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2024 SESSION
SB 630 Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor; medal may be awarded to dispatcher.
Introduced by: John J. McGuire, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Public safety officer; Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor; dispatcher. Adds a dispatcher, including a dispatcher employed by the Department of State Police, to the definition of a public safety officer for purposes of possible selection by the Governor for the Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor, presented for performance above and beyond the call of duty involving extraordinary valor in the face of grave danger, at great personal risk. A dispatcher is defined in relevant law as an individual employed by a public safety answering point, an emergency medical dispatch service provider, or both, who is qualified to answer incoming emergency telephone calls or provide for the appropriate emergency response either directly or through communication with the appropriate public safety answering point.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101744D pdf
- 02/12/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107571D-S1 pdf
- 03/04/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB630ER) pdf
- 03/28/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments not adopted
HISTORY
- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101744D
- 01/10/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/07/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/12/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107571D-S1
- 02/12/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/24 Senate: Committee amendments rejected
- 02/13/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/13/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107571D-S1
- 02/13/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB630S1
- 02/13/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/24 House: Read first time
- 02/16/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/23/24 House: Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/24 House: Read second time
- 02/28/24 House: Read third time
- 02/28/24 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/04/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB630ER)
- 03/04/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/28/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 253 (effective 7/1/24)
- 03/28/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253)