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2005 SESSION
HB 2851 Veterans; Commiss. of Dept. of Veterans Serv. to appoint personnel to process benefit claims weekly.
Introduced by: M. Kirkland Cox | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Department of Veterans Services; department personnel. Provides that the Commissioner shall be responsible for appointing the personnel assigned to each service office and for determining the compensation to be paid to such personnel. In determining the number of personnel assigned to each service office, the Commissioner is required to ensure the number of employees assigned to the processing of benefit claims is sufficient to maintain a ratio of one staff person for every 26,212 veterans residing in the Commonwealth. The Commissioner is also required to ensure that the personnel assigned to processing benefit claims provide these services to veterans in locations other than the service office at least one day per week.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/05 House: Presented & ordered printed 052737284 pdf | impact statements
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2851ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/05/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0888) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/20/05 House: Presented & ordered printed 052737284
- 01/20/05 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/25/05 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: Subcommittee #3...
- 02/01/05 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/05 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/02/05 House: Assigned to App. sub-committee: Compensation & General ...
- 02/04/05 House: Reported from Appropriations (23-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/05 House: Read first time
- 02/07/05 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/08/05 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/10/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/11/05 Senate: Reported from General Laws with amd (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/05 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/15/05 Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/05 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/05 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/17/05 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/17/05 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/17/05 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/05 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/05 House: Senate amendment rejected by House (3-Y 94-N)
- 02/21/05 House: VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 94-N)
- 02/23/05 Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/05 Senate: VOTE: INSIST & REQUEST (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/05 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/24/05 House: House acceded to request
- 02/24/05 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/24/05 House: Delegates: Cox, Wardrup, Joannou
- 02/24/05 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/24/05 Senate: Senators: Hanger, Watkins, Devolites Davis
- 02/26/05 House: Conference report agreed to by House (87-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/05 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (87-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/05 House: Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by House
- 02/26/05 House: Conference report agreed to by House (90-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/05 House: VOTE: ADOPTION #2 (90-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/05 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/05 Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT. (36-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2851ER)
- 03/09/05 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/28/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 888 (effective 7/1/05)
- 04/05/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0888)