VirginiaFire Programs Fund; increases annual assessment used to fund.
What it does
Insurance; Fire Programs Fund; purposes. Provides that the portion of the Fire Programs Fund allocated to localities may be used for the additional purposes of (i) constructing, improving, or expanding fire station facilities, (ii) providing mental health resources, or (iii) hiring additional fire personnel and funding recruitment and retention programs. The bill also prohibits such funds from being used, except as provided, for the purposes of investments, operating expenses, debt repayment, taxes, or fees.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2024
- Nov 19Left in Finance and AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 29Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
- Vote recorded S Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 26Rereferred to Finance and AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 26Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 16Impact statement from SCC (HB489H1)
- Feb 14Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Feb 14Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 13VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Feb 12Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB489H1Major
- Feb 12Committee substitute agreed to 24107326D-H1Major
- Feb 12Read second timeMinor
- Feb 11Read first timeMinor
- Feb 9Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 9Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- Feb 9Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public SafetyMinor
- Feb 8Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 8Committee substitute printed 24107326D-H1Major
- Feb 8Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 6Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 6Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 6House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Jan 24Impact statement from SCC (HB489)
- Jan 23Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1Minor
- Jan 19Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)Minor
- Jan 19Referred from Public Safety (Voice Vote)Minor
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103291DIntroduced