Veterans; identification card, discount on state-operated attractions. (SB991)
Introduced By
Sen. John Miller (D-Newport News)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Department of Veterans Services; veterans identification card; discount on state-operated attractions. Provides a 50 percent discount on the admission fee to all state-operated attractions for a Virginia veteran who presents a valid veterans identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. The discounted admission fee shall apply to the card holder and up to 5 persons accompanying him to such attraction. The bill also requires the Department of Veterans Services to publish on its website an annually updated list of state-operated attractions. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/08/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 |
01/08/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13103520D |
01/08/2013 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
01/14/2013 | Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/16/2013 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/17/2013 | Read second time and engrossed |
01/18/2013 | Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/23/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (SB991) |
01/25/2013 | Placed on Calendar |
01/25/2013 | Read first time |
01/25/2013 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
02/01/2013 | Assigned GL sub: #3 ABC/Gaming |
02/07/2013 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table |
02/18/2013 | Left in General Laws |
Comments
What about veterans with a federally issued ID card? Why would this legislation be written with such a narrow scope? Could it be to boost revenue through increased sales of the DMV issued card?
There are two small problems with this.
First, the catch line refers to "certain state-operated attractions," while the text of the law itself refers to "all state-operated attractions."
Second, "state-operated attractions" aren't actually a thing. That is, there is no definition for this term or the term "attraction" in the Code of Virginia. For this law to be meaningful, it needs to include a definition for what constitutes not just an "attraction" but what constitutes being operated by the state.