VirginiaCovered workers' beneficiaries would receive payments after qualifying deaths
Beneficiaries of covered workers who die in the line of duty would receive a payment based on the date of death.
What it does
Beneficiaries of covered workers who die in the line of duty would receive $75,000 or $100,000, depending on when the death occurred. Certain other work-related or retirement-related deaths may qualify for a separate payment.
Argument forFamilies of some covered workers who die after retirement could receive a payment when death is tied to a listed cancer within seven years.
Argument againstFamilies relying on the listed-cancer route may not qualify under that route if the worker dies more than seven years after retirement.
More detail
The listed employers or the state fund would pay beneficiaries of covered workers who die under the listed circumstances. For a line-of-duty death, the payment is $75,000 for deaths on or before December 31, 2005, and $100,000 for deaths on or after January 1, 2006. A separate payment covers certain other work-related or retirement-related deaths. Payments are subject to the cited code sections. The nonparticipating employer, contributing nonprofit college, or contributing private police department pays where specified; the state fund pays on behalf of participating employers. For the separate payment after certain work-related or retirement-related deaths, the worker's death must meet at least one listed condition: it arose from and occurred during employment, was within five years after retirement, or was caused by a listed cancer within the stated retirement period. The separate payment is $75,000 for a death on or after January 1, 2025, and $25,000 for an earlier death.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 21Continued from last sessionLatest
- Feb 25Continued to next session in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
- Feb 19Assigned HAPP sub: Compensation and RetirementMinor
- Feb 19Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Feb 19Read first timeMinor
- Feb 19Placed on Calendar
- Feb 14Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (SB523)
- Feb 13Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 13Rules suspended
- Feb 13Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Feb 13Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed toMajor
- Feb 13Read second timeMinor
- Feb 12Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Feb 12Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 12Rules suspended
- Feb 11Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 2Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 24Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (SB523)
- Jan 13Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101202DIntroduced
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