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type: "Bill"
title: "Child labor; volunteer fire companies."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 887"
citation: "Virginia SB 887 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Labor and Employment", "Minors", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5b8b0fd-61be-4d2f-8449-6dda1f335793"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB887"
source_hash: "7f3e3d3190ea425d371bdd7c21b1f4dfea1fe3e38fedd2dd8514cc3627c86263"
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 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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB887ER)
2. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18104987D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB887)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **380** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **130** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **1000** (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](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).