SB1251
DVS; powers and duties of Commissioner, identification of incarcerated veterans.
Status:
Enacted
Latest Action:
March 21, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245)
Chief Patron:
Tara Durant (R)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of Veterans Services; powers and duties of Commissioner; identification of incarcerated veterans.
Requires the Department of Veterans Services to convene a work group to determine the most effective programmatic structure to assist the Department of Corrections, sheriffs, and local and regional jails in utilizing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Re-Entry Search Services system, with the goal of (i) identifying veterans ... (More) incarcerated in state prisons and local and regional jails; (ii) helping such veterans prepare for release or reentry; (iii) reducing the rates of recidivism and homelessness; (iv) connecting such veterans to resources to address challenges of post-traumatic stress disorder; and (v) diverting eligible veterans to treatment dockets. The bill requires the work group to include the personnel needed and associated costs of providing such assistance and case management to adult state and local correctional facilities, to include a description of personnel roles, services provided, and areas served. The bill requires the work group to report its findings to the General Assembly by November 1, 2025.-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103625D
- 01/08/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/15/2025 - Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/15/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25105473D-S1
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25106404D-S2
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute rejected
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
- 02/05/2025 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 02/06/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/07/2025 - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25106907D-H1
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
- 02/11/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/12/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/12/2025 - House: Public Safety Substitute agreed to
- 02/12/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/12/2025 - House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1251ER)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1251)
- 03/03/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/21/2025 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 245 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/21/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245)
