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type: "Bill"
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title: "Line of Duty Act; Act includes firefighter trainees."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1118"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1118 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commonwealth Public Safety", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-09"
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last_action: "2017-03-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b85ac5e3-ba3c-4480-ab03-821e7fa6027f"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1118"
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source_hash: "33eb1609502c5bdb750f96c0a1705fcfd8c3c32f52e7ba861ca2f25e18df145e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1118 (2017) — Line of Duty Act; Act includes firefighter trainees.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0627)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1118ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1118ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102238D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1118)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Appropriations — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
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- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102238D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-16** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-06** Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 627 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b85ac5e3-ba3c-4480-ab03-821e7fa6027f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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