republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1118.md

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Bill	Line of Duty Act; Act includes firefighter trainees.	Includes under the Line of Duty Act a person with a recognized membership status with a fire company or department who is enrolled in a Fire Service Training course offered by the Virginia Department of Fire Programs or required to become a certified firefighter.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1118	Virginia SB 1118 (2017)	bill	Commonwealth Public Safety Counties Cities and Towns Professions and Occupations	enacted	Jeremy S. McPike	3	17	8	2017-01-09	2017-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/b85ac5e3-ba3c-4480-ab03-821e7fa6027f	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1118	33eb1609502c5bdb750f96c0a1705fcfd8c3c32f52e7ba861ca2f25e18df145e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1118 (2017) — Line of Duty Act; Act includes firefighter trainees.

Includes under the Line of Duty Act a person with a recognized membership status with a fire company or department who is enrolled in a Fire Service Training course offered by the Virginia Department of Fire Programs or required to become a certified firefighter.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1118ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102238D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Appropriations — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102238D introduction
• 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-22 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 627 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b85ac5e3-ba3c-4480-ab03-821e7fa6027f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).