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| Bill | Law-enforcement officers; exemption from certain training requirements. | Virginia Retirement System; employment of retired law-enforcement officers. Allows a retired law-enforcement officer to continue to receive his service retirement allowance during a subsequent period of employment by a state and local law-enforcement agency, so long as he has a break in service of at least 12 calendar months between retirement and reemployment, did not retire under an early retirement program, and did not retire under the Workforce Transition Act of 1995. The bill also provides that the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall exempt a law-enforcement officer who has demonstrated sensitivity to cultural diversity issues, had previous experience and training as a law-enforcement officer, is currently receiving or is eligible to receive a service retirement allowance, and has a break in service of no longer than 60 calendar months between retirement and new employment as a law-enforcement officer from the mandatory attendance of all courses that are required for the successful completion of the compulsory minimum training standards established by the Criminal Justice Services Board. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 17 | Virginia SB 17 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 17 (2022) — Law-enforcement officers; exemption from certain training requirements.
Virginia Retirement System; employment of retired law-enforcement officers. Allows a retired law-enforcement officer to continue to receive his service retirement allowance during a subsequent period of employment by a state and local law-enforcement agency, so long as he has a break in service of at least 12 calendar months between retirement and reemployment, did not retire under an early retirement program, and did not retire under the Workforce Transition Act of 1995. The bill also provides that the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall exempt a law-enforcement officer who has demonstrated sensitivity to cultural diversity issues, had previous experience and training as a law-enforcement officer, is currently receiving or is eligible to receive a service retirement allowance, and has a break in service of no longer than 60 calendar months between retirement and new employment as a law-enforcement officer from the mandatory attendance of all courses that are required for the successful completion of the compulsory minimum training standards established by the Criminal Justice Services Board.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0704 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22105769D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100240D (committee substitute) — source
- SB17ER (committee substitute) — source
- SB17ER2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N) — 51–45 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) — 51–46 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- T. Travis Hackworth — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-12-21 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100240D
introduction - 2021-12-21 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2022-01-16 Impact statement from VRS (SB17)
- 2022-02-09 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-09 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-09 Committee substitute printed 22105769D-S1
substitution - 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 22105769D-S1
- 2022-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB17S1
- 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-15 Impact statement from VRS (SB17S1)
- 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-22 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2022-02-28 Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2022-03-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 2022-03-04 Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-08 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-03-09 Passed by for the day
- 2022-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-10 Passed House (52-Y 46-N)
passage - 2022-03-10 VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)
- 2022-03-21 Enrolled
- 2022-03-21 Impact statement from VRS (SB17ER)
- 2022-03-21 Signed by President
- 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 45-N)
- 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N)
- 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (SB17ER2)
- 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 704 (effective 7/1/22)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d61cd29-e910-482d-8aa5-27d8fda64477. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).