republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-650.md

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Bill	Local government; ongoing health care for employees exposed to toxic materials.	Department of Fire Programs; work group; options for local government employees who respond to emergencies with toxic material exposure. Directs the Department of Fire Programs to convene a work group to identify and analyze options to help ensure that local government employees who respond to emergencies that expose them to toxic materials have appropriate preemptive and ongoing health care and are able to pay any health expenses related to such emergency and its aftereffects that are not covered by relevant health insurance plans. The work group is directed to report its findings to the General Assembly by November 1, 2024. This bill is identical to HB 133.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 650	Virginia SB 650 (2024)	bill		enacted	Aaron R. Rouse	5	44	10	2024-01-12	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/457efe44-f548-4de2-b4b6-72594de5ea8e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB650	9def0e00955de2c7ab47ab26f20a16c68e0247a31e1889dc722557772d46ef42	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 650 (2024) — Local government; ongoing health care for employees exposed to toxic materials.

Department of Fire Programs; work group; options for local government employees who respond to emergencies with toxic material exposure. Directs the Department of Fire Programs to convene a work group to identify and analyze options to help ensure that local government employees who respond to emergencies that expose them to toxic materials have appropriate preemptive and ongoing health care and are able to pay any health expenses related to such emergency and its aftereffects that are not covered by relevant health insurance plans. The work group is directed to report its findings to the General Assembly by November 1, 2024. This bill is identical to HB 133.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0363 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107357D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24108426D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 24102506D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB650ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron R. Rouse — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-12 Presented and ordered printed 24102506D introduction
• 2024-01-12 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB650)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-02 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24107357D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB650S1)
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24107357D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB650S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-28 Committee substitute printed 24108426D-H1 substitution
• 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB650H1)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 24108426D-H1 substitution
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB650H1 substitution
• 2024-03-04 Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-03-05 Title replaced 24108426D-S1
• 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB650ER) passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-09 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB650ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 363 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0363)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/457efe44-f548-4de2-b4b6-72594de5ea8e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).