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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1142: Line of Duty Act; benefits for campus police and private police officers, definitions.

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

SB 1142 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Line of Duty Act; benefits for campus police and private police officers, definitions. Primary sponsor: Mark Obenshain (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 21, 2025): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0219).

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.

Line of Duty Act; campus police officers; private police officers. Provides employees of contributing nonprofit private institutions of higher education and contributing private police departments, as those terms are defined in the bill, with the benefits granted to employees of participating employers under the Line of Duty Act. The bill clarifies that the Line of Duty Act shall not apply to any (i) private institution of higher education that is not a contributing nonprofit private institution of higher education or (ii) private police department that is not a contributing private police department. The bill requires each contributing nonprofit private institution of higher education and contributing private police department to pay its pro rata share of the initial costs to implement the bill, as determined by the Virginia Retirement System. This bill is identical to HB 1815.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark ObenshainPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Creigh DeedsCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Travis HackworthCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Mark PeakeCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8

“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 (CHAP0219)
  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 219 (Effective 07/01/25)
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  4. Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
  5. Signed by President
  6. Signed by Speaker
  7. Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (SB1142)
  8. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1142ER)
  9. Enrolled
  10. House Amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  11. Passed House with amendments (96-Y 0-N)
  12. Engrossed by House as amended

Showing 12 most recent of 38 actions. Full history

Sources

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