---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Prevention Code; prohibition on permit fees for fire departments, etc., for certain localities."
description: "Fire Prevention Code; prohibition on permit fees for fire departments and emergency medical services agencies in certain localities. Prohibits the State Fire Marshal from charging a fee for the approval and administration of certain permits issued to fire departments and emergency medical services agencies in localities with a total population of less than 10,000 as determined by the most recent federal decennial census by the United States Census Bureau."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1248"
citation: "Virginia SB 1248 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Travis Hackworth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/690d179b-9e98-437c-8993-0e81b7fc2218"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1248"
source_hash: "7cb5164832745afd9cb039d464c15e558eac59370d4542fdbf3c4258dbf37bad"
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 1248 (2025) — Fire Prevention Code; prohibition on permit fees for fire departments, etc., for certain localities.

Fire Prevention Code; prohibition on permit fees for fire departments and emergency medical services agencies in certain localities. Prohibits the State Fire Marshal from charging a fee for the approval and administration of certain permits issued to fire departments and emergency medical services agencies in localities with a total population of less than 10,000 as determined by the most recent federal decennial census by the United States Census Bureau.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018505.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072714.PDF)
3. **Finance and Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025694.PDF)
4. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1020914.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054823.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- T. Travis Hackworth — primary (person)
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103402D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-16** Committee substitute printed 25105114D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1248)
- **2025-01-22** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22** Committee substitute printed 25105333D-S2 `substitution`
- **2025-01-23** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-23** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-24** Committee substitute rejected
- **2025-01-24** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2025-01-24** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1248)
- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-11** Reported from General Laws (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-14** Passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1248ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1248)
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 332 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0332)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/690d179b-9e98-437c-8993-0e81b7fc2218`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).