Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 648: Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Fund; increases vehicle registration fees.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 648 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Fund; increases vehicle registration fees. Primary sponsor: Russet Perry (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (November 19, 2024): Left in Finance and Appropriations.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Fund; funding for fire and emergency medical services. Increases the vehicle registration fee used to provide support for emergency medical services from $4.25 to $6.25 for each pickup or panel truck and each motor vehicle. The bill also creates the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Fund to provide funding (i) to increase the number of firefighters and emergency medical services personnel to help communities meet industry minimum standards and attain 24-hour staffing to provide adequate assistance and (ii) to purchase heavy apparatus necessary for fire and emergency medical services.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russet Perry | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 31 |
| Jennifer Carroll Foy | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 33 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Finance and Appropriations
- Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- Impact statement from DPB (SB648S1)
- Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- Committee substitute printed 24105452D-S1
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 3-N 2-A)
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- Presented and ordered printed 24103963D