VA SB218 | 2025 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Over of previous SB218
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 8 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-02-21 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 8 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-02-21 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Virginia retirement system; enhanced retirement benefits; animal control officers. Adds full-time animal control officers to the list of local employees eligible to receive enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service for service earned in such positions on or after July 1, 2025, and in certain circumstances service earned prior to that date. 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. Virginia retirement system; enhanced retirement benefits; animal control officers. Adds full-time animal control officers to the list of local employees eligible to receive enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service for service earned in such positions on or after July 1, 2025, and in certain circumstances service earned prior to that date. 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.
Title
Retirement system; animal control officers to receive benefits.
Sponsors
| Sen. Mamie Locke [D] |
Roll Calls
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-21 | House | Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote |
| 2024-02-14 | House | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2024-02-14 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-14 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB218S1 |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 24107180D-S1 |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24107180D-S1 |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102320D |
Same As/Similar To
SB218 (Carry Over) 2024-02-21 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote
