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type: "Bill"
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title: "Line of Duty Act; increases payment of benefits."
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description: "Line of Duty Act; payment of benefits. Increases from $25,000 to $75,000 the death benefit payout under the Virginia Line of Duty Act for a death caused by occupational cancer, respiratory disease, or hypertension or heart disease for those deaths that will occur on or after January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 649."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 321"
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citation: "Virginia HB 321 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 57
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vote_count: 13
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first_action: "2024-01-05"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a283af4-66ee-41c2-b0f8-586eec86a258"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB321"
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source_hash: "97713d0de58467b621434fc495bd91aaf36b6f14f8f4f3653b4c6a5f2ac85d5f"
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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 HB 321 (2024) — Line of Duty Act; increases payment of benefits.
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Line of Duty Act; payment of benefits. Increases from $25,000 to $75,000 the death benefit payout under the Virginia Line of Duty Act for a death caused by occupational cancer, respiratory disease, or hypertension or heart disease for those deaths that will occur on or after January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 649.
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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. **CHAP0380** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0380)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24108642D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB321S1)
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3. **Conference substitute printed 24109069D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB321H1)
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4. **HB321ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB321ER)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101266D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB321)
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6. **Printed as engrossed 24101266D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB321E)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: REJECTED #2 (0-Y 98-N) — **0–97** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Ellen H. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101266D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-15** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from VRS (HB321)
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- **2024-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-18** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-05** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Engrossed by House as amended HB321E
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- **2024-02-08** Printed as engrossed 24101266D-E
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- **2024-02-09** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-09** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Impact statement from VRS (HB321E)
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- **2024-02-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Committee substitute printed 24108642D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from VRS (HB321S1)
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- **2024-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-05** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-03-05** Committee substitute agreed to 24108642D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB321S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108642D-S1 (98-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-06** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-06** Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House `substitution`
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- **2024-03-06** Senate substitute rejected by House 24108642D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
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- **2024-03-06** VOTE: REJECTED #2 (0-Y 98-N)
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- **2024-03-07** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-07** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-07** House acceded to request
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- **2024-03-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2024-03-07** Senators: Salim, Lucas, Stuart
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- **2024-03-07** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2024-03-07** Delegates: McQuinn, Thomas, Bloxom
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- **2024-03-08** Amended by conference committee
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- **2024-03-08** Conference substitute printed 24109069D-H1
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-08** Impact statement from VRS (HB321H1)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB321ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 380 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0380)
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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/6a283af4-66ee-41c2-b0f8-586eec86a258`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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