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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2461: Disaster Assistance Fund; established.

In committee 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 2461 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Disaster Assistance Fund; established. Primary sponsor: Israel O'Quinn (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Appropriations.

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.

Disaster Assistance Fund; established. Establishes the Disaster Assistance Fund for the purpose of addressing life, safety, and housing costs related to a disaster that are not covered by any form of federal assistance, private donations, or insurance. Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund require authorization by the General Assembly. In addition to all other appropriations to the Fund, the bill also directs proceeds generated from the Commonwealth's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auction that occurred in December 2023 and deposited into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Fund with the Department of Environmental Quality and all interest accrued to such fund.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Israel O'QuinnPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse44

“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. Left in Appropriations
  2. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2461)
  3. Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102940D

Sources

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