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

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/07/2017Committee
01/07/2017Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103040D
01/07/2017Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
01/17/2017Assigned MPPS sub: #3
01/27/2017Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/27/2017Committee substitute printed 17104759D-H1
01/30/2017Read first time
01/31/2017Read second time
01/31/2017Committee substitute agreed to 17104759D-H1
01/31/2017Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1720H1
02/01/2017Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/01/2017VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2017Constitutional reading dispensed
02/02/2017Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/13/2017Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2017Read third time
02/16/2017Reading of amendment waived
02/16/2017Committee amendment agreed to
02/16/2017Engrossed by Senate as amended
02/16/2017Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2017Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2017Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2017Placed on Calendar
02/20/2017Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
02/20/2017VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/23/2017Enrolled
02/23/2017Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1720ER)
02/23/2017Signed by Speaker
02/24/2017Signed by President
02/28/2017Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
02/28/2017G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
03/13/2017G Approved by Governor-Chapter 344 (effective 7/1/17)
03/13/2017G 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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