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VA SB 571

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Disabled Veterans Family Passport; established, free entry into state parks and discounted services.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Department of Conservation and Recreation; Disabled Veteran's Family Passport; free entry into state parks and discounted services. Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to establish a Disabled Veteran's Family Passport that entitles the bearer to enter state parks in the Commonwealth without the payment of a parking or admission fee. The bill provides that the Passport will be issued upon request to any immediate family member, as defined in the bill, of a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States who provides certain documentation to the Department. The bill authorizes the Department to require passport holders to re-certify such documentation no more than once every five years.

Introduced
2026-01-14
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-03 — Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.primary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-14

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104841D

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  2. 2026-01-14

    Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

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  3. 2026-01-27

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB571)

  4. 2026-01-27

    Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)

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  5. 2026-02-03

    Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

    2026-01-27 · pass · 13-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • David W. Marsden: no
    • Mark D. Obenshain: yes
    • Richard H. Stuart: yes
    • William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
    • David R. Suetterlein: yes
    • T. Travis Hackworth: not voting
    • Angelia Williams Graves: yes
    • Russet Perry: yes
    • Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
    • Timmy French: yes
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
    • Danica A. Roem: yes
    • Kannan Srinivasan: yes
    • Michael J. Jones: yes

  • Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations

    2026-02-03 · pass · 10-5

    Member-level votes (15)
    • L. Louise Lucas: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Adam P. Ebbin: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: no
    • Mark D. Obenshain: no
    • Richard H. Stuart: no
    • Bryce E. Reeves: no
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Jeremy S. McPike: yes
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
    • Todd E. Pillion: no
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB571

Attribution

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