VA SB79 | 2016 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on March 1 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0207)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Fire or rescue volunteers; mental health treatment; funding by locality. Allows any locality to fund the cost of participation in mental health treatment and counseling programs by a member of a volunteer fire or rescue company. A mental health program in which such volunteers are eligible to participate must be comparable to an employee assistance program offered to paid employees of the locality.

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Title

Fire or rescue volunteers; mental health treatment, funding by locality.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2016-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 103 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2016-03-01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0207)
2016-03-01 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 207 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-02-25 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 3, 2016
2016-02-25SenateEnrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/25/16
2016-02-25SenateSigned by President
2016-02-24HouseSigned by Speaker
2016-02-24SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB79ER)
2016-02-24SenateEnrolled
2016-02-23HouseVOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (100-Y 0-N)
2016-02-23HousePassed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2016-02-23HouseReconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
2016-02-23HouseVOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2016-02-23HousePassed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2016-02-23HouseRead third time
2016-02-22HouseRead second time
2016-02-19HouseReported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
2016-02-03HouseReferred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2016-02-03HouseRead first time
2016-02-03HousePlaced on Calendar
2016-01-26SenateRead third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-01-25SenateEngrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB79S1
2016-01-25SenateCommittee substitute agreed to 16104529D-S1
2016-01-25SenateReading of substitute waived
2016-01-25SenateRead second time
2016-01-21SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-01-19SenateIncorporates SB134
2016-01-19SenateCommittee substitute printed 16104529D-S1
2016-01-19SenateReported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
2015-12-21SenateReferred to Committee on Local Government
2015-12-21SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101918D

Same As/Similar To

HB233 (Same As) 2016-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0417)
SB134 (Same As) 2016-01-19 - Incorporated by Local Government

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
1521517(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB79
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB79+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB79S1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB79ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0207+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S07V0005+SB0079
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0058SB0079+SB0079
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0077SB0079+SB0079
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H07V0055+SB0079
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0795+SB0079
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0817+SB0079

Bill Comments

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