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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1296: Virginia Public-Private Safety Communications Infrastructure 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

SB 1296 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Virginia Public-Private Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund; established. Primary sponsor: Mark Obenshain (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2025): 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.

Virginia Public-Private Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund; established. Establishes the Virginia Public-Private Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund (the Fund), to be managed by the Virginia Resources Authority, for the purpose of making loans and awarding grants to local governments for the purpose of assisting with improvement projects relating to public safety radio and communications infrastructure.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark ObenshainPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2

“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. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1296)
  3. Committee substitute printed 25105776D-S1
  4. Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
  5. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102483D

Sources

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