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VA HB 205

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Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did VA HB 205 pass?

The current status of VA HB 205 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-18): Left in Committee Appropriations

What is VA HB 205 about?

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 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.

Who sponsors VA HB 205?

Mike A. Cherry is the primary sponsor of VA HB 205, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

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 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.

Introduced
2026-01-07
Latest action
2026-02-18 — Left in Committee Appropriations
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Mike A. Cherryprimary
  • Mitchell Cornettcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-18

    Left in Committee Appropriations

  2. 2026-01-25

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (HB205)

  3. 2026-01-07

    Referred to Committee on Appropriations

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-07

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101760D

    filing,introduction

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Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB205

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