SB304
Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 3, 2026
Senate: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N)
Chief Patron:
Emily Jordan (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers.
Allows local governments to provide enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to full-time salaried 911 dispatchers. The bill provides that such enhanced retirement benefits apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher on or after July 1, 2027, but allows an employer, as that term is ... (More) defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned as a full-time salaried 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 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103136D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 01/25/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (SB304)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N)
