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Bill Line of Duty Act; clarifies definition of eligible dependent. Line of Duty Act; eligible dependent. Provides that for purposes of continued health insurance pursuant to the Line of Duty Act, an eligible dependent means the natural or adopted child or children of a deceased person or disabled person or of a deceased or disabled person's eligible spouse, provided that any such natural child is born as the result of a pregnancy that occurred prior to, or no later than six months after, the time of the employee's death or disability and that any such adopted child is (i) adopted prior to, or no later than six months after, the time of the employee's death or disability or (ii) adopted more than six months after the employee's death or disability if the adoption is pursuant to a preadoptive agreement entered into prior to, or no later than six months after, the death or disability. Under current law, an eligible dependent includes a child born or adopted prior to the time of the employee's death or disability. The bill's provisions only apply to an eligible dependent of a deceased person or disabled person when such death or disability occurred on or after July 1, 2017, and the bill specifies that any new health insurance coverage for those qualifying as an eligible dependent is only prospective from July 1, 2024. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 1433 Virginia HB 1433 (2024)
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Virginia HB 1433 (2024) — Line of Duty Act; clarifies definition of eligible dependent.

Line of Duty Act; eligible dependent. Provides that for purposes of continued health insurance pursuant to the Line of Duty Act, an eligible dependent means the natural or adopted child or children of a deceased person or disabled person or of a deceased or disabled person's eligible spouse, provided that any such natural child is born as the result of a pregnancy that occurred prior to, or no later than six months after, the time of the employee's death or disability and that any such adopted child is (i) adopted prior to, or no later than six months after, the time of the employee's death or disability or (ii) adopted more than six months after the employee's death or disability if the adoption is pursuant to a preadoptive agreement entered into prior to, or no later than six months after, the death or disability. Under current law, an eligible dependent includes a child born or adopted prior to the time of the employee's death or disability. The bill's provisions only apply to an eligible dependent of a deceased person or disabled person when such death or disability occurred on or after July 1, 2017, and the bill specifies that any new health insurance coverage for those qualifying as an eligible dependent is only prospective from July 1, 2024.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0560 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24108805D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1433ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Presented and ordered printed 24104691D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — 950 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N) — 097 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — 950 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 24104691D introduction
  • 2024-01-18 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-01-23 Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement referral-committee
  • 2024-01-26 Impact statement from VRS (HB1433)
  • 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-05 Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-07 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-08 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2024-02-09 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-09 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2024-02-12 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-03-04 Committee substitute printed 24108805D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-06 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-03-06 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-03-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24108805D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-03-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1433S1 substitution
  • 2024-03-06 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-03-06 Impact statement from VRS (HB1433S1)
  • 2024-03-07 Senate substitute rejected by House 24108805D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
  • 2024-03-07 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
  • 2024-03-07 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-03-07 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2024-03-07 House acceded to request
  • 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2024-03-07 Senators: Salim, Stuart, Reeves
  • 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2024-03-07 Delegates: Reid, Glass, Hodges
  • 2024-03-08 Amended by conference committee
  • 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1433ER) passage
  • 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 560 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0560)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c7d5636f-ca48-4d3b-a331-7f7a15f85eab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).