Spirit of '45 Day. (HJ656)
Introduced By
Del. Israel O'Quinn (R-Bristol) with support from 20 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Jeff Campbell (R-Marion), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. James Edmunds (R-South Boston), Del. Tag Greason (R-Potomac Falls), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Will Morefield (R-North Tazewell), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Nick Rush (R-Christiansburg), Del. David Yancey (R-Newport News), Sen. Lamont Bagby (D-Richmond), Sen. John Bell (D-Chantilly), Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon), Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City), Sen. Todd E. Pillion (R-Abingdon)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
Description
Spirit of '45 Day. Designates the second Sunday in August, in 2017 and in each succeeding year, as Spirit of '45 Day in Virginia. Read the Bill »
Status
02/14/2017: Passed the Senate
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2017 | Committee |
01/10/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100164D |
01/10/2017 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
01/19/2017 | Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/24/2017 | Taken up |
01/24/2017 | Engrossed by House |
01/24/2017 | Agreed to by House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) |
01/24/2017 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/25/2017 | Reading waived |
01/25/2017 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
02/10/2017 | Reported from Rules |
02/13/2017 | Reading waived (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2017 | Read third time |
02/14/2017 | Agreed to by Senate by voice vote |
02/15/2017 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ656ER) |
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 40 seconds.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): RESOLUTIONS IS HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 573, DELEGATE BULOVA, JANUARY 24, 2018 AND EACH SUCCEEDING DAY AS DAY IN
[Unknown]: MR. BULOVA? VIRGINIA. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. ON HAPPIER BUSINESS, AS WAS EXPLAINED, HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 573, DOES ESTABLISH JANUARY 14TH, 2018, AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER AS PONGLE DAY IN VIRGINIA. AS OUR SPEAKER KNOWS, PONGLE IS A REVERED HOLIDAY FOR TAMIL INDIANS, ESSENTIALLY