Virginia House Bill 231

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-11-18 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers. Adds animal control officers to the list of local employees eligible to receive enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service. Under current law, localities may provide such benefits to first responders, including firefighters and emergency medical technicians, and certain other hazardous duty positions.The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, and provides that such membership would apply only to service earned on or after July 1, 2025.

Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers.

Del. Ellen Campbell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-11-18	House	Left in Appropriations
2024-02-05	House	Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
2024-02-05	House	House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2024-02-05	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
2024-01-25	House	Impact statement from VRS (HB231)
2024-01-17	House	Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement
2024-01-04	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2024-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103013D

HB231 (Carry Over) 2024-02-05 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
51	1	212	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB231
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB231/text/HB231
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/legacy/1000141.PDF