republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-109.md

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Bill	Virginia Retirement System; accidental death and dismemberment benefits, definitions.	Virginia Retirement System; accidental death and dismemberment benefits; definitions. Changes the funding structure for the Virginia Retirement System's (VRS) obligation to fund a savings trust account for higher education for a qualifying child of a VRS member who dies as a result of an accident caused by a felonious assault committed by other than an immediate family member. The bill requires VRS to contribute to such trust account an amount equal to the current average cost, as published by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, of four years of tuition and mandatory fees at baccalaureate public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. This requirement replaces VRS's obligation under current law to contribute to such trust account an amount equal to the full cost of a prepaid tuition contract. The bill also narrows use of the trust account to include only qualified higher education expenses to account for changes to § 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. This bill is identical to HB 536.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 109	Virginia SB 109 (2020)	bill		enacted	Frank M. Ruff, Jr.	3	24	6	2019-12-12	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/cdf9e7ec-e4f9-4af4-aafc-f2f3e01cad50	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB109	acf8a91572ec0ad454ff2bcd8992d59800ff826d1df346a4170188ea3c474ad2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 109 (2020) — Virginia Retirement System; accidental death and dismemberment benefits, definitions.

Virginia Retirement System; accidental death and dismemberment benefits; definitions. Changes the funding structure for the Virginia Retirement System's (VRS) obligation to fund a savings trust account for higher education for a qualifying child of a VRS member who dies as a result of an accident caused by a felonious assault committed by other than an immediate family member. The bill requires VRS to contribute to such trust account an amount equal to the current average cost, as published by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, of four years of tuition and mandatory fees at baccalaureate public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. This requirement replaces VRS's obligation under current law to contribute to such trust account an amount equal to the full cost of a prepaid tuition contract. The bill also narrows use of the trust account to include only qualified higher education expenses to account for changes to § 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. This bill is identical to HB 536.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0374) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB109ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from VRS (SB109) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100651D introduction
• 2019-12-12 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-07 Impact statement from VRS (SB109)
• 2020-01-08 Moved from Finance to Finance and Appropriations due to a change of the committee name
• 2020-01-30 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government referral-committee
• 2020-02-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 374 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cdf9e7ec-e4f9-4af4-aafc-f2f3e01cad50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).