VirginiaEmployers could offer enhanced retirement benefits to 911 dispatchers
From July 1, 2028, employers could choose to give full-time 911 dispatchers enhanced retirement benefits, with approval from the Virginia Retirement System Board.
What it does
Employers may choose, with Board approval, to provide full-time salaried 911 dispatchers with retirement benefits like those for state police officers.
Argument forDispatchers could receive retirement benefits like those offered to state police officers for service they earn from July 1, 2028, if their employer elects the coverage.
Argument againstEmployers could face added retirement costs if they choose to cover earlier dispatcher service as well as service earned from July 1, 2028.
More detail
An employer may elect enhanced retirement benefits for covered dispatchers, with approval from the Virginia Retirement System Board. The option covers full-time salaried dispatchers for a public safety answering point. The employer must adopt a resolution and obtain Board approval to provide the benefits. The act would take effect July 1, 2028. Enhanced benefits would apply to dispatcher service earned on or after that date; an employer may also cover earlier service.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 23Committee Referral PendingLatest
- Sep 23Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2027 27100088DIntroduced
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