Virginia Senate Bill 1156

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-28 - Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations (SB1083-Perry) (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. Allows local governments to provide enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to full-time salaried 911 dispatchers. The bill provides that such enhanced retirement benefits apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher on or after July 1, 2026, but allows an employer, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher before July 1, 2026, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.

Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]

2025-01-28 - Senate - Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations (SB1083-Perry) (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-28	Senate	Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations (SB1083-Perry) (15-Y 0-N)
2025-01-15	Senate	Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (SB1156)
2025-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2025-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102499D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1156
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1156/text/SB1156
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1020774.PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1156/20251/SB1083