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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fire Programs Fund; aid to localities, requirement for emergency incidents reporting."
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description: "Fire Programs Fund; aid to localities; requirement for emergency incidents reporting. Requires that, in order to remain eligible for funding from the Fire Programs Fund, a locality must report all emergency incidents through the National Emergency Response Information System while sharing such emergency incident data with the Department of Fire Programs. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 1282."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2065"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2065 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joshua E. Thomas"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/467515df-e71b-43b7-934b-ad43fc7f9dba"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2065"
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source_hash: "1cde833923674db3500214db0347892a319b34bf3e9fa3ae36817aa8b9f44852"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2065 (2025) — Fire Programs Fund; aid to localities, requirement for emergency incidents reporting.
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Fire Programs Fund; aid to localities; requirement for emergency incidents reporting. Requires that, in order to remain eligible for funding from the Fire Programs Fund, a locality must report all emergency incidents through the National Emergency Response Information System while sharing such emergency incident data with the Department of Fire Programs. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 1282.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014947.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070998.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033021.PDF)
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4. **General Laws Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1028577.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057196.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Joshua E. Thomas — primary (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100753D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2065)
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- **2025-01-20** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-28** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-31** General Laws Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-01-31** Printed as engrossed 25100753D-E
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- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2065)
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- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2065ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2065)
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- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 56 (Effective 07/01/26) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0056)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/467515df-e71b-43b7-934b-ad43fc7f9dba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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