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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 523: Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries.

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

SB 523 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries. Primary sponsor: Creigh Deeds (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 25, 2026): Continued to next session in Appropriations (Voice Vote).

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; payments to beneficiaries. Provides that if a deceased person, as that term is defined in the Line of Duty Act, died as a result of certain cancers within seven years from his date of retirement, his beneficiary shall be entitled to the payment of certain benefits. Under current law, such beneficiary shall be entitled to such payment if the deceased person's death (i) arose out of and in the course of his employment or (ii) was within five years from his date of retirement.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Creigh DeedsPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Saddam SalimCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37

“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. Continued to next session in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
  2. Assigned HAPP sub: Compensation and Retirement
  3. Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  4. Read first time
  5. Placed on Calendar
  6. Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (SB523)
  7. Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
  8. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
  9. Rules suspended
  10. Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  11. Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to
  12. Read second time

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

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