republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-846.md

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Bill	Virginia Retirement System; technical amendments.	Makes technical amendments to Title 51.1, Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement, including clarifying that medical boards may be composed of not only physicians but also other health care professionals and that the only federal civilian service eligible to be purchased as membership credit is full-time service. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 846	Virginia HB 846 (2018)	bill	Pensions Benefits and Retirement Professions and Occupations	enacted	Riley E. Ingram	3	15	6	2018-01-09	2018-02-28	openstates	ocd-bill/60b4e369-9a88-486b-8c96-3d0f38f2c4f2	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB846	d70bb27dd2fdf9effd1c225f84fad42fcac4e0e60e34bd140c53e7fdb0620983	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 846 (2018) — Virginia Retirement System; technical amendments.

Makes technical amendments to Title 51.1, Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement, including clarifying that medical boards may be composed of not only physicians but also other health care professionals and that the only federal civilian service eligible to be purchased as membership credit is full-time service. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB846ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103289D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Riley E. Ingram — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103289D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2018-01-19 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & Retirement referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-05 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-19 Enrolled
• 2018-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-21 Signed by President
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/22/18
• 2018-02-22 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2018
• 2018-02-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 53 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60b4e369-9a88-486b-8c96-3d0f38f2c4f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).