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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government; ongoing health care for employees exposed to toxic materials."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 650"
citation: "Virginia SB 650 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron R. Rouse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/457efe44-f548-4de2-b4b6-72594de5ea8e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB650"
source_hash: "9def0e00955de2c7ab47ab26f20a16c68e0247a31e1889dc722557772d46ef42"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0363)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107357D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB650S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24108426D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB650H1)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 24102506D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB650)
5. **SB650ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB650ER)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/457efe44-f548-4de2-b4b6-72594de5ea8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).