Bill
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Patron
Committee |
Pos |
Description |
Comm
Action |
Chamber
Action |
Opp/
Chamber Comm |
Comm
Action |
Chamber Action |
H.B.33
Militia/Police
Tata
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S |
Military laws; leaves of absence for
employees of the Commonwealth. Eliminates the conflict
between federal law (Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act) and state law. Federal law grants an employee up to 15
workdays to serve in the military or reserves, and to return only
after safe transportation back to his residence and eight hours of
rest. Current Virginia law grants only 15 days of leave. |
Reported Out
22-Y 0-N
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Passed House
99-Y 0-N
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Senate
General Laws
Technology |
Reported Out
15-Y 0-N
W/Substitute |
Passed Senate
40-Y 0-N
House agreed to Substitute
93-Y 0-N |
H.B.
37
Appropriations
Tata
|
S |
Retirement benefits; local emergency
medical technicians. Adds local emergency medical
technicians to the list of local employees for whom localities may
provide retirement benefits equivalent to those provided to State
Police officers( H.B. 60 is an identical bill) |
Reported Out
17-Y 5-N
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Passed House
83-Y 13-N
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Senate
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Reported Out
15-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
39-Y 0-N
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H.B.
60
Appropriations
Albo
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S
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Law-Enforcement Officers Retirement
System; emergency medical technicians. Adds full-time
salaried emergency medical technicians to the list of those who may
receive benefits equivalent to those provided under the State Police
Officers' Retirement System
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Left In Appropriations
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H.B.
161
Finance
Ligamfelter
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S
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Income tax; subtraction of federal,
state, or local government employee retirement payments. Reduces
taxable income by the amount of any federal, state, or local
government employee retirement payments received
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Left in Finance
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H.B.
208
Gen Laws
Cox
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S
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Fire Services Board; payment of per
diem. Provides that members of the Fire Services Board shall
receive compensation for the performance of their duties. Funding for
the compensation and costs of expenses of the members is to be
provided from the Fire Programs Fund established pursuant to §
38.2-401.
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Reported Out
21-Y 1-N
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Passed House
97-Y 0-N
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Senate General Laws
Technology
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Reported Out
15-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
40-Y 0-N
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H.B.
255
Militia/Police
Cosgrove
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S
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Line of Duty Act; mandatory training.
Requires the Secretary of Public Safety to develop training guidelines
to be distributed to agencies and localities with employees covered by
the Line of Duty Act. Each agency or locality shall be required to
provide a minimum of one hour of training concerning the Act to its
eligible employees. The training will count towards in-service credit
requirements for law-enforcement officers
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Reported Out
W/Amendments
22-Y 0-N
VPFF introduced
Amendments
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Passed House
99-Y 0-N
W/Amends
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Senate
Courts/Justice
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Reported Out
9-Y 6-N
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Passed Senate As Amended
40-Y 0-N
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Bill #
Patron
Committee |
Pos |
Description |
Comm Action |
Chamber Action |
Opp/ Chamber Comm |
Comm Action |
Chamber Action |
H.B.
451
Tata
Appropriations
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O |
Virginia Retirement System; forfeiture
of eligibility. Clarifies the process when a member who is
terminated because of dishonesty, malfeasance, or misfeasance forfeits
his eligibility for retirement benefits. |
Left in Appropriations
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H.B.
501
Armstrong
Gen Laws
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M |
Teachers, Deputies and Local Government
Employees Health Insurance Relief Act. Provides that
employees of local governments, local officers, sheriff’s deputies,
teachers, and retirees, and the dependents of such employees,
officers, sheriff’s deputies, teachers, and retirees may
participate, with the approval of the local government, in the plan
established pursuant to § 2.2-2818 to provide health and related
insurance coverage for state employees. The local government shall be
responsible for whatever portion of the cost of such insurance is not
paid by the employee. The Commonwealth shall not be obligated to pay
all or any portion of the cost thereof. |
Rereferrd to Appropriations
Sub-Committee
Comp/Retirement
(Putney)
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Continued to 2007
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H.B.
539
Comm/Labor
Callahan
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S |
Minimum wage. Increases the
minimum wage from its current federally mandated level of $5.15 per
hour to $6.15 per hour effective July 1, 2006; to $7.15 per hour
effective July 1, 2007; and to $8.15 per hour effective July 1, 2008.
For subsequent years, the minimum wage will be adjusted annually on
July 1 to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for the
preceding calendar year, as determined by the Commissioner of Labor
and Industry. |
Left in Commerce
Labor
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H.B.
565
Comm/Labor
Nixon
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O |
Workers' compensation; temporary partial
disability benefits. Requires an injured employee who is
released to return to work, as a condition of eligibility for partial
disability benefits, to prove that he made a reasonable effort to
market his residual work capacity during the period for which he seeks
compensation. The measure also provides that compensation for a
temporary partial disability of 13 weeks or less shall be calculated
based on post-injury average weekly wages over the entire period of
partial disability. If the duration of the partial disability is
longer than 13 weeks, it will be calculated quarterly, provided that
if the partial disability period ends before the end of a 13-week
interval, the calculation for the final interval shall be as if the
period of partial disability was for less than 13 weeks. |
Sub-Comm
Utilities & Employment
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Rolled into
HB 865
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H.B.
610
O'Bannon
Courts/Justice
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S |
Facilitating an emergency medical
services quality of care initiative; civil immunity and privileged
communications. Facilitates the development of a quality of care
initiative in the emergency medical services system by providing civil
immunity for members of entities monitoring such care and rendering
their communications privileged in the same manner as provided to
other professional groups |
Reported Out
21-Y 0-N
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Passed House
94-Y 2-N
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Senate Courts/Justice
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Reported Out
15-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
39-Y 0-N
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H.B.
639
Militia/Police
Phillips
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S |
Local emergency directors and
coordinators; emergency response training. Requires local
emergency directors and coordinators to be certified in emergency
management, pursuant to guidelines and standards promulgated by the
Department of Emergency Management |
Left in MPP
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H.B.
781
Albo
C.C.T
|
S |
Rights of residents and employees to
contact elected officials. Provides that every local
government employee has the right to express opinions to state or
local elected officials on matters of public concern. Retaliation
based upon a local government employee's exercise of such right is
unlawful. |
Reported Out
21-Y 1-N
W/Amends
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Passed House
99-Y 1-N
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Senate
Local Goverment
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Reported out
13-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
40-Y 0-N
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H.B.
865
Comm/Labor
Byron
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O |
Workers' compensation; temporary partial
disability benefits. Provides that the post-injury average
weekly wage, in the case of a temporary partial disability of 13 weeks
or less, to be computed by dividing the employee's total earnings
during the first two weeks of partial incapacity by two, and that such
average is subject to retroactive adjustment for the 90 days preceding
an application for an adjustment. If the duration of the partial
disability is longer than 13 weeks, it will be computed by dividing
the total earnings during the period of partial incapacity by the
number of weeks in the period. |
Reported Out
w/Substitute
19-Y 3-N
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Passed House
58-Y 35-N
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Senate Commerce Labor
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Reported Out With Amend
14-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
40-Y 0-N
House agreed to Amends
95-Y 3-N
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H.B.
866
Comm/Labor
Byron
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O |
Workers' compensation; temporary partial
disability benefits; marketing standards. Requires an
injured employee who is released to return to work, as a condition of
eligibility for partial disability benefits, to prove that he made a
reasonable effort to market his residual work capacity during the
period for which he seeks compensation |
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Docket
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H.B.
999
Toscano
C.C.T
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M |
Local grievance procedure. Allows
localities to utilize an administrative hearing officer rather than a
three-member panel to hear cases involving employee grievances. |
Reported Out
22-Y 0-N
W/Substitute
pertains only to
Albemarle Co
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Passed House
97-Y 0-N
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Senate
Local Government
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Reported Out
15-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
39-Y 0-N
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H.B.
1004
Sherwood
Milita/Police
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S |
Office of Commonwealth Preparedness.
Makes permanent the Office of Commonwealth Preparedness and provides
for the appointment of a director by the Governor to serve a five-year
term. The bill sets out the duties of the Office and also creates the
Secure Commonwealth Panel and sets out its membership and duties.
The bill contains technical amendments. |
Reported Out
22-Y 0-N
W/Substitute
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Passed House
W/floor sub
97-Y 0-N
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Senate
Gen Laws
Technology
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Reported Out
15-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
40-Y 0-N
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Bill #
Patron
Committee |
Pos |
Description
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Comm Action |
Chamber Action |
Opp/ Chamber Comm |
Comm Action |
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H.B.
1180
Carrico
Milita/Police
VPFF Bill
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S |
Powers of Governor during emergency; public safety employee hardship.
Allows the Governor, in his discretion, to provide up to $2,500 per
month for up to three months to a public safety employee responding to a
natural or manmade disaster who has suffered an extreme personal or
family hardship in the affected area
(VPFF Legislation)
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Reported Out
22-Y 0-N
W/Substitute
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Passed House
97-Y 0-N
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Senate
Gen Laws
Technology
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Reported Out
15-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
40-Y 0-N
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H.B.
1331
Bell
Appropriations
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O |
Virginia Retirement System; defined contribution plan.
Creates a new defined contribution plan for all employees who enter on
or after July 1, 2006, into any position covered by any retirement plan
administered by the Virginia Retirement System. The employee has 90 days
after entering into such a position to elect to participate in the
defined contribution plan or the retirement plan for which he is
otherwise eligible.
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H.B.
1362
Bell
Appropriations
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S
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Virginia Retirement System; E-911 employees. Adds local
employees operating an E-911 system to the list of local law-enforcement
employees eligible for retirement benefits equivalent to those provided
to State Police Officers.
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H.B.
1363
Comm/Labor
Toscano
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Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from its current
federally mandated level of $5.15 per hour to $6.15 per hour effective
January 1, 2007, to $7.15 per hour effective January 1, 2008, and to
$8.15 per hour effective January 1, 2009, unless a higher minimum wage
is required by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Left in Commerce
Labor
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H.B.
1387
Callahan
Appropriations
VPFF Bill
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S
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Line of Duty Act. Creates the Line of
Duty Disability Fund and funds it by imposing an additional $50 cost for
certain traffic violations. The Fund is to be used to pay the costs of
continued health benefits coverage provided to employees and their
families under the Line of Duty Act (the Act). The bill also provides
that any local employee who meets the definition of a deceased or
disabled person under the Act who was disabled on or after January 1,
1972, not otherwise already receiving the continued health insurance
coverage benefit under this section, shall be entitled to the continued
health insurance coverage benefit beginning July 1, 2006. (VPFF
Legislation)
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Continued to 2007
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Bill #
Patron
Committee
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Pos
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Description |
Comm Action |
Chamber Action |
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Comm Action |
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H.B.
1402
Sickles
Milita/Police
VPFF Bill
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S |
Powers of Governor during emergency; public safety employee hardship.
Allows the Governor, in his discretion, to provide up to $2,500 per
month for up to three months to a public safety employee responding to a
natural or manmade disaster who has suffered an extreme personal or
family hardship in the affected area (VPFF Legislation)
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Rolled into
HB 118O
Carrico
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H.B.
1418
Suit
Appropriations
VPFF Bill
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Line of Duty Act; payment of benefits. Increases from $75,000
to $100,000 the amount for which a beneficiary of a deceased person
whose death occurred while in the line of duty as the direct or
proximate result of the performance of his duty is eligible to receive
(VPFF Legislation; substitute bill pending)
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Reported Out
23-Y 0-N
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Passed House
100-Y |
Senate Finance |
Reported Out
15-Y 0-N |
Passed Senate
39-Y 0-N |
Bill #
Patron
Committee
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Pos |
Description |
Comm Action |
Chamber Action |
Opp/ Chamber Comm |
Comm Action |
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S.B. 9
Local Gov.
Reynolds
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M |
Health insurance for local government
employees. Provides that employees of local governments, local
officers, teachers, and retirees, and the dependents of such
employees, officers, teachers, and retirees, may participate, with the
approval of the local government, in the state employee health plan
established pursuant to § 2.2-2818. The local government shall be
responsible for whatever portion of the cost of such insurance that is
not paid by the employee, except any portion that the General Assembly
elects to pay. |
Continued to 2007
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S.B.
75
Ed/Health
Houck
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School crisis, emergency management, and
medical emergency response plan; required. Requires each
school to implement a "medical emergency response plan" as
part of their school crisis and emergency management plan. The
Department of Education must provide assistance in the development of
the plan by referring to the scientific statements prepared by the
American Heart Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and
other various national emergency response organizations, regarding the
components of an emergency medical response plan. The Department must
also prepare a model plan. |
Reported Out
11-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
39-Y 0-N |
House Committee
Education |
Reported Out
W/Amend
22-Y 0-N |
Passed House
99-Y 0-N |
S.B.
175
Finance
Wampler
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Virginia Retirement System; retirement
allowances. Increases the retirement allowances for future state
and local retirees of the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), Law
Enforcement Officers' Retirement System (LEOs), State Police Officers'
Retirement System (SPORS), and the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement
System (VaLORS) by gradually increasing, over a six-year period, the
percentage of average final compensation that is multiplied by the
amount of creditable service (i) from two percent to 2.3 percent for
certain members of the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System who
are not eligible for the supplemental allowance and (ii) from 1.7
percent to two percent for all other such state and local employees.The
bill also increases by three percent (phased in over a six-year
period) the annual retirement allowance of current retirees of VRS,
LEOs, SPORS, and VaLORS. |
Rolled into
SB 393
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S.B.
361
Comm/Labor
Edwards
VPFF Bill
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Workers' compensation coverage for first
responders. Exempts first responders injured during a declared
state of emergency from the requirement that the physician treating
the employee be chosen from a three-physician panel provided by the
employer. The measure provides that a first responder injured during a
state of emergency shall be taken forthwith to any available health
care facility and be furnished medical treatment at the employer's
expense. It also provides that if certain first responders become ill
due to an exposure to a radioactive, chemical or biologic agent, and
thereafter transmits the illness to a family member, the family member
is entitled to employer-provided medical care. (VPFF Legislation) |
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S.B.
363
Gen Laws
Wampler
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Office of Commonwealth Preparedness.
Makes permanent the Office of Commonwealth Preparedness and provides
for the appointment of a director by the Governor to serve a five-year
term. The bill sets out the duties of the Office and also creates the
Secure Commonwealth Panel and sets out its membership and duties.
The bill contains technical amendments. |
Reported Out
14-Y 0-N
W/Substitute
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Passed Senate
39-Y 0-N
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House Militia
Police/Public Safety
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Reported Out
22-Y 0-N
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Passed House
98-Y 0-N
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S.B.
377
Gen Laws
McDougle |
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Reservists called to active duty; health
insurance. Requires the Commonwealth and political
subdivisions of the Commonwealth to continue to provide health
insurance benefits to any employee who is a reservist or member of the
National Guard and is called to active duty, as well as to any
dependents covered under the employee's health insurance plan prior to
the employee's being called to duty. In addition, if such employee is
killed while on active duty, the employee's dependents shall be
allowed to continue the health insurance benefits for a period of 12
months after the employee's death. |
Reported Out
14-Y 0-N
Rereferred
Finance
Reported Out
15-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
39-Y 0-N |
House Militia
Police/Public Safety |
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S.B.
393
Finance
Stolle |
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Retirement; benefits for certain state
and local public safety officers. Makes several changes to
the retirement benefits of state and local public safety officers and
the funding of such benefits. |
Reported Out W/Substitute
15-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
40-Y 0-N
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House Appropriations
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Left in Appropriations
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S.B.
480
Comm/Labor
Colgan |
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Minimum wage. Increases the
minimum wage from its current federally mandated level of $5.15 per
hour to $6.15 per hour effective July 1, 2006; to $7.15 per hour
effective July 1, 2007; and to $8.15 per hour effective July 1, 2008.
For subsequent years, the minimum wage will be adjusted annually on
July 1 to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for the
preceding calendar year, as determined by the Commissioner of Labor
and Industry. |
Defeated in Committee
5-Y 10-N
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S.B.
498
Gen/Laws
Puckett |
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Fire Programs Fund. Authorizes
the Virginia Fire Services Board to revise allocations to eligible
localities. |
Reported from Gen/Laws
14-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
39-Y 0-N
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House Committee
Gen Laws
Sub#1
Suit
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Reported Out
22-Y 0-N
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Passed House
100-Y
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S.B.
515
Courts/Justice
Puckett |
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Line of Duty Act; disabled state
employees. Extends the Act's benefits to any state public
safety employee whose disability occurred prior to January 1, 1972. |
Reported Out
14-Y 0-N
Rereferred to
Finance
Reported Out
15-Y 0-N
With Amend
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Passed Senate
38-Y 0-N |
House Militia
Police/Public Safety |
Reported Out
22-Y 0-N |
Passed House
98-Y 0-N |
S.B.
550
Finance
Blevins |
S |
Law-Enforcement Officers Retirement
System; emergency medical technicians. Adds full-time,
salaried emergency medical technicians to the list of those who may
receive benefits equivalent to those provided under the State Police
Officers' Retirement System. |
Reported Out
15-Y 0-N
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Passed Senate
39-Y 0-N
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House Sub/Comm
Putney |
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S.B.
600
Rehab/Social Services
Colgan |
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Alcoholic beverage tax. Increases the
tax on alcoholic beverages by 3% with the revenues to be used for the
operational support of volunteer rescue squads and fire-fighting
organizations. |
Reported Out
13-Y 0-N
Rereferred to
Finance
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2007
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S.B.
636
Courts Justice
Quayle
VPFF Bill |
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Line of Duty Act. Creates the Line
of Duty Disability Fund and funds it by imposing an additional $50
cost for certain traffic violations. The Fund is to be used to pay the
costs of continued health benefits coverage provided to employees and
their families under the Line of Duty Act (the Act). The bill also
provides that any local employee who meets the definition of a
deceased or disabled person under the Act who was disabled on or after
January 1, 1972, not otherwise already receiving the continued health
insurance coverage benefit under this section, shall be entitled to
the continued health insurance coverage benefit beginning July 1,
2006. (VPFF Legislation) |
Reported Out
13-Y 0-N
Rerefrred to Finance
Rolled into
SB 393
15-Y 0-N
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