HB205Introduced in the House of Delegates
Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.
Introduced by Mike Cherry, District 74
What does this bill do?
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Official description
Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. Allows local governments to provide enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to full-time salaried 911 dispatchers. The bill provides that such enhanced retirement benefits apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher on or after July 1, 2027, but allows an employer, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher before July 1, 2027, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
Where it stands
Left in Committee Appropriations
February 18, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.
Bill history
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101760D
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (HB205)
Left in Committee Appropriations
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