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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paid firefighters; hours of work."
description: "Hours of work for paid firefighters. Provides that the Department of Fire Programs shall encourage employers to implement work schedules that do not require any paid firefighter's normally scheduled shifts to exceed 42 hours per workweek."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1333"
citation: "Virginia HB 1333 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e88f46b-9893-4e70-a318-5f62d8232ada"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1333"
source_hash: "1b0fa78607b317dd23493ecbc98e07dd76248d7dc72d243c4995a2034ca12740"
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 HB 1333 (2026) — Paid firefighters; hours of work.
Hours of work for paid firefighters. Provides that the Department of Fire Programs shall encourage employers to implement work schedules that do not require any paid firefighter's normally scheduled shifts to exceed 42 hours per workweek.
## 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/1090122.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217402.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209112.PDF)
## Votes
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety — **200** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **70** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 26104726D `introduction`
- **2026-01-19** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1333)
- **2026-02-10** Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-13** Reported from Public Safety (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1333ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1333)
- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 299 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e88f46b-9893-4e70-a318-5f62d8232ada`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).