VA HB2504 | 2025 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Emergency Vehicles and Housing for Emergency Services Volunteers Grant Programs established; reports. Establishes the Emergency Vehicles Grant Program (the EV Program) and the Housing for Emergency Services Volunteers Grant Program (the ESV Program). The EV Program authorizes the Department of Fire Programs to provide grants to assist eligible localities in acquiring emergency vehicles to be used in the performance of volunteer emergency services, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly in amounts of up to $10,000 per eligible locality, on a first-come, first-served basis. The ESV Program authorizes the Department to provide grants to assist eligible localities in providing emergency services volunteers who are currently enrolled in an eligible educational institution with living quarters at no charge to such volunteers, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Grant recipients of the EV Program and the ESV Program are required to submit a report to the Department no later than October 1 of any year in which the recipient receives available funds. The Department is directed to submit a summarized report of the information received from grant recipients to the House Committee on General Laws, the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.

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Title

Emergency Vehicles & Housing for Emergency Services Volunteers Grant Programs; established, reports.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2025-01-22 - House - Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2025-02-04HouseLeft in Appropriations
2025-01-22HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2025-01-20HouseAssigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety
2025-01-14HouseFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2504)
2025-01-08HouseReferred to Committee on Appropriations
2025-01-08HousePrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103551D

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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