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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1820: Public safety communications; evaluation of need for infrastructure updates & hardware replacements.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1820 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public safety communications; evaluation of need for infrastructure updates & hardware replacements. Primary sponsor: David Reid (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 18, 2025): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; Secretary of Finance; evaluate public safety communications infrastructure updates and hardware replacements; report. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Secretary of Finance, to evaluate the need for public safety communications infrastructure updates and hardware replacements, and the cost of meeting such need. The Secretaries shall report any findings and recommendations, including possible funding options, to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than December 1, 2025.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David ReidPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Ellen McLaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Chris RunionCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077)
  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 77 (Effective 07/01/25)
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  4. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
  5. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1820)
  6. Signed by President
  7. Signed by Speaker
  8. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1820ER)
  9. Enrolled
  10. Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
  11. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1820)
  12. Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N)

Showing 12 most recent of 36 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source