Uniform Flag Act; flags shall be flown at half-mast for one day to honor fallen Virginians. (HB573)

Introduced By

Del. Danny Marshall (R-Danville) with support from 7 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Gordon Helsel (R-Poquoson), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond), Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond), Del. Nick Rush (R-Christiansburg)

Progress

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

Description

Uniform Flag Act.  Provides that whenever a member of the United States armed forces, a police officer, or a firefighter who is a resident of Virginia is killed in the line of duty, all flags, national, state, and local, flown at any building owned by the Commonwealth shall be flown at half staff or mast for one day to honor and acknowledge respect for those who made the supreme sacrifice. The Department of Veterans Services and the Department of State Police are to work together to develop procedures to effectuate the purposes of the bill. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/10/2012Committee
01/10/2012Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100552D
01/10/2012Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
01/18/2012Assigned MPPS sub: #3
01/23/2012Impact statement from DPB (HB573)
02/06/2012Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
02/10/2012Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2012Committee substitute printed 12105233D-H1
02/12/2012Read first time
02/13/2012Read second time
02/13/2012Committee substitute agreed to 12105233D-H1
02/13/2012Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB573H1
02/14/2012Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/14/2012VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2012Constitutional reading dispensed
02/15/2012Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/20/2012Impact statement from DPB (HB573H1)
02/27/2012Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2012Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/29/2012Read third time
02/29/2012Reading of amendments waived
02/29/2012Committee amendments agreed to
02/29/2012Engrossed by Senate as amended
02/29/2012Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/01/2012Placed on Calendar
03/02/2012Senate amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
03/02/2012VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/07/2012Enrolled
03/07/2012Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB573ER)
03/07/2012Impact statement from DPB (HB573ER)
03/07/2012Signed by Speaker
03/08/2012Signed by President
04/09/2012Governor's recommendation received by House
04/17/2012Placed on Calendar
04/18/2012House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
04/18/2012VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/18/2012Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/18/2012G Governor's recommendation adopted
04/18/2012Reenrolled
04/18/2012Reenrolled bill text (HB573ER2)
04/18/2012Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/18/2012Signed by President as reenrolled
04/18/2012G Approved by Governor-Chapter 767 (effective 7/1/12)
04/18/2012G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 3 clips in all, totaling 3 minutes.