Flag at half staff or mast; public safety personnel. (HB1720)
Introduced By
Del. Rich Anderson (R-Woodbridge) with support from co-patrons Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave), Del. Will Morefield (R-North Tazewell), and Sen. Bill Carrico (R-Grayson)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✓ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
✓ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Flag at half mast; public safety personnel.Expands the category of flags required to be flown at half mast when a service member, police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services provider is killed in the line of duty to include flags flown at any building owned and operated by any political subdivision of the Commonwealth. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/07/2017 | Committee |
01/07/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103040D |
01/07/2017 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
01/17/2017 | Assigned MPPS sub: #3 |
01/27/2017 | Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/27/2017 | Committee substitute printed 17104759D-H1 |
01/30/2017 | Read first time |
01/31/2017 | Read second time |
01/31/2017 | Committee substitute agreed to 17104759D-H1 |
01/31/2017 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1720H1 |
02/01/2017 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
02/01/2017 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/02/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/02/2017 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
02/13/2017 | Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/15/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2017 | Read third time |
02/16/2017 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/16/2017 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/16/2017 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
02/16/2017 | Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2017 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2017 | Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2017 | Placed on Calendar |
02/20/2017 | Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) |
02/20/2017 | VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2017 | Enrolled |
02/23/2017 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1720ER) |
02/23/2017 | Signed by Speaker |
02/24/2017 | Signed by President |
02/28/2017 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17 |
02/28/2017 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017 |
03/13/2017 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 344 (effective 7/1/17) |
03/13/2017 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0344) |
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 38 seconds.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
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