VA HB2069 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-21 - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
Hearing: Jan 23 in House Committee Room A - 008
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-21 - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
Hearing: Jan 23 in House Committee Room A - 008
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Insurance; Fire Programs Fund; purposes; Aid to Localities Grant Program. Increases the assessment on certain insurance companies from one percent to 1.5 percent. The bill provides that the portion of the Fire Programs Fund allocated to localities may be used for the additional purposes of (i) constructing, improving, or expanding fire station facilities; (ii) providing mental health resources for fire personnel; or (iii) hiring additional fire personnel and funding recruitment and retention programs. The bill also prohibits such funds from being used, except as provided, for the purposes of investments, operating expenses, debt repayment, taxes, or fees. The bill also establishes the Aid to Localities Grant Program, to be funded by 0.25 percent of the assessments on insurance companies, for the purposes of providing assistance to local fire departments that are at risk of closing or facing major violations due to the lack of funds needed to be in compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
Title
Insurance; additional purposes for Fire Programs Fund Aid to Localities Grant Program established.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-01-21 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-21 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) |
| 2025-01-15 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2069) |
| 2025-01-14 | House | Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 2025-01-07 | House | Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce |
| 2025-01-07 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104456D |
