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2018 SESSION

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HB 729 Virginia Fire Services Board; powers & duties, modular training program for volunteer firefighters.

Introduced by: Christopher T. Head | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Virginia Fire Services Board; powers and duties; modular training program for volunteer firefighters. Directs the Virginia Fire Services Board to develop a modular training program for volunteer firefighters for adoption by local volunteer fire departments that shall include (i) Firefighter I and Firefighter II certification pursuant to standards developed by the National Fire Protection Association and (ii) an online training program. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/18  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104370D  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/18  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB729ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/23/18  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0403)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/09/18  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104370D
• 01/09/18  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
• 01/17/18  House: Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
• 02/01/18  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/18  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/02/18  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/18  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/02/18  House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
• 02/08/18  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/18  House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/18  House: Read first time
• 02/12/18  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/13/18  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/18  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/18  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/14/18  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/19/18  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/18  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/28/18  Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/18  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/18  Senate: Read third time
• 03/02/18  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 03/02/18  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 03/02/18  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 03/02/18  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/18  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/06/18  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/18  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/18  House: Enrolled
• 03/08/18  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB729ER)
• 03/08/18  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/10/18  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/16/18  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 16, 2018
• 03/16/18  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
• 03/23/18  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 403 (effective 1/1/19)
• 03/23/18  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0403)