# Virginia HB514: Benefit awareness & access prog.; establishes, military service members' transition to civilian life.

Virginia HB514, Benefit awareness & access prog.; establishes, military service members' transition to civilian life., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Marty Martinez (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB514-2027
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB514
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Benefit awareness & access prog.; establishes, military service members' transition to civilian life.
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Marty Martinez (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Department of Veterans Services; benefit awareness and access; program. Establishes an outreach program to ensure military service members transitioning from military to civilian life, veterans, members of the Virginia National Guard, residents of the Commonwealth in the Armed Forces Reserves, and their family members can easily access federal, state, and local benefits and other programs and services available to them. The bill requires the outcomes of such program to be published in the annual report submitted to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, the Governor, and the General Assembly.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Marty Martinez (Democratic), House

## Actions (17)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations Block Vote (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB514) (House)
- 2026-02-17: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: Passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-16: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House (House)
- 2026-02-16: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (96-Y 0-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-13: Read second time and engrossed (House)
- 2026-02-12: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-10: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB514) (House)
- 2026-02-10: Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-05: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-01-23: Assigned HGL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process (House)
- 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on General Laws (House)
- 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101453D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231514.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231513.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231514.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231513.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB514-2027 (as of 2026-10-12).