---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance benefits; certain retired employees of political subdivisions."
description: "Insurance for certain retired employees of political subdivisions. Allows localities to extend certain insurance benefits to retired employees of political subdivisions. This bill is identical to HB 1385."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 349"
citation: "Virginia SB 349 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/188bcb98-f1b4-454b-b0be-1a6e37129c5b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB349"
source_hash: "e7da6de3866fa84ff9282f8adae2a3a096147f54501966fa15b24f63befd26c9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 349 (2020) — Insurance benefits; certain retired employees of political subdivisions.

Insurance for certain retired employees of political subdivisions. Allows localities to extend certain insurance benefits to retired employees of political subdivisions. This bill is identical to HB 1385.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0425)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0425)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB349ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB349ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB349E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB349E)
4. **Impact statement from DHCD (SB349)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB349)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N) — **88–9** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with amendment (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102683D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (SB349)
- **2020-01-20** Reported from Local Government with amendment (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-22** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-01-22** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-01-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB349E
- **2020-01-22** Printed as engrossed 20102683D-E
- **2020-01-23** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-02-26** Passed House (89-Y 9-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N)
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 425 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/188bcb98-f1b4-454b-b0be-1a6e37129c5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).