HB585
Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers and 911 dispatchers.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Jan. 25, 2026
House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (HB585)
Chief Patron:
Jason Ballard (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers and 911 dispatchers.
Allows local governments to provide enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to full-time salaried animal control officers and 911 dispatchers. The bill provides that such enhanced retirement benefits apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried animal control officer or 911 dispatcher on or after July 1, 2027, ... (More) but allows an employer, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned as a full-time salaried animal control officer or 911 dispatcher before July 1, 2027, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101122D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/20/2026 - House: Placed on Finance Agenda
- 01/21/2026 - House: Referred from Finance and referred to Appropriations (Voice Vote)
- 01/21/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/25/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (HB585)
