VirginiaLine of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries.
What it does
Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries. Provides that if a deceased person, as that term is defined in the Line of Duty Act, died as a result of certain cancers within seven years from his date of retirement, his beneficiary shall be entitled to the payment of certain benefits. Under current law, such beneficiary shall be entitled to such payment if the deceased person's death (i) arose out of and in the course of his employment or (ii) was within five years from his date of retirement.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Feb 25Continued to next session in Appropriations (Voice Vote)Latest
- 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
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- 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)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- 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
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 2Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice. Result: pass.Upper
- 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