republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-887.md

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Bill	Child labor; volunteer fire companies.	Removes the requirement that local governments authorize the participation of certain minors in certain fire company activities. The measure also provides that participation by such minors in nonhazardous activities of a volunteer fire company, including fire prevention efforts and training courses, is not prohibited. The measure directs the Virginia Fire Services Board to adopt a junior member policy that provides guidance to fire and rescue departments in developing and administering nonhazardous training courses and programs.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 887	Virginia SB 887 (2018)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Counties Cities and Towns Labor and Employment Minors Professions and Occupations	enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	2	15	5	2018-01-18	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/b5b8b0fd-61be-4d2f-8449-6dda1f335793	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB887	7f3e3d3190ea425d371bdd7c21b1f4dfea1fe3e38fedd2dd8514cc3627c86263	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 887 (2018) — Child labor; volunteer fire companies.

Removes the requirement that local governments authorize the participation of certain minors in certain fire company activities. The measure also provides that participation by such minors in nonhazardous activities of a volunteer fire company, including fire prevention efforts and training courses, is not prohibited. The measure directs the Virginia Fire Services Board to adopt a junior member policy that provides guidance to fire and rescue departments in developing and administering nonhazardous training courses and programs.

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB887ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104987D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 18104987D introduction
• 2018-01-18 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5b8b0fd-61be-4d2f-8449-6dda1f335793. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).