Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 1619: Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 1619 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date. Primary sponsor: Nadarius Clark (Democratic). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Appropriations.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. Allows local governments to provide enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to full-time salaried 911 dispatchers. The bill provides that such enhanced retirement benefits apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher on or after July 1, 2026, but allows an employer, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher before July 1, 2026, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11 · Republican 3
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadarius Clark | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 84 |
| Bonita Anthony | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 92 |
| Alex Askew | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 95 |
| Destiny LeVere Bolling | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 80 |
| Rae Cousins | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 79 |
| N. Baxter Ennis | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Michael Feggans | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 97 |
| Buddy Fowler | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 59 |
| Kelly Fowler | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 96 |
| Tom Garrett | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 56 |
| W. Chad Green | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| J.R. Henson | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 19 |
| Patrick Hope | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 1 |
| Candi Mundon King | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Ian T. Lovejoy | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Marty Martinez | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 29 |
| Will Morefield | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 43 |
| David Owen | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Irene Shin | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 8 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Appropriations
- Assigned Approps sub: Compensation and Retirement
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (HB1619)
- Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102439D