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2024 SESSION

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SB 649 Line of Duty Act; increases payment of benefits.

Introduced by: Saddam Azlan Salim | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Line of Duty Act; payment of benefits. Increases from $25,000 to $75,000 the death benefit payout under the Virginia Line of Duty Act for a death caused by occupational cancer, respiratory disease, or hypertension or heart disease for those deaths that will occur on or after January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 321.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/24  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24103777D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/06/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107192D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/15/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107741D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/06/24  Senate: Conference substitute printed 24108868D-S2  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB649ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/04/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• Conference amendments

HISTORY

• 01/12/24  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24103777D
• 01/12/24  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/15/24  Senate: Rereferred from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/15/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/06/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107192D-S1
• 02/07/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/24  Senate: Read second time
• 02/08/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/08/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107192D-S1
• 02/08/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB649S1
• 02/08/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/24  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/14/24  House: Read first time
• 02/14/24  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/15/24  House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107741D-H1
• 02/19/24  House: Read second time
• 02/20/24  House: Read third time
• 02/20/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107741D-H1
• 02/20/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB649H1
• 02/20/24  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/24  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/24  Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/24  Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
• 02/23/24  House: House insisted on substitute
• 02/23/24  House: House requested conference committee
• 02/27/24  Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/24  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 02/27/24  Senate: Senators: Salim, Perry, McDougle
• 02/28/24  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 02/28/24  House: Delegates: McQuinn, Thomas, Arnold
• 03/06/24  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 03/06/24  Senate: Conference substitute printed 24108868D-S2
• 03/06/24  House: Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/24  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/25/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB649ER)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/27/24  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
• 03/27/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/04/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 381 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/04/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)