Virginia House Bill 1049 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-01 - Continued to 2025 with amendment(s) in Rules by voice vote
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; work group to study recruitment and professional development of firefighters and emergency medical services personnel; report. Requires the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, to convene a work group to (i) study the recruitment and professional development of firefighters and emergency medical services personnel, (ii) make recommendations to ensure the uniformity of training for firefighters and emergency medical services personnel, and (iii) examine whether the state regulation of firefighters and emergency medical services personnel should be consolidated under a single secretariat and if a new secretariat should be created to oversee such regulation. The bill requires the work group to submit a report to the relevant General Assembly committees by November 1, 2024.

Firefighters and emergency medical services personnel; recruitment and professional development.

Del. Amanda Batten [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-01	House	Continued to 2025 with amendment(s) in Rules by voice vote
2024-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 with amendment(s) by voice vote
2024-01-25	House	Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee
2024-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2024-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103655D

HB1049 (Carry Over) 2024-02-01 - Continued to 2025 with amendment(s) in Rules by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+sum+HB1049
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+HB1049+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+oth+HB1049F122+PDF