VA HB279 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 28 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 28 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Military leaves of absence for employees of Commonwealth or political subdivisions; professional firefighters. Provides that any person who is employed by the Commonwealth or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth as a professional firefighter shall receive paid leaves of absence for up to 388 work hours that a leave of absence is required, regardless of whether such amount of work hours exceeds 21 workdays per federal fiscal year, during which such person is engaged in federally funded military duty, to include training duty, or is called forth by the Governor for military duty. Under current law, employees of the Commonwealth or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth are limited to an eight-hour, 21-workday cap, which equates to seven workdays for such employees working in 24-hour shifts. The 388-work-hour cap would provide leave for a little over 16 workdays for such employees working in 24-hour shifts.
Title
Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth, etc.; includes prof. firefighters.
Sponsors
| Del. Dan Helmer [D] | Del. Rozia Henson [D] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-28 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184) | |
| 2024-03-28 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 184 (effective 7/1/24) | |
| 2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-11 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-03-07 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-03-07 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB279ER) |
| 2024-03-07 | House | Enrolled |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-28 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-14 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 2024-02-14 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-02 | Senate | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 2024-02-02 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2024-02-01 | House | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-01 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2024-01-30 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-01-26 | House | Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-25 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-23 | House | Assigned PS sub: Public Safety |
| 2024-01-05 | House | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| 2024-01-05 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104149D |
Same As/Similar To
SB401 (Similar To) 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0239)
