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2012 SESSION
HB 573 Uniform Flag Act; flags shall be flown at half-mast for one day to honor fallen Virginians.
Introduced by: Daniel W. Marshall, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Flags flown at half staff. Provides that whenever a member of the United States armed forces, Virginia National Guard, Virginia Defense Force, a police officer, a firefighter, or an emergency medical services provider who is a resident of Virginia is killed in the line of duty, state and local flags flown at any building owned by the Commonwealth shall be flown at half staff or mast for one day to honor and acknowledge respect for those who made the supreme sacrifice. The Department of General Services is to develop procedures to effectuate the purposes of the bill.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100552D pdf | impact statement
- 02/10/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12105233D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/12 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB573ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/18/12 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB573ER2) pdf
- 04/18/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100552D
- 01/10/12 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 01/18/12 House: Assigned MPPS sub: #3
- 02/06/12 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/12 House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/12 House: Committee substitute printed 12105233D-H1
- 02/12/12 House: Read first time
- 02/13/12 House: Read second time
- 02/13/12 House: Committee substitute agreed to 12105233D-H1
- 02/13/12 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB573H1
- 02/14/12 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/12 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/12 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/27/12 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/12 Senate: Read third time
- 02/29/12 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/29/12 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/29/12 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/29/12 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/12 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/02/12 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/12 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/12 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/12 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB573ER)
- 03/07/12 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/12 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/09/12 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/17/12 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/18/12 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/12 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/12 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
- 04/18/12 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/18/12 House: Reenrolled
- 04/18/12 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB573ER2)
- 04/18/12 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/18/12 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/18/12 House: Enacted, Chapter 767 (effective 7/1/12)
- 04/18/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)