VirginiaEmergency Vehicles & Housing for Emergency Services Volunteers Grant Programs; established, reports.
What it does
Emergency Vehicles and Housing for Emergency Services Volunteers Grant Programs established; reports. Establishes the Emergency Vehicles Grant Program (the EV Program) and the Housing for Emergency Services Volunteers Grant Program (the ESV Program). The EV Program authorizes the Department of Fire Programs to provide grants to assist eligible localities in acquiring emergency vehicles to be used in the performance of volunteer emergency services, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly in amounts of up to $10,000 per eligible locality, on a first-come, first-served basis.
More detail
The ESV Program authorizes the Department to provide grants to assist eligible localities in providing emergency services volunteers who are currently enrolled in an eligible educational institution with living quarters at no charge to such volunteers, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Grant recipients of the EV Program and the ESV Program are required to submit a report to the Department no later than October 1 of any year in which the recipient receives available funds. The Department is directed to submit a summarized report of the information received from grant recipients to the House Committee on General Laws, the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 4Left in AppropriationsLatest
- Jan 22Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 20Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 14Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2504)
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103551DIntroduced