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2022 SESSION

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SB 618 Military honor guards and veterans service organizations; paramilitary activities, exception.

Introduced by: Richard H. Stuart | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Military honor guards and veterans service organizations; paramilitary activities; exception. Exempts members of a lawfully recognized military color guard, honor guard, or similar organization, and members of a veterans service organization that is congressionally chartered or officially recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, when such member is participating in a training or educational exercise, funeral, or public ceremony on behalf of such military color guard, honor guard, or similar organization or veterans service organization, from the crime of unlawful paramilitary activity unless such member engages in such activity with malicious intent. This bill is identical to HB 17.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/22  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22104199D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/11/22  Senate: Printed as engrossed 22104199D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/28/22  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB618ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/01/22  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0037)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/12/22  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22104199D
• 01/12/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 02/09/22  Senate: Reported from Judiciary with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/22  Senate: Read second time
• 02/11/22  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/11/22  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/11/22  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB618E
• 02/11/22  Senate: Printed as engrossed 22104199D-E
• 02/11/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/22  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/22  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/21/22  House: Read first time
• 02/21/22  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/21/22  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/22  House: Read second time
• 02/24/22  House: Read third time
• 02/24/22  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/22  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/22  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/28/22  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB618ER)
• 02/28/22  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/28/22  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/11/22  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 03/11/22  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 04/01/22  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 37 (effective 7/1/22)
• 04/01/22  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0037)