VirginiaRetirement system; animal control officers to receive benefits.
What it does
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.
More detail
The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2024
- Nov 18Left in AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 21Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
- Feb 14Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Feb 14Read first timeMinor
- Feb 14Placed on Calendar
- Feb 9Impact statement from VRS (SB218S1)
- Feb 8Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 8Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 8Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB218S1Major
- Feb 8Committee substitute agreed to 24107180D-S1Major
- Feb 8Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 8Read second timeMinor
- Feb 7Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 6Committee substitute printed 24107180D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 6Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 6Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Jan 25Impact statement from VRS (SB218)
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on Finance and AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102320DIntroduced