Virginia House Bill 9 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)
Status: Introduced on December 3 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

State Police Volunteer Chaplaincy Program. Allows the Superintendent of State Police to establish a Volunteer Chaplaincy Program. The Superintendent may establish guidelines regarding the selection, conduct, and supervision of volunteers, but may not regulate the volunteers' expression of religious beliefs. The bill also requires that when a volunteer chaplain provides an invocation or benediction at a Department-sanctioned event, the printed program include a disclaimer that the beliefs expressed are those of the individual and are not endorsed or approved by the Department of State Police.

State Police Volunteer Chaplaincy Program; established.

Del. Richard Anderson [R]	Del. Clifford Athey [R]	Del. Richard Bell [R]	Del. Kathy Byron [R]
Sen. Charles Carrico [R]	Del. John Cox [R]	Del. Anne Crockett-Stark [R]	Del. Todd Gilbert [R]
Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Del. Scott Lingamfelter [R]	Del. Matthew Lohr [R]	Del. Donald Merricks [R]
Del. Beverly Sherwood [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-16		House: Left in General Laws
2010-01-29		House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
2010-01-29		House: Referred from Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
2010-01-21		House: Assigned MPPS sub: #2
2009-12-03		House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2009-12-03		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100272D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB9
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB9+hil