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/26/2010Reading waived
01/26/2010Referred to Committee on Rules
02/19/2010Assigned Rules sub: #1
02/26/2010Reported from Rules
03/01/2010Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/02/2010Read third time
03/02/2010Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
03/05/2010Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ136ER)

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 45 seconds.

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: SJ42.