Report compiled by V.P. Bragg
Bill #
Patron
Committee |
Pos |
Description |
Comm Action |
Chamber Action |
Opp/ Chamber Comm |
Comm Action |
Chamber Action |
H.B. 1
Hamilton
Appropriations |
S |
Deferred retirement option plan under VRS.Would allow employee
to continue to work for up to five years after retirement date, with funds deposited in
interest earning account. |
Left in Comm
12/20/00 |
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H.B.
73
Callahan
Appropriations |
S |
Local Retirement Systems; would require localities that
provide their own retirement system to provide members with applicable age and service
requirements with retirement allowances that equal or exceed VRS. At this time they only
have to provide two-thirds of the VRS allowance and only to members who retire at 65 years
of age or older. |
Left in Comm
12/20/00 |
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XXXXX |
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H.B.
220
Callahan
C.C.T. |
S |
Overtime compensation; requires a list of fire personnel be
paid overtime after working more than 48 hrs in a 7day work week, or 192 hrs in a 28 day
work period. |
Left in Comm
12/08/00 |
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XXXXX |
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H.B.
328
Callahan
|
S |
Retirement benefits; provides for public safety personnel who
become disabled in the Line-of-Duty or who has completed 20 years and attained age 50 may
retire with certain disability / retirement benefits.Applies to counties having manager
form of govt. |
Left in Comm
12/20/00 |
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XXXXX |
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H.B.
1089
Orrock
Finance |
S |
Increases from two dollars to three dollars the motor vehicle
registration surcharge used to support emergency medical services.Effective date 7/1/2001 |
Reported from Finance w/amend
17-Y 6-N |
Passed House
70-Y 29-N |
Sent to Senate Trans.
Comm. |
Left in
Trans.
Killed |
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H.B.
1644
Jackson
Appropriations |
S |
VRS; permits certain employees to purchase all periods of
prior active military service at the rate of 5 % for each year to be credited towards
retirement. Under current law, only those periods of service lasting 180 days may be
purchased. |
Tabled in Appropriations
28-Y 0-N |
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XXXXX |
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H.B.
1658
Parrish
Labor
Commerce |
M |
Workers Comp: Heart / Lung: would allow for Heart/Lung
coverage for full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of Dept. of Motor
Vehicles. |
Reported Out
18-Y 3-N |
Passed House
89-Y 6-N |
Senate
Commerce
Labor
Comm. |
Reported
14-Y 1-N
sent to
Finance |
Reported from Finance 7-Y 4-N
Defeated in Senate
16-Y 24-N |
H.B.
1668
Callahan
C.C.T |
S |
Local Retirement Systems; requires any locality that provides
a retirement system outside of VRS to provide its members who retire with applicable age
and service requirements with retirement allowances that equal or exceed VRS allowances.
Under current law must only be two-thirds of allowance. |
Tabled in Appropriations
26-Y 2-N |
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H.B.
1669
Callahan
C.C.T. |
S |
Retirement Benefits; provides that any member of a police/fire
dept. who becomes disabled while discharging official duties or who has completed 20 years
of service and reached 50 years of age may retirement with certain benefits. |
Tabled in Appropriations
26-Y 2-N |
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H.B.
1693
Black
Labor
Commerce |
M |
Workers Comp; would add Police Officers who are employed by
the Metro Washington Airport Authority to the Heart/Lung status. Interestingly does not
add those F.F. ?? |
Tabled in Comm
13-Y 7-N |
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XXXXX |
XXXXXXX |
H.B.
1745
Thomas
Gen.Laws |
S |
Thermal Imaging Camera Advisory Board / Fund; would establish
a fund for purchase of camera, establishes a 9 member board to assist DFP |
Reported Out
w/ Sub
25-Y 0-N |
Passed House
98-Y 0-N |
Senate
Finance |
Reported
from
Finance
16-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate w/Amend
sent to House,Senate
Amend rejected in House (Conference)
(Committee) |
H.B.
2008
Jackson
Gen. Laws |
M |
Line of Duty Disability; clarifies that the continued health
insurance coverage provided to certain employees disabled in the line-of-duty pertains
only to those who are injured after 7/1/2000 |
Tabled in Appropriations
26-Y 2-N |
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XXXXX |
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H.B.
2075
Landes
C.I.B. |
M |
Fire Programs; allows localities to use funds from FP fund for
purchasing preventive medical care and equipment for fire personnel and for payment of
personnel cost related to training. |
Reported w/amend from CIB 24-Y 0-N |
Passed House
96-Y 0-N |
Senate Commerce
Labor |
Reported
w/amend
15-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate
40-Y House
agreed to amend. |
H.B.
2079
Putney
Appropriations |
M |
Revises the Va. FF. Pension Fund so that it may receive
favorable tax treatment, also allows members to name beneficiary |
Reported from
Appropriations
28-Y 0-N |
Passed House
99-Y 0-N |
Sent to
Senate
Finance |
Reported w/sub
15-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate 39-Y
House agreed to substitute |
H.B.
2405
Kilgore
Labor
Commerce |
M |
Includes special forest wardens within the definition of
"Firefighters" for purposes of reporting of exposure to communicable disease,
workers comp for off-duty incidents, and for Heart/ Lung. |
Reported Out
22-Y 0-N |
Passed House
94-Y 2-N |
Senate
Commerce
Labor
Comm |
Reported w/amend
14-Y
1-N |
Passed Senate
37-Y 1-N
House agreed to amendment |
H.B.
2448
Clement
Gen.Laws |
M |
Line of Duty; Amends the definition of "disabled
employee" to include any person who has become mentally or physically incapacitated
on or after 4/8/72 as a direct results of performance of duties. |
Tabled in Appropriations
26-Y 2-N |
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H.B.
2598
Putney
Gen Laws |
O |
Provides that the property owner or occupant shall not be
denied access to his property during an emergency incident if the access does not
interfere with the duties of the dept. |
Tabled in General Laws
25-Y 0-N |
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XXXXX |
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H.B.
2638
Callahan
Appropriations |
M |
VRS; would add EMT's to the group of local employees eligible,
at local option, to receive retirement benefits equivalent to the retirement benefits
provided under SPORS. Also would allow for straight 25 year service retirement with no age
clause for FF & EMT's. |
Tabled in Appropriations
26-Y 2-N |
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H.B.
2712
Amundson
Gen. Laws |
S |
Requires F.F., EMS personnel, to be paid O.T. at a rate not
less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate for all hours of work in
excess of 53 hours in a 7 day work period or 212 hours in a 28 day period. |
Reported from
General Laws
16-Y 8-N |
Passed House
74-Y 23-N |
Sent To Senate
General Laws |
Reported
Out
14-Y
0-N |
Passed Senate w/amendment
39-Y House
agreed to Amendment |
H.B.
2761
McEachin
Court/Justice |
S |
Duty of care; abolishes the Fireman's rule, a common law
doctrine that limits a defendant's liability for otherwise culpable conduct resulting in
injuries and property damage to FF's. |
Courts/Justice
Sub-Comm 2 |
Tabled in Committee
23-Y 0-N |
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XXXXX |
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S.B.
200
Howell
Gen/Laws |
S |
Overtime compensation for public safety personnel; bill
similar to FLSA. Adds provisions dealing with sick time / annual
leave. |
Left in Comm.
12/12/00 |
XXXXXXX |
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XXXXX |
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S.B.
812
Stolle
Finance |
M |
Line of Duty; Amends the definition of "disabled
employee" to include any person who has become mentally or physically incapacitated
on or after 4/8/72 as a direct results of performance of duties. |
Reported from
Finance w/sub
15-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate
40-Y 0-N |
Sent to House
Appropriations |
Tabled in Approp
16-Y 11-N
Killed |
XXXXXXX |
S.B.
878
Watkins
Gen. Laws |
M |
Line of Duty Act payment; provides for the superintendent of
State Police to report the findings of an investigation of a claim for payment to the
State Comptroller within ten workdays after completion of investigation. Under current law
they have forty-five days. |
Reported Out
15-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate
39-Y 0-N |
Sent to
House
Militia/Police |
Reported
Out w/amend
23-Y
0-N |
Passed House w/amend
100-Y |
S.B.
895
Reynolds
Finance |
S |
VRS, would increase multiplier from 1.7 % to 2% for retirement
calculations. |
Left in Finance |
XXXXXXX |
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XXXXX |
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S.B.
996
Stolle
Finance |
M |
VRS; under SPORS changes the period in which the $9,264 annual
supplement is paid from up until age 65 to the members full retirement age under Social
Security Act. |
Reported from
Finance
14-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate
39-Y 0-N |
Sent to House |
Failed to report
11-Y
17-N |
XXXXXXX |
S.B.
1117
Edwards
Gen.Laws |
S |
Thermal Imaging Camera Advisory Board / Fund; would establish
a fund for purchase of camera, establishes a 9 member board to assist DFP Fund. |
Reported from
Gen Laws w/sub
14-Y 0-N
re-referred to
Finance |
Passed Senate
39-Y 0-N
w/sub & amend |
House
General Laws |
Reported Out w/amend
25-Y
0-N |
Passed House w/amend
100-Y Senate rejects
amend |
S.B.
1224
Whipple
Commerce
Labor |
S |
Fire Programs Fund; provides that any funds remaining at the
end of an annual reporting period due to receiving locality's failure to submit required
documentation be allocated to localities for improvement of fire services. |
Reported Out
15-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate
40-Y 0-N |
Sent to House
General Laws
sub-comm 4 |
Reported
Out
25-Y
0-N |
Passed House
100-Y |
S.B.
1231
Stolle
Finance |
M |
SPORS: increases the multiplier in the State Police Officers
Retirement Sys.from 1. 7 % to 2.5 %, other modifications to the plan. |
Left In Finance |
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XXXXX |
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S.B.
1317
Byrne
Commerce
Labor |
S |
Employee-employer cooperation act; Permits employees of the
Commonwealth, it's political subdivisions, or any governmental agency of any of them, to
form assoc. for the purpose of discussing their interests with their employing agencies. |
PBI Killed
8-Y 5-N 1-A |
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