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2013 SESSION
SB 854 Virginia Retirement System; benefits for certain local employees.
Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Virginia Retirement System; certain local employees. Allows that a political subdivision may by resolution irrevocably declare that persons employed as firefighters, emergency medical technicians, or law-enforcement officers shall be considered to have 60 months of creditable service as of January 1, 2013, for purposes of the Virginia Retirement System. Current law allows political subdivisions to declare that such employees are not considered persons who became members on or after July 1, 2010, for purposes of the Virginia Retirement System. The bill also declares that if the political subdivision adopts such a resolution, those employees shall not be eligible to participate in the new hybrid retirement program.
FULL TEXT
- 01/02/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101184D pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB854ER) pdf
- 03/16/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/02/13 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101184D
- 01/02/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/22/13 Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/13 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/25/13 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/13 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/13 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/13 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/13 House: Read first time
- 02/02/13 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/04/13 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement
- 02/11/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/13 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/13 House: Read second time
- 02/15/13 House: Read third time
- 02/15/13 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/13 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/13 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/20/13 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB854ER)
- 02/20/13 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/13 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/16/13 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 456 (effective 7/1/13)
- 03/16/13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456)