republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-1527.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Air Patrol; leave for volunteer members."
description: "Requires state and private employers to allow officers or employees who are volunteer members of the Civil Air Patrol to take leaves of absence from their respective duties without loss of seniority, accrued leave, benefits, or efficiency rating on all days during which such officer or employee is (i) engaged in training for emergency missions with the Civil Air Patrol, not to exceed 10 workdays per federal fiscal year, or (ii) responding to an emergency mission as a Civil Air Patrol volunteer, not to exceed 30 workdays per federal fiscal year. The bill requires any officer or employee requesting leave to provide certification that the officer or employee has been authorized by the United States Air Force, the Governor, or a department, division, agency, or political subdivision of the state to respond to or train for an emergency mission and verification from the Civil Air Patrol of the emergency need of the officer's or employee's volunteer service. The bill allows employers to treat such leaves of absence as unpaid leave but prohibits employers from requiring an officer or employee to exhaust any other leave to which he is entitled prior to such leaves of absence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1527"
citation: "Virginia HB 1527 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Aviation", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve E. Heretick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2a37c57-c2f3-41c3-97ce-b9d4aedc98c6"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1527"
source_hash: "9d3d5d17c387a70c8730c2414123135fa51ce3d9969e3b85b8fe5da7f726a58a"
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 1527 (2018) — Civil Air Patrol; leave for volunteer members.

Requires state and private employers to allow officers or employees who are volunteer members of the Civil Air Patrol to take leaves of absence from their respective duties without loss of seniority, accrued leave, benefits, or efficiency rating on all days during which such officer or employee is (i) engaged in training for emergency missions with the Civil Air Patrol, not to exceed 10 workdays per federal fiscal year, or (ii) responding to an emergency mission as a Civil Air Patrol volunteer, not to exceed 30 workdays per federal fiscal year. The bill requires any officer or employee requesting leave to provide certification that the officer or employee has been authorized by the United States Air Force, the Governor, or a department, division, agency, or political subdivision of the state to respond to or train for an emergency mission and verification from the Civil Air Patrol of the emergency need of the officer's or employee's volunteer service. The bill allows employers to treat such leaves of absence as unpaid leave but prohibits employers from requiring an officer or employee to exhaust any other leave to which he is entitled prior to such leaves of absence.

## Version chain

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

1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1527ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1527ER)
2. **House: Presented and ordered printed 18104766D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1527)
3. **House: Printed as engrossed 18104766D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1527E)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Steve E. Heretick — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
- Richard H. Black — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 18104766D `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Assigned App. sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-12** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2018-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB1527E
- **2018-02-12** Printed as engrossed 18104766D-E
- **2018-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-02-14** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2a37c57-c2f3-41c3-97ce-b9d4aedc98c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).