Virginia National Guard Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Program and Fund; established. (SB293)

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Progress

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

Description

Virginia National Guard Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Program and Fund. Establishes the Virginia National Guard Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Program and Fund to provide leisure, recreation, and lodging opportunities for Virginia National Guard members and their families, Virginia Defense Force members and their families, employees of the Department of Military Affairs and their families, and other users of Department facilities as authorized by the Adjutant General. Read the Bill »

Status

03/10/2016: Passed the General Assembly

History

Date	Action
01/08/2016	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100650D
01/08/2016	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/20/2016	Impact statement from DPB (SB293)
01/25/2016	Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/27/2016	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2016	Read second time and engrossed
01/29/2016	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2016	Placed on Calendar
02/03/2016	Read first time
02/03/2016	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
02/12/2016	Assigned MPPS sub: #3
02/26/2016	Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/29/2016	Read second time
03/01/2016	Read third time
03/01/2016	Passed by for the day
03/02/2016	Read third time
03/02/2016	Amendments by Delegate Lingamfelter agreed to
03/02/2016	Engrossed by House as amended
03/02/2016	Passed House with amendments (99-Y 0-N)
03/02/2016	VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/04/2016	House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2016	Enrolled
03/08/2016	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB293ER)
03/08/2016	Impact statement from DPB (SB293ER)
03/08/2016	Signed by Speaker
03/10/2016	Signed by President
03/11/2016	G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, April 11, 2016
03/11/2016	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
03/11/2016	G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016

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 4 minutes.

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Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

BE AND POINTED TO THOSE CASES, SO IT GAVE MORE VERSATILITY AND DISCRETION TO THE COURT, WHICH IS SURPRISING COMING FROM THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES, SO I THINK IT MADE THE BILL BETTER AND THEREFORE, I WOULD NOW RENEW MY MOTION THAT WE CONCUR WITH THE HOUSE AMENDMENT.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS SHALL THE SENATE CONCUR WITH THE HOUSE RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO.

[Unknown]: NATIONAL GUARD MORALE, WELFARE AND RECREATION PROGRAM AND MR. SPEAKER THERE IS A FLOOR AMENDMENT. WILLIAM.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): GENTLEMAN FROM PRINCE

[Unknown]: MR. SPEAKER, I REQUEST WE TAKE UP THE FLOOR AMENDMENT. FLOOR AMENDMENTS TO THE ENGROSSED VERSION OF SENATE BILL 293 OFFERED BY DELEGATE LINGMAFELTER. THERE ARE TWO. ONLINE, NUMBER 31, AFTER THE WORD PROGRAM, INSERT THE WORD AND AND ON LINE 32, AFTER THE WORD PROGRAM, STRIKE THE REMAINDER OF LINE 32 AND THROUGH THE WORD ASSEMBLY, ON LINE 33.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): GENTLEMAN FROM PRINCE WILLIAM.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. MR. SPEAKER, THE AMENDMENT AMENDS THE UNDER LYING BILL WHICH ESTABLISHES A MORALE, WELFARE AND RECREATION PROGRAM AND FUND TO PROVIDE LEISURE AND LODGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GUARDSMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER USERS OF DEPARTMENT FACILITIES. WHAT THE AMENDMENT DOES IS REMOVES FROM THE BILL ANY POTENTIAL THAT THERE WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION OF THIS SORT OF STUFF. THIS WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM OTHER SOURCES FROM OUTSIDE STATE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT ON THE HOOK TO DO THIS STUFF. NWR FUNDS ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE ACTIVE MILITARY FORCE AND SO, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING SIMILAR FOIR A GUARDSMAN BUT NOT FUNDED BY YOUR TAX DOLLARS. SO MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE THE AMENDMENT. MR. SPEAKER?

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): GENTLEMAN FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE, MR. TOSCANO.

Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville): MR. SPEAKER, WILL THE GENTLEMAN YIELD?

[Unknown]: I YIELD.

Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville): MR. SPEAKER, I ASK THE GENTLEMAN HAS HE TOLD THE PATRON ABOUT THE FLOOR AMENDMENTS?

[Unknown]: MR. SPEAKER, I HAVE DISCUSSED THE MATTER IN DETAIL WITH THE PATRON OF THE BILL WHO IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THE THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED, NO. FLOOR AMENDMENT IS AGREED TO. I MOVE WE PASS THE BILL. MR. SPEAKER?

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): SHALL THE BILL PASS? CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYE, 99, NO, 0. THE BILL IS PASSED.

COUNTY, SENATOR LEWIS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE ARE -- ESSENTIALLY STRIKE OUT THE LANGUAGE AND MAKE IT CHEER THAT THERE WILL BE NO GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD MOVE THAT ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT MUCH OF THE HOUSE.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR PENALTY QUESTION IS SHALL THE SENATE CONCUR WITH THE HOUSE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILL