republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-852.md

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Bill	Local government ordinances related to fire departments; billing on behalf of volunteer fire depts.	Local government ordinances related to fire departments; billing on behalf of volunteer fire departments. Provides that the governing body of any county, city, or town in which a fire department or fire company is established may make such ordinances in relation to the powers and duties of such fire departments or fire companies as it deems proper, including billing on behalf of volunteer fire departments for the provision of emergency medical services. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2025 Session of the General Assembly.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 852	Virginia HB 852 (2024)	bill		enacted	Wren M. Williams	5	40	9	2024-01-09	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/b4853089-3a65-4798-ad02-5552cff89a91	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB852	d8488d10b7411714c6293b3221cfd033c470a3c29782c9079681915becc58dfb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 852 (2024) — Local government ordinances related to fire departments; billing on behalf of volunteer fire depts.

Local government ordinances related to fire departments; billing on behalf of volunteer fire departments. Provides that the governing body of any county, city, or town in which a fire department or fire company is established may make such ordinances in relation to the powers and duties of such fire departments or fire companies as it deems proper, including billing on behalf of volunteer fire departments for the provision of emergency medical services. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2025 Session of the General Assembly.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0823 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB852ER (committee substitute) — source
3. HB852ER2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103794D (committee substitute) — source
5. Printed as engrossed 24103794D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wren M. Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103794D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB852E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24103794D-E
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-03-04 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with amendment passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB852ER) 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
• 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB852ER2) enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 823 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
• 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0823)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4853089-3a65-4798-ad02-5552cff89a91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).