---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to conservation officers."
description: "Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officers. Extends membership in the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System (VaLORS) to conservation officers of the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, and provides that such membership would apply only to service earned on or after July 1, 2025. The bill contains a reenactment clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1312"
citation: "Virginia HB 1312 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04e0d5a2-1de6-4476-8f0d-d8621aee49e4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1312"
source_hash: "c844bfbbdc2f39915f30d4cfe2f73d8d53ae106dc81ff3cb23cdb25c5dd732e1"
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 HB 1312 (2024) — Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to conservation officers.

Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officers. Extends membership in the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System (VaLORS) to conservation officers of the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, and provides that such membership would apply only to service earned on or after July 1, 2025. The bill contains a reenactment clause.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0416** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0416)
2. **HB1312ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1312ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24105176D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1312)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (92-Y 0-N) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 1-N) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N) — **38–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
- Hillary Pugh Kent — cosponsor (person)
- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Presented and ordered printed 24105176D `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-21** Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Impact statement from VRS (HB1312)
- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-29** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (92-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-06** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Reading of amendment waived
- **2024-03-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2024-03-06** Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 1-N)
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1312ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 416 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04e0d5a2-1de6-4476-8f0d-d8621aee49e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).