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type: "Bill"
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title: "Insurance benefits; certain retired employees of political subdivisions."
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description: "Insurance for certain retired employees of political subdivisions. Allows localities to extend certain insurance benefits to retired employees of political subdivisions. This bill is identical to HB 1385."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 349"
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citation: "Virginia SB 349 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-06"
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last_action: "2020-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/188bcb98-f1b4-454b-b0be-1a6e37129c5b"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB349"
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source_hash: "e7da6de3866fa84ff9282f8adae2a3a096147f54501966fa15b24f63befd26c9"
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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 349 (2020) — Insurance benefits; certain retired employees of political subdivisions.
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Insurance for certain retired employees of political subdivisions. Allows localities to extend certain insurance benefits to retired employees of political subdivisions. This bill is identical to HB 1385.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0425)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0425)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB349ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB349ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB349E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB349E)
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4. **Impact statement from DHCD (SB349)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB349)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N) — **88–9** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government with amendment (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102683D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (SB349)
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- **2020-01-20** Reported from Local Government with amendment (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-22** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-01-22** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-01-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB349E
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- **2020-01-22** Printed as engrossed 20102683D-E
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- **2020-01-23** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-26** Passed by temporarily
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- **2020-02-26** Passed House (89-Y 9-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N)
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- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 425 (effective 7/1/20) `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/188bcb98-f1b4-454b-b0be-1a6e37129c5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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