Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

90 lines
4.5 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to conservation officers."
description: "Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officers. Extends membership in the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System (VaLORS) to conservation officers of the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The bill provides that such membership applies only to service earned on or after July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1201"
citation: "Virginia SB 1201 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cae1ae26-cc76-4472-a865-ba81ec116066"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1201"
source_hash: "e5ca44f45dd5a543789e3df8dfd721144d9b2cfff423eb869909b30f56ecbd50"
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 1201 (2025) — Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to conservation officers.
Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officers. Extends membership in the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System (VaLORS) to conservation officers of the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The bill provides that such membership applies only to service earned on or after July 1, 2025.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018203.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074573.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051516.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102058D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (SB1201)
- **2025-01-21** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-22** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-23** Engrossed by Senate
- **2025-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Assigned Approps sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1201ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (SB1201)
- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cae1ae26-cc76-4472-a865-ba81ec116066`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).