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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child labor; volunteer fire companies."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 887"
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citation: "Virginia SB 887 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Labor and Employment", "Minors", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-18"
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last_action: "2018-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5b8b0fd-61be-4d2f-8449-6dda1f335793"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB887"
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source_hash: "7f3e3d3190ea425d371bdd7c21b1f4dfea1fe3e38fedd2dd8514cc3627c86263"
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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 887 (2018) — Child labor; volunteer fire companies.
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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.
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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. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB887ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB887ER)
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2. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104987D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB887)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 18104987D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (effective 7/1/18) `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/b5b8b0fd-61be-4d2f-8449-6dda1f335793`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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