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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 489: Fire Programs Fund; increases annual assessment used to fund.

Passed one chamber 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 489 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 8, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Fire Programs Fund; increases annual assessment used to fund. Primary sponsor: Tom Garrett (Republican). Most recent recorded action (November 19, 2024): Left in Finance and 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.

Insurance; Fire Programs Fund; purposes. Provides that the portion of the Fire Programs Fund allocated to localities may be used for the additional purposes of (i) constructing, improving, or expanding fire station facilities, (ii) providing mental health resources, or (iii) hiring additional fire personnel and funding recruitment and retention programs. The bill also prohibits such funds from being used, except as provided, for the purposes of investments, operating expenses, debt repayment, taxes, or fees.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tom GarrettPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56

“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 Finance and Appropriations
  2. Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
  3. Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
  4. Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
  5. Impact statement from SCC (HB489H1)
  6. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  7. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  8. VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  9. Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
  10. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB489H1
  11. Committee substitute agreed to 24107326D-H1
  12. Read second time

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

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