republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-630.md

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Bill	Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor; medal may be awarded to dispatcher.	Public safety officer; Commonwealth Public SafetyMedal of Valor; dispatcher. Adds a dispatcher to the definitionof a public safety officer for purposes of possible selection bythe Governor for the Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor, presentedfor performance above and beyond the call of duty involving extraordinaryvalor in the face of grave danger, at great personal risk. The billprovides that a dispatcher is not included in the definition of public safety officer for the purpose of an injury where weather constitutesa particular risk of a public safety officer's employment to be compensableunder the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. A dispatcher is definedin relevant law as an individual employed by a public safety answering point, an emergency medical dispatch service provider, or both, whois qualified to answer incoming emergency telephone calls or providefor the appropriate emergency response either directly or throughcommunication with the appropriate public safety answering point.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 630	Virginia SB 630 (2024)	bill		enacted	John J. McGuire, III	4	31	7	2024-01-10	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/1bed7397-0f49-4ba7-9934-433bd094e01b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB630	bdbe5ebbabb9bd144eb45c663173321837f7a2d12c1851c2d2b60ba2ba874684	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 630 (2024) — Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor; medal may be awarded to dispatcher.

Public safety officer; Commonwealth Public SafetyMedal of Valor; dispatcher. Adds a dispatcher to the definitionof a public safety officer for purposes of possible selection bythe Governor for the Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor, presentedfor performance above and beyond the call of duty involving extraordinaryvalor in the face of grave danger, at great personal risk. The billprovides that a dispatcher is not included in the definition of public safety officer for the purpose of an injury where weather constitutesa particular risk of a public safety officer's employment to be compensableunder the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. A dispatcher is definedin relevant law as an individual employed by a public safety answering point, an emergency medical dispatch service provider, or both, whois qualified to answer incoming emergency telephone calls or providefor the appropriate emergency response either directly or throughcommunication with the appropriate public safety answering point.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0253 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107571D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101744D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB630ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John J. McGuire, III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101744D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-12 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute printed 24107571D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Committee amendments rejected amendment-failure
• 2024-02-13 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-13 Committee substitute agreed to 24107571D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB630S1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-13 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-16 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-16 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB630ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 253 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1bed7397-0f49-4ba7-9934-433bd094e01b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).