2021 virginia general assembly military and veterans bills

HB 1739_Wampler_State parks;

discounted rental and service

fees, military and veterans

State parks; discounted rental and service fees; military and

veterans. Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation

to establish a policy that entitles any veteran or person on active

duty military service, and the accompanying spouse and children

of such person, to a 50 percent discount on rental and service fees

02/05/21 House: Left in

Agriculture, Chesapeake and

Natural Resources

HB 1766_Cox_State parks;

Disabled Veteran's Passport.

State parks; Disabled Veteran's Passport. Expands the

Disabled Veteran's Passport program to all U.S. veterans with a

service-connected disability. Currently, a veteran must be 100

percent disabled to be eligible for the program, which provides

free entry into state parks and a 50 percent discount on camping

and swimming fees, picnic shelter rentals, and other equipment

rentals provided by the Department of Conservation and

Recreation

2021-04 02/05/21 House: Left in


Natural Resources

HB 1771_Freitas_ Individual and

corporate income tax credit;

employers of National Guard

members

Individual and corporate income tax credit; employers of

National Guard members and self-employed National Guard

members. Provides for taxable years 2021 through 2025 a

nonrefundable tax credit against individual and corporate income

taxes for (i) wages paid by an employer to an employee who is a

Virginia National Guard member or (ii) income of a self-

employed Virginia National Guard member attributable to his

business. The amount of the credit shall be 25 percent if such

member was in a military pay status for 65 days or more during

such taxable year or 15 percent if such member was in a military

pay status for 45 days or more during such taxable year. The

credit shall not be allowed if such member was in a military pay

status for fewer than 45 days during such taxable year.

2021-02 02/05/21 House: Left in

Appropriations

2021 Virginia General Assembly Military and Veterans Bills - as of 03/01/2021, 0900

LIS SUMMARY JLC STATUS

COMPANION

OR SIMILAR

BILL/

RESOLUTION

HOUSE BILL OR RESOLUTION

NUMBER

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HB 1796_Walker_Special License

Plates Virginia Guard Retirees

Special license plates; Virginia National Guard retirees.

Removes the fee for the issuance of a special license plate for

retired members of the Virginia National Guard. Currently, such

special license plates cost the same as the prescribed cost for a

typical Virginia license plate

02/03/21 House: Passed House

BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

02/05/21 Senate: Continued to

2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation

(15-Y 0-N) 02/17/21 Senate

Passed Senate (28-Y 9-N 1-A)

02/22/21 Senate: Signed by

President 02/24/21

House: Signed by Speaker

02/25/21 House: Enrolled Bill

communicated to Governor

02/25/21 Governor: Governor's

Action deadline 11:59 March 31,

2021

HB 1797_Walker_Special License

Plates Certain Military

Declarations

Special license plates; certain military declarations; fees.

Removes the fee for one special license plate for one motor

vehicle owned and used by an applicant who has been awarded

the Bronze Star, Bronze Star with a "V" for valor, or the Silver

Star. The bill provides that the applicant will be charged the

typical fee for state license plates for any such additional special

license plates.


Transportation

HB 1839_Wyatt_Special hunting

and fishing license for disabled

veterans; 50 percent disabled.

Special hunting and fishing license for disabled veterans; 50

percent disabled. Authorizes any resident veteran who has a

service-connected disability of 50 percent or more to receive at no

cost from the Department of Wildlife Resources a lifetime license

to hunt and freshwater fish. Current law authorizes the provision

of such license at no cost to a veteran who is totally and

permanently disabled and at half-cost to a veteran who is 70

percent disabled.



Natural Resources

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HB 2020_Helmer_ Nomination of

candidates for elected offices;

restrictions on nomination

method selected

Nomination of candidates for elected offices; restrictions on

nomination method selected by political party. Provides that a

method of nomination for elected office may not be selected if

such method will have the practical effect of excluding

participation in the nominating process by qualified voters who

are unable to attend meetings because they are (i) a member of

a uniformed service on active duty , (ii) temporarily residing

outside of the United States, (iii) a student attending a school or

institution of higher education, (iv) a person with a disability, or

(v) a person who has a communicable disease of public health

threat or who may have come in contact with a person with such

disease.. However, such restriction does not apply when selecting

a candidate for a special election or nominating a candidate, or in

the event that no candidate files the required paperwork by the

prescribed deadline. The bill has a delayed effective date of

January 1, 2024.

House: 02/01/21 Passed (54-Y 46-

N)


2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and

Elections (15-Y 0-N) 02/23/21

Senate: Passed Senate with

amendment (29-Y 0-N) 02/24/21

House VOTE Adoption (53-Y 45-

N) 02/26/21

House: Enrolled 02/26/21

House: Bill text as passed House

and Senate (HB2020ER)





HB 2069 McQuinn Special license

plates; military decorations

Special license plates; military decorations. Establishes a

system for determining the cost of special license plates for

recipients of a military decoration based on the order of

precedence of such military decoration as determined by the

federal Department of Defense or other relevant federal agency.

The bill authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue

plates with a "V" for Valor Device on the appropriate plates. The

bill provides that special license plates for recipients of a military

decoration are exempt from the prepaid application requirement

for special license plates and may be issued to unremarried

surviving spouses of eligible recipients. The bill creates special

license plates for recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross

with a "V" for Valor, the Airman's Medal, the Army Soldier's

Medal, the Coast Guard Medal, the Distinguished Service Medal,

the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Marine Corps

Distinguished Service Medal, the Air Force Distinguished

Service Medal, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, and the

Defense Superior Service Medal. The bill changes from one-time

to annual the $10 fee for certain special license plates issued after

the effective date of this bill.





(15-Y 0-N) 02/16/21 Senate

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

02/19/21 House: Signed by

Speaker 02/22/21

Senate: Signed by President




Action Deadline 11:59p.m. March

31, 2021

HB2096 O'Quinn License plates,

special; bearing legend NOT

FORGOTTEN

Special license plates; NOT FORGOTTEN. Authorizes the

issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters

of Americans listed as prisoners of war or missing in action

bearing the legend NOT FORGOTTEN. The bill requires that the

design of such plate incorporate the POW/MIA Flag as

designated by the federal National POW/MIA Flag Act. The bill

exempts these special license plates from the requirement to

obtain 450 prepaid applications for such plate. The bill provides

that some of the license plate fees will be deposited in the

POW/MIA Fund, established within the Department of Accounts,

and paid annually to the National League of Families of

American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia and used to

support its operation and programs in Virginia.


Transportation






HB 2161 Tran Prohibited

discrimination; status as active

military or a military spouse.

Prohibited discrimination; status as active military or a

military spouse. Prohibits discrimination in public

accommodations, employment, and housing on the basis of a

person's status as active military or a military spouse.

02/03/21 House: Read third time

and passed House (99-Y 0-N)


2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws

and Technology (14-Y 0-N)

02/10/21 Senate: Reported from

General Laws and Technology (14-

Y 0-N) 02/15/21

Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)


Speaker 02/22/21

Senate: Signed by President





31, 2021

SB 1410

HB 2222_Hayes_Military medical

personnel program

Military medical personnel program. Adds any facility that

offers medical services to the public and that is supervised by one

or more physicians or podiatrists to the list of entities that may

participate in the military medical personnel program established

by the Department of Veterans Services and directs the

Department to assist veterans and other service members who are

preparing for discharge or release and who have recently served

in health care-related specialties but who do not meet the

definition of "military medical personnel" in finding employment

in the health care sector.






02/10/21 Senate: Reported from

General Laws (12-Y 0-N)

02/15/21 Senate: Passed Senate

(39-Y 0-N) 02/19/21



President





31, 2021






HB 2261_Wyatt_Special license

plates; member of the Virginia

National Guard

Special license plates; member of the Virginia National

Guard. Removes the fee for the issuance of special license plates

to a member of the Virginia National Guard. Current law

provides that such special license plates are issued at half the

prescribed cost of state license plates. The bill does not change

the fee for personalized special license plates

2021-06 02/03/21 House: Passed House




(15-Y 0-N) 02/17/21 Senate:

Passed Senate (31-Y 6-N 1-A)


President 02/24/21





Action Deadline 11:59 p.m.,

March 31, 2021

HB 2308_Brewer_Religious and

charitable matters; quantity of

land certain associations may

hold

Religious and charitable matters; quantity of land certain

associations may hold. Increases from 75 to 300 the number of

acres of land that any association or post of the Veterans of

Foreign Wars, American Legion, Spanish War Veterans, Disabled

American Veterans, or any similar association of veterans of the

Armed Forces of the United States chartered by an act of

Congress may hold.

02/05/21 Passed House (98-Y 2-N)




02/10/21 Senate Reported from

General Laws (22-Y 0-N)

02/15/21 Senate: Passes Senate (39-

Y 0-N) 02/19/21



President





31, 2021








HB2337_Wiley_Income tax;

subtraction for low-income

military veterans

Income tax; subtraction for low-income military veterans

with a permanent service-connected disability. Provides an

income tax subtraction for the military retirement income

received by a veteran who has been rated with a 100 percent

service-connected, permanent, and total disability. The bill

provides that the subtraction is available only to those taxpayers

whose federal adjusted gross income is not greater than 150

percent of the federal poverty level for a four-person household.

2021-01 02/05/21 House: Passed House



2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and

Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)

02/23/21 Senate: Left in Finance

and Appropriations

HB2338_Wiley_Alerts for missing

veterans who have a service-

related health condition

Alerts for missing veterans who have a service-related health

condition

02/05/21 House: Left in Public

Safety

HJ 614_Mundon

King_Constitutional amendment

(first reference); real property

tax exemption; surviving spouses

Constitutional amendment (first reference); real property tax

exemption; surviving spouses of service members who died

while serving or from a service-connected injury or illness.

Provides that the General Assembly may by general law exempt

from taxation the real property of a surviving spouse of (i) a

member of the armed services who died while serving or (ii) a

veteran who died from a service-connected disability or illness.

Under a current constitutional provision, only the surviving

spouse of a member of the armed forces who was killed in action

is eligible for the real property tax exemption

2021-03 02/3/21 House: Left in Privileges

and Elections

HJ713_Filler-Corn_Commending

the Virginia National Guard

Commending the Virginia National Guard 02/04/21 Agreed to by House by

voice vote


2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules

02/11/21 Senate Rules suspended

(37-Y 0-N) 02/11/21

Senate Discharged from Rules

02/11/21 Senate Taken up for

immediate consideration

02/11/21 Senate Agreed to by

Senate Voice Vote

SR 506







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HR 235 Walker Commending the

Monument Terrace "Support Our

Troops" rallies

Commending the Monument Terrace "Support Our Troops"

rallies

01/25/21 House Agreed to by

House Voice Vote

HR 530_Avoli_Commending the

Virginia Women's Institute for

Leadership at Mary Baldwin

University

Commending the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership

at Mary Baldwin University

02/22/21 House: Agreed to by

House by voice vote

SR 517

HR 546_Freitas_Commending the

Virginia Wing of the Civil Air

Patrol

Commending the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol 02/25/21 House: Agreed to by

House by voice vote

SR 519

SB1129 _Reeves_Veterans

Service Organizations

Paramilitary Activities

Veterans service organizations; paramilitary activities.

Exempts members of a Congressionally chartered or officially

recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs veterans

service organization when such member is participating in a

public ceremony on behalf of such veterans service organization

from the crimes of brandishing a firearm and unlawful

paramilitary activity.

Letter to

Senator

Reeves

Senate: 02/04/21 Passed (34-Y 5-

N) 02/08/21

House: Continued to Special

Session 1 in Public Safety by voice

vote 02/09/21

House Assigned PS sub: Firearms

02/16/21 House Subcommittee

recommends laying on the table (5-

Y 3-N)

LIS SUMMARY JLC COMMITTEE

COMPANION

OR SIMILAR

BILL/

RESOLUTION

SENATE BILL OR

RESOLUTION NUMBER

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SB1130_Reeves_Personal

Property Tax Exemption Motor

Vehicle of a Disabled Veteran

Personal property tax exemption; motor vehicle of a disabled

veteran. Provides that one motor vehicle of a veteran who has a

100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability

shall be exempt from local taxes. This bill is the enabling

legislation for a constitutional amendment ratified by the voters

of the Commonwealth at the November 2020 general election

Enabling

legislation

for one of

the JLC

2020

priorities

Senate: 01/22/2021 Passed (37-Y 0-

N)

02/08/21 House: Continued to

Special Session 1 in Finance by

voice vote

02/18/21 House: VOTE Passage

(97-Y 0-N) 02/22/21

Senate: House substitute with

amendment agreed to by the

Senate (39-Y 0-N)

02/22/21 Senate: Title replaced

212000141D-H1 02/24/21

Senate Enrolled 02/24/21

Senate: bill text as passed Senate

and House (SB1130ER)


President


Speaker




SB 1150_Kiggans_Department of

Veterans Services; Military

Spouse Liaison; position created.

Department of Veterans Services; Military Spouse Liaison;

position created. Establishes the position of Military Spouse

Liaison (the Liaison) in the Department of Veterans Services to

conduct outreach and advocate on behalf of military spouses in

the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Liaison to report by

December 1 of each year through the Commissioner of the

Department of Veterans Services to the Secretary of Veterans and

Defense Affairs, the Governor, and the General Assembly on the

work of the Liaison and any legislative recommendations.

Senate: 01/29/21 Passed (37-Y 0-

N).


Special Session 1 in General Laws

by voice vote 02/24/21

House VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)

02/24/21 House Reconsideration of

House passage agreed to by House


with amendments (97-Y 0-N 1-A)

02/24/21 House: VOTE Passage

#2 (97-Y 0-N 1-A)

02/25/21 Senate: House

amendment agreed to by Senate

(39-Y 0-N)

SB 1151_Kiggans_Income tax

subtraction; veteran retirement

income

Income tax subtraction; veteran retirement income. Provides

an income tax subtraction for the military retirement income

received by certain veterans for their service of $2,500 for

veterans under the age of 65 and $5,000 for veterans 65 years of

age and older, who earn no more than $82,000 in annual military

retirement income

2021-07 02/06/21 Senate: Left in Finance

and Appropriations

SB 1167_Kiggans_Board of

Nursing; licensure or certification

by endorsement for members of

the U.S. military

Board of Nursing; licensure or certification by endorsement

for members of the United States military. Permits the Board

of Nursing to issue licenses and certifications by endorsement for

registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nurse

aides who hold a similar or equivalent license or certification

from the medical corps of a branch of the United States military

01/21/21 Senate; Stricken at request

of patron in Education and Health

(14-Y 0-N)




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SB_1279_Bell_Department of

Veterans Services; initiatives to

reduce unemployment among

veterans.

Department of Veterans Services; initiatives to reduce

unemployment among veterans; comprehensive transition

program. Requires the Department of Veterans Services to

develop a comprehensive program to assist military service

members, veterans, and their spouses in making a successful

transition from military to civilian life in Virginia. The program

promotes strategies and services for connecting transitioning

service members, veterans, and spouses to local, regional, state,

and federal employment resources in Virginia, including (i) skills

and workforce assessments and (ii) internship and apprenticeship

programs. The bill also requires that the program prioritize

assistance to military service members, veterans, and their

spouses who have not sought services from or do not qualify for

services under certain federal programs administered by the

Commonwealth.

Senate: 02/01/21 Passed Senate

(39-Y 0-N)




House: Passed House BLOCK

VOTE (100-Y 0-N) 02/24/21

Senate Enrolled 02/24/21 Senate:

Bill text as passed Senate and House

(SB1279ER)


President


Speaker

02/26/21 Senate: Enrolled Bill

Communicated to Governor

SB 1410_Bell_Prohibited

discrimination; status as active

military or a military spouse.

Prohibited discrimination; status as active military or a

military spouse. Prohibits discrimination in public

accommodations, employment, and housing on the basis of a

person's status as active military or a military spouse.

Senate: 02/02/21 Passed Senate (39-

Y 0-N)




House VOTE Block Vote Passage

(99-Y 0-N) 02/18/21 Senate:

House Substitute agreed to by

Senate (39-Y 0-N)


President 02/24/21


02/25/21 Senate: Enrolled Bill

Communicated to Governor


Action Deadline 11:59 p.m.,

March 31, 2021

HB 2161








SB 1448_Chase_Income tax;

subtraction for military

retirement income and survivor

benefits

Income tax; subtraction for military retirement income and

survivor benefits. Establishes starting in taxable year 2021 an

income tax subtraction for all military retirement income and

military benefits paid to the surviving spouse of a veteran.

2021-07 01/26/21 Senate: Passed by

indefinitely in Finance and


SJ 297_Bell_Constitutional

amendment (first reference);

authority of General Assembly to

exempt property.

Constitutional amendment (first reference); authority of

General Assembly to exempt property owned by certain

veterans' and service members' services organizations from

taxation. Provides that the General Assembly may by general law

exempt from taxation the property of a nonprofit organization

whose purpose is to provide services to veterans or service

members of the Armed Forces of the United States.

01/27/21 Senate: Passed by

indefinitely in Finance and


SJ 322_DeSteph_Study; Secretary

of Administration; State Board of

Elections; electronic return of

voted ballots

Study; Secretary of Administration; State Board of Elections;

electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots; pilot

program; report. Requests the Secretary of Administration to

oversee and develop a charter and directives for the State Board

of Elections to form a working group to study implementation of

electronic return of voted military-overseas ballots.

02/05/21 Senate: Agreed to by

Senate (21-Y 17-N)


Special Session 1 in Privileges and

Elections by voice vote

SR 506_Surovell_Commending

the Virginia State Police and the

Virginia National Guard

Commending the Virginia State Police and the Virginia

National Guard

02/11/21 Senate Laid on Clerk's

Desk

02/18/21 Senate: Agreed to by

Senate voice vote

02/18/21 Senate: Bill text as passed

Senate (SR506ER)

HJ 713

SR 517_Hanger_Commending

the Virginia Women's Institute

for Leadership at Mary Baldwin

University

Commending the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership

at Mary Baldwin University.

02/16/21 Senate Presented

21200145D

02/18/21 Senate Agreed to by

Senate voice vote

02/18/21 Senate: Bill text as passed

Senate (SR517ER)

HR 530

SR 519_Reeves_Commending the

Virginia Wing of the Civil Air

Patrol

Commending the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol 02/17/21 Senate Presented

21103714D

02/18/21 Senate Agreed to by voice

vote 02/18/21

Senate: bill text as passed Senate

(SR519ER)

HR 546





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2021 General Assembly - Military and Veterans Bills and Resolutions - Regular Session and Special Session 1

Introduced Left in Committee Approved (Agreed To) Pending

House Bills 15 7 8 0

House Joint Resolutions 2 1 1 0

House Resolutions 3 0 3 0

Senate Bills 8 4 4 0

Senate Joint Resolutions 2 1 0 1

Senate Resolutions 3 0 3 0

Total 33 13 19 1

ITEM AGENCY SUMMARY FY 21 GF FY21 NGFFY21

VPBAFY22 GF FY22 NGF FY22 VBPA JLC

150 SCHEV

Move reductions from 2020 Special Session to

agency budget ($750,000 per FY in new funding

for VMSDEP stipend had been approved during

2020 Regular Session but was unallotted during

Special Session due to revenue shortfall)

($750,000) ($750,000)

313 DMASAuthority to increase Medicaid reimbursements

for veteran care centers (language only)

462 VADAProvide nongeneral fund appropriation for Access

Control Point at Camp Pendleton$600,000

463 DVSAuthority to increase Medicaid reimbursements

for veteran care centers (language only)

464 DVS

Support behavioral health, outreach, and

information technology initiatives (funding for

VVFS peer specialist and resource specialist

positions, who focus on BH, suicide prevention,

and homelessness; claims processing; and women

veterans coordinator position)

$727,000 JLC 2021-8

464 DVS


agency budget (new funding was approved during

the 2020 Regular Session for VVFS peer specialist

and resource specialist positions; claims

processing; education; and women veterans

coordinator position. This funding was unalloted

during the Special Session due to the revenue

shortfall)

($1,058,279) ($1,289,992)

465 DVS


agency budget (funding for VWM building

operations)

($92,900) ($92,900)

2021 Virginia General Assembly Military and Veterans Budget Items - Introduced Budget (12/16/2020)

https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/item/2021/1/HB1800/Introduced/1/150/







465 DVSMove reductions from 2020 Special Session to

agency budget (one-time funding for Veterans

Parade Field, National Museum of the U.S. Army)

($3,000,000)

469 DMAMove reductions from 2020 Special Session to

agency budget (tuition reimbursement)($250,000) ($250,000)

473 DMA

Provide funding for mobile command post, safety

and occupational health technician, and to

purchase protective equipment for operations

involving civil disturbance

$250,000

C 61.60 DVSRenovate veterans care centers to respond to

pandemic needs$129,000

C 61.70 DVSProvide appropriation to support renovation

projects at veterans care centers$2,173,789 $1,621,000

C 62 DMAReplace and install fire safety systems in readiness

centers$2,000,000

C 63.10 DMAProvide funding for antiterrorism and force

protection security enhancements$1,000,000

C 63.20 DMAConstruct Army Airfield flight control tower at

Fort Pickett$4,500,000

http://publicreports.dpb.virginia.gov/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=BDOC2021_FrontPage

VBPA = Virginia Public Building Authority bonds

Virginia Department of Planning & Budget (DPB) website - Executive Budget Document:

Legislative Information System (LIS) Virginia State Budget website: https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/




https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/item/2021/1/HB1800/Introduced/2/C-61.60/


https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/item/2021/1/HB1800/Introduced/2/C-62/



http://publicreports.dpb.virginia.gov/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=BDOC2021_FrontPage

https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/


VPBAFY22 GF FY22 NGF

FY22

VBPAJLC

150#2c SCHEV

This amendment provides additional funding based on

estimated additional participation by qualifying veterans or

their spouses or children for the Virginia Military Survivors

and Dependent Education Program (VMSDEP), which

provides assistance to Virginia military service members

killed, missing in action, taken prisoner, or rated at least 90

percent permanently disabled as direct result of military

service, by waiving tuition and required fees and providing a

stipend to their dependents.)

$150,000 $300,000

461#1c VADA

This amendment reallocates existing funding of $190,000

the second year from the general fund that is currently

provided for matching funds for the U.S. Department of

Defense Office of Economic Adjustment grants, to support

an ongoing Military Liaison position. The U.S.Department

of Defense has reorganized the Office of Economic

Adjustment and the grants are no longer expected.

Therefore, the funding is not needed for the grant matching

requirement.

462#1c VADA

This amendment makes a technical change to reflect the

2010 consolidation of Langley Air Force Base to Joint Base

Langley-Eustis

464 #1c DVS

This amendment provides $147,500 GF in the second year in

support of a Military Spouse Liaison position in the

Department of Veterans Services, pursuant to SB 1150. This

funding includes $22,300 in one-time equipment funding.

The ongoing cost for the position is $125,200

$147,500

2021 Virginia General - Budget Conference Approved Amendments to Introduced Budget - as of 02/25/2021, 5:00 p.m

https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/amendment/2021/2/HB1800/Introduced/CR/150/2c/




465#1c DVS

This amendment provides $5.0 million from the general fund

the second year to Fairfax County for projects within the

National Museum of the United States Army

$5,000,000




FY22

VBPAJLC

462#1h VADA



Langley-Eustis

465#1h DVS




$5,000,000



FY22

VBPAJLC

150#1s SCHEV

This amendment provides additional funding based on

estimated additional participation by qualifying veterans or

their spouses or children for the Virginia Military Survivors

and Dependent Education Program (VMSDEP), which

provides assistance to Virginia military service members

killed, missing in action, taken prisoner, or rated at least 90

percent permanently disabled as direct result of military

service, by waiving tuition and required fees and providing a

stipend to their dependents.)

$150,000 $300,000

461#1s VADA


the second year from the general fund that is currently

provided for matching funds for the U.S. Department of

Defense Office of Economic Adjustment grants, to support

an ongoing Military Liaison position. The U.S.Department

of Defense has reorganized the Office of Economic

Adjustment and the grants are no longer expected.

Therefore, the funding is not needed for the grant matching

requirement.

2021 Virginia General Assembly Military and Veterans Budget Items - Floor-Approved Budgets - as of 03/01/2021

https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/amendment/2021/1/HB1800/Introduced/MR/462/1h/


https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/amendment/2021/2/SB1100/Introduced/CA/150/1s/

https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/amendment/2021/2/SB1100/Introduced/CA/461/1s/

464 #1s DVS






$147,500



FY22

VBPAJLC

150#3h

(Reid)SCHEV

This amendment requests additional funding for the Virginia

Military Survivors and Dependent Education Program

(VMSDEP) for projected participation levels (NOTE:

funding supports stipend of up to $2,200 per acadmic year to

offset costs of room, board, books, and supplies

$250,000 $750,000

303#8h

(Ward)VDH

This amendment restores $1.5 million the second year and

adds $8.5 million the second year from the general fund for

the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute. Part of

the new funding is to "(iv) establish the nation's first Hadron

Center of Center of Excellence Center for Veterans, retired

military and active duty personnel supporting quantitative

imaging and infectious disease on the East Coast;"

$10,000,000

462#1h

(Simonds)VADA



Langley-Eustis

462#2h

(Jones)VADA

This amendment establishes the V-CAMP Fund to provide

financial assistance to localities with military facilities to

address non-encroachment issues around those facilities

464 #1h

(Reid)DVS

This amendment provides $50,000 the second year from the

general fund to establish a pilot program to be administered

by the Department of Veterans Services to provide $1,000

grants to small- and medium-sized Virginia employers for

each member of the Virginia National Guard and Armed

Forces Reserves they hire and employ on a full-time basis.)

$50,000 2021-02

464#2h

(Murphy)DVS

This amendment provides $118,000 the second year for a

Women Veterans Coordinator position for the Virginia

Women Veterans Program

$118,000 2021-08

2021 Virginia General Assembly Military and Veterans Budget Items - Member-Submtted Budget Amendments Requests - as of 01/20/2021, 12:45 p.m

https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/amendment/2021/1/HB1800/Introduced/MR/150/3H/








https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Boards/Nursing/AbouttheBoard/ListofRegulatedProfessions/

https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Boards/Nursing/AbouttheBoard/ListofRegulatedProfessions/



465#1h

(Sickles)DVS




$5,000,000



FY22

VBPAJLC

0 #2s

(Kiggans)Revenues

This amendment would provide the necessary general fund

revenue adjustment associated with SB 1151. The bill would

provide an income tax subtraction for the military retirement

income received by certain veterans for their service of

$2,500 for veterans under the age of 65 and $5,000 for

veterans 65 years of age and older, who earn no more than

$82,000 in annual military retirement income. As a

placeholder, the general fund reduction is estimated at

$1,000,000 in FY 2022. The actual revenue impact has not

yet been determined.

2021-07

41 #2s

(Reeves)

Judicial

Dept.

This amendment provides $200,000 GF the second year for

the Rappahannock Circuit Court to expand the number of

participants in its Veterans Docket program.

$200,000

150 #1s

(Saslaw)SCHEV

(This amendment provides additional funding for the

Virginia Military Survivors and Dependent Education

Program (VMSDEP), which provides assistance to Virginia

veterans who have made significant personal sacrifices,

including loss of life (KIA), liberty (POW or MIA), or limb

(90 percent or more disabled as direct result of military

service) by waiving tuition and required fees and providing a

stipend to their dependents. This stipend applies to any

education cost and is approved up to $2,200 annually.

$250,000 $750,000

273 #3s

(Chase)Finance


the potential fiscal impact to administer the provisions of

legislation to be introduced in the 2021 General Assembly

Session, which provides for a personal income tax

exemption for retired veterans, contingent upon its final

passage.

$50,000 2021-07



https://budget.lis.virginia.gov/amendment/2021/1/SB1100/Introduced/MR/0/2s/








461 #1s

(McDougle)VADA

This amendment provides $50,000 GF in the first year to

create a grant program to incentivize small to medium-sized

Virginia employers to hire members of the Virginia National

Guard and Armed Forces Reserves$50,000 2021-02

461 #2s

(Marsden)VADA


GF in each year that is currently provided for matching

funds for the US Department of Defense Office of Economic

Adjustment grants, to support an ongoing Military Liaison

position. The Department of Defense has reorganized the

Office of Economic Adjustment and the grants are no longer

expected. Therefore, the funding is not needed for the grant

matching requirement

461 #3s

(Reeves)VADA


the establishment of the V-CAMP Fund to provide financial

assistance to localities with military facilities to address non-

encroachment issues around those facilities$50,000

464 #1s

(Bell)DVS

This amendment provides $50,000 GF in the second year for

the Department of Veterans Services to develop a

comprehensive program to assist military service members,

veterans, and their spouses in making a successful transition

from military to civilian life by connecting transitioning

service members to employment resources (NOTE - supports

SB1279)

$50,000

464 #2s

(McDougle)DVS

This amendment adds $100,000 GF in the second year for

the Department of Veterans Services to make ten grants per

year to small businesses in Virginia to support the

employment and retention of veterans

$100,000 2021-08











464 #3s

(Kiggans)DVS






$147,500

465 #1s

(Surovell)DVS

This amendment provides $5.0 million GF in the second year

for the Department of Veterans Services to support projects

within the National Museum of the United States Army

located in Fairfax County

$5,000,000

469 #1s

(Marsden)DMA

This amendment provides $3.2 million GF in the second year

to fully fund the Tuition Assistance Program for the Virginia

National Guard to offer full tuition coverage to eligible

participants

$3,200,000







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