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Bill Line of Duty Act; increases payment of benefits. 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 HB 321. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 649 Virginia SB 649 (2024)
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Virginia SB 649 (2024) — Line of Duty Act; increases payment of benefits.

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 HB 321.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0381 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24107192D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24107741D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Conference substitute printed 24108868D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Presented and ordered printed 24103777D (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB649ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Rereferred from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 040 (fail) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Saddam Azlan Salim — primary (person)
  • Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
  • Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
  • Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-12 Presented and ordered printed 24103777D introduction
  • 2024-01-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-01-15 Rereferred from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) referral-committee
  • 2024-01-15 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-01-18 Impact statement from VRS (SB649)
  • 2024-02-06 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-06 Committee substitute printed 24107192D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-08 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-08 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 24107192D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB649S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-14 Placed on Calendar
  • 2024-02-14 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2024-02-15 Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-15 Committee substitute printed 24107741D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-15 Impact statement from VRS (SB649H1)
  • 2024-02-19 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 24107741D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-20 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB649H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-20 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-20 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-22 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-22 Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-22 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
  • 2024-02-23 House insisted on substitute substitution
  • 2024-02-23 House requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2024-02-23 Impact statement from VRS (SB649S1)
  • 2024-02-27 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-27 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2024-02-27 Senators: Salim, Perry, McDougle
  • 2024-02-28 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2024-02-28 Delegates: McQuinn, Thomas, Arnold
  • 2024-03-06 Amended by conference committee
  • 2024-03-06 Conference substitute printed 24108868D-S2
  • 2024-03-06 Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-07 Impact statement from VRS (SB649S2)
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB649ER) 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
  • 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-31 Impact statement from VRS (SB649ER)
  • 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 381 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24209859-5c0d-4bd4-8f12-6ba5f10739ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).