# Virginia HB108: Honor Guard Grant Program; Department of Veterans Services to establish. Virginia HB108, Honor Guard Grant Program; Department of Veterans Services to establish., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Jason S. Ballard (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB108-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB108 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Honor Guard Grant Program; Department of Veterans Services to establish. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-02 - Last action: 2026-04-06, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065) - Sponsor: Jason S. Ballard (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 10 (265 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary Department of Veterans Services; Honor Guard Grant Program established. Requires the Department of Veterans Services to establish the Honor Guard Grant Program for the purpose of providing grants to veteran service organizations, defined in the bill, to offset expenses incurred by the organizations and members of the organizations' honor guards in providing honor guard burial details at the funerals of veterans in the Commonwealth, including expenses for training, transportation, food, equipment, and supplies. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Grants for veterans' funeral honor guards: benefit, low. The law creates the Honor Guard Grant Program in the Department of Veterans Services. Veteran service organizations can get grants to cover honor guard costs at veterans' funerals in Virginia. Covered costs include training, transportation, food, equipment, and supplies. A "veteran" here means a de… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jason S. Ballard (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-05 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-03-05 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-04 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2026-02-18 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2026-02-12 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 98 | 0 | | | 2026-02-06 | House | Reported from Appropriations | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2026-02-04 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2026-01-27 | House | Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2026-01-22 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (31) - 2026-04-06: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0065) (Governor) - 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor-Chapter 65 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor) - 2026-03-25: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor) - 2026-03-25: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-19: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB108) (House) - 2026-03-14: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB108ER) (House) - 2026-03-14: Enrolled (House) - 2026-03-14: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-14: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-03-09: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Read third time (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-13: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology (Senate) - 2026-02-13: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (98-Y 0-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-11: Read second time and engrossed (House) - 2026-02-10: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-10: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB108) (House) - 2026-02-06: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-02-04: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-01-27: Reported from General Laws and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-01-27: Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety (House) - 2026-01-22: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-01-19: Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process (House) - 2026-01-02: Referred to Committee on General Laws (House) - 2026-01-02: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104102D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216191.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216190.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-03-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208764.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208763.PDF) - Introduced, 2026-01-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082416.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082415.PDF) ## Related bills - HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed) - HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed) - HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed) - HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216191.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216190.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208764.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208763.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082416.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082415.PDF) ## Related - [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026) - [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026) - [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026) - [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026) - [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026) - [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB108-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).