Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 2194: Juvenile detention specialists; enhanced retirement benefits.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 2194 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Juvenile detention specialists; enhanced retirement benefits. Primary sponsor: Delores McQuinn (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. 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.
Pensions; enhanced retirement benefits for juvenile detention specialists. Permits political subdivisions participating in the Virginia Retirement System to provide retirement benefits comparable to the benefits provided to state police officers to juvenile detention specialists. The bill applies only to service earned as a juvenile detention specialist 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 juvenile detention specialist 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 1 · Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delores McQuinn | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 81 |
| Bill Wiley | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 32 |
“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 (HB2194)
- Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104568D