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2010 Session Agenda
The General Assembly voted on 3/14/10 to pass the Budget
conference report on HB and SB 30
Read the REPORT
(PowerPoint document)
The General Assembly voted on
3/14/10 to pass the conference report on HB and SB 30.
Language includes the 5% tax on local employees. Look on
page 29 of the
attachment.
The votes will be posted later so you all know who our friends are.
Our last hope is to write and contact the Governor's Office and ask him to
veto the tax on current employees.
The 2010 Session Bills are in various stages in the legislative system. For the
most current status of the bill click on the bill number (in
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VCOPS 2010 Legislative Agenda
1-
Bill to amend § 18.2-308 (Law
Enforcement Officer) Resignations, Carrying concealed weapons.
HB 1256 - Resignation of
law-enforcement officers; carrying concealed weapon. -
Paula J. Miller
Summary as introduced:
Resignation of law-enforcement officers; carrying concealed weapon.
Provides that certain law-enforcement officers who resign from their position
in good standing to accept a position covered by the Virginia Retirement System
shall be eligible to carry a concealed handgun if he has received written proof
of consultation with and favorable review of the need to carry a concealed
handgun issued by the chief law-enforcement officer of the agency from which the
officer resigned.
Full text:
01/19/10 House: Presented and ordered printed
10104170D
pdf
Status:
01/19/10 House: Presented and ordered printed 10104170D
01/19/10 House: Committee Referral Pending
01/27/10 House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1
01/28/10 House: Subcommittee recommends
reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
01/28/10 House: Subcommittee recommends
reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
02/12/10 House: Reported from Militia, Police
and Public Safety with amendment (20-Y 1-N)
2-
Purchase Service Handguns by
Retirees-
HB 1257
- Purchase of service handguns; resignation in good standing. -
Paula J. Miller
Summary as introduced:
Purchase of service handguns; resignation in good standing. Provides
that certain law-enforcement officers who resign from their position in good
standing to take another position covered by the Virginia Retirement System may
purchase their service handgun for $1.
Full text:
01/19/10 House: Presented and ordered printed
10104171D
pdf
Status:
01/19/10 House: Presented and ordered printed 10104171D
01/19/10 House: Committee Referral Pending
01/27/10 House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1
01/28/10 House: Subcommittee recommends
reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
01/28/10 House: Subcommittee recommends
reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
02/12/10 House: Reported from Militia, Police
and Public Safety with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
3-
Bill to Ammend the
Process of the Issuance of Felony Warrants by Magistrates-
HB 1286-
Restrictions on issuance of process of arrest by a magistrate. -
Jeion A. Ward
Summary as introduced:
Restrictions on issuance of process of arrest by a magistrate. Provides
that a magistrate may not issue an arrest warrant for a felony offense upon the
basis of a complaint by a person other than a law-enforcement officer without
prior authorization by the attorney for the Commonwealth or, if no attorney for
the Commonwealth is available, without prior authorization by a law-enforcement
agency having jurisdiction over the alleged offense. Current law requires only
consultation with the attorney for the Commonwealth or, if he is unavailable,
consultation with the law-enforcement agency.
Full text:
01/21/10 House: Presented and ordered printed
10104087D
pdf
Status:
01/21/10 House: Presented and ordered printed 10104087D
01/21/10 House: Referred to Committee for Courts
of Justice
01/25/10 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/25/10 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/08/10 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice
vote
DEAD for 2010
Other Bills we are Watching
SUPPORT
1-
Bill to Expand the Occupational
Disease Presumption -
HB 156
Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumption. -
Rosalyn R. Dance
Summary as introduced:
Workers' compensation; occupational disease
presumption. Expands the presumption
that specific types of cancers in firefighters and certain other public safety
employees are occupational diseases compensable under the Workers' Compensation
Act to include kidney cancer and any other type of cancer that results from the
inhalation, ingestion, or absorption of a toxic substance. A toxic substance is
currently defined as a known or suspected carcinogen, as defined by the
International Agency for Research on Cancer, that causes, or is suspected to
cause, leukemia or pancreatic, prostate, rectal, throat, ovarian, or breast
cancer.
Full text:
01/05/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed;
offered 01/13/10 10101662D
pdf
| impact statement
Status:
01/05/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101662D
01/05/10 House: Referred to Committee on
Commerce and Labor
01/15/10 House: Assigned C & L sub: #2
01/15/10 House: Assigned C & L sub: #2
02/04/10 House: Subcommittee recommends laying
on the table (9-Y 2-N) ---DEAD
for 2010
2-
Bill to Include Auxilary Police
Officers, EMS and Fire Marshals to the Capital Murder Statute -
HB 166
Capital murder; adds auxiliary law-enforcement officers, etc., to statute so
death sentence can be imposed. -
Brenda L. Pogge
Summary as introduced:
Capital murder; auxiliary law-enforcement officers, fire marshals and
assistant fire marshals, and EMS personnel; penalty. Adds auxiliary
law-enforcement officers, EMS personnel, and fire marshals and assistant fire
marshals with law-enforcement powers to the capital murder statute so that the
death sentence can be imposed for their murder.
Full text:
01/06/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed;
offered 01/13/10 10101043D
pdf
| impact statement
Status:
01/06/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered
01/13/10 10101043D
01/06/10 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of
Justice
01/13/10 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/15/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with
amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N)
01/27/10 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with
substitute (19-Y 3-N)
01/27/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10104245D-H1
01/29/10 House: Read first time
02/01/10 House: Passed by for the day
02/02/10 House: Read second time
02/02/10 House: Committee substitute agreed to 10104245D-H1
02/02/10 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (71-Y 24-N) HB166H1
02/02/10 House: VOTE: --- ENGROSSMENT (71-Y 24-N)
02/03/10 House: Read third time and passed House (75-Y 23-N)
02/03/10 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (75-Y 23-N)
02/04/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
02/04/10 Senate: Referred to Committee for
Courts of Justice
3-
Bill to Establish a Line of Duty
Death and Health Benefits Fund -
HB 661
- Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Fund.-
David L. Englin
Summary as introduced:
Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Fund. Establishes the Line of Duty
Death and Health Benefits Fund to pay the death and health insurance premium
benefits to individuals covered by the Line of Duty Act (§ 9.1-400 et seq.) and
the death benefit provided to state and local government employees who have been
killed in action after being called to active duty services under Title 10 of
the United States Code. The Fund is funded through a $.018 surcharge for E-911
service.
Full text:
01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed;
offered 01/13/10 10102831D
pdf
Status:
01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102831D
01/12/10 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
01/18/10 House: Assigned Finance sub: #1
02/03/10 House: Subcommittee recommends
continuing to 2011 (7-Y 1-N)
02/10/10 House: Continued to 2011 in Finance by voice vote
DEAD for 2010
SUPPORT
4-
Bill to Allow an Observer during
Grievance Procedures-
HB 700
- Grievance procedures; local government to permit an observer for each party.
David L. Bulova
Summary as introduced:
Local grievance procedures.
Allows the local government at its option to permit an observer for each party
at the informal first step of the grievance process. The grievant and the local
government at their option may also have an observer of their choice at each
subsequent step of the process. These persons may observe only and may not
participate, interrupt, or act as either party's representative until the final
management step, unless otherwise permitted by the locality.
Full text:
01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed;
offered 01/13/10 10101400D
pdf
Status:
01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101400D
01/12/10 House: Referred to Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns
01/21/10 House: Assigned CC & T sub: #1
5-
Bill to Remove Overtime Rate
Restriction on Localities with less than 100 Law-Enforcement Employees
Summary as introduced:
Line of Duty Act; definitions; funding for the Line of Duty Death and Health
Benefits Trust Fund. Includes local employees disabled on or after January
1, 1966, in the definition of "disabled employee." The bill also provides for
funding through a five-cent surcharge for E-911 service.
Full text:
01/13/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered
01/13/10 10103160D
pdf
| impact statement
02/10/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10104216D-H1
pdf
Status:
01/13/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103160D
01/13/10 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
01/18/10 House: Assigned Finance sub: #1
02/03/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with
amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
02/10/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10104216D-H1
02/10/10 House: Reported from Finance with substitute
(21-Y 0-N)
02/10/10 House: Referred to Committee on
Appropriations
OPPOSE
1-
Bill to Restict
Disability Retirement for Local Employees-
HB 118
- Retirement System; disability retirement for local employees.
Harry R. Purkey
Summary as introduced:
Virginia Retirement System; disability retirement for local employees.
Provides that a local employee shall not be retired due to disability if he
refuses his employer's offer of employment in any position whose salary and
benefits are at least equal to those of the position from which he is separated.
Full text:
01/05/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed;
offered 01/13/10 10100462D
pdf
Status:
01/05/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100462D
01/05/10 House: Referred to Committee on
Appropriations
01/19/10 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation
and Retirement
01/19/10 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation
and Retirement
01/28/10 House: Subcommittee recommends no action by voice vote
Dead :-)
2-
Bill to Reduce Retirement
Benefits-
HB 511
- Retirement System; modifies retirement plans.
Robert H. Brink
Summary as introduced:
Virginia Retirement System; retirement plans. Modifies the retirement
plans administered by the Virginia Retirement System, including (i) having state
employees pay a portion of their retirement contributions; (ii) for new state
and local employees, increasing the minimum age for unreduced retirement
allowance from 50 to 55, and reducing the maximum annual cost of living
adjustments to retirement allowances; and (iii) permitting local employers to
pay any portion of employees' share of retirement contributions (under current
law local employers must pay all or none of such contributions).
Full text:
01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed;
offered 01/13/10 10103834D
pdf
Status:
01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103834D
01/12/10 House: Referred to Committee on
Appropriations
01/19/10 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation
and Retirement
01/19/10 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and
Retirement
02/11/10 House: Subcommittee recommends no action by voice vote
Dead :-)
3-
Create a Defined
Contribution Retirement Plan-
HB 610
Retirement System; defined contribution retirement plan for eligible members.
Harry R. Purkey
Summary as introduced:
Virginia Retirement System; defined contribution retirement plan.
Creates a new defined contribution retirement plan for all employees who begin
employment on or after July 1, 2010, in lieu of participating in any other
retirement plan administered by the Virginia Retirement System. All other
employees may elect to participate in the plan in lieu of participating in any
other retirement plan administered by the Virginia Retirement System.
Full text:
01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed;
offered 01/13/10 10102086D
pdf
Status:
01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102086D
01/12/10 House: Referred to Committee on
Appropriations
01/19/10 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation
and Retirement
01/19/10 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation
and Retirement
01/28/10 House: Subcommittee recommends no action by voice vote
Dead :-)
Summary as introduced:
Virginia Retirement System; early and normal retirement age.
Changes the early and normal retirement ages for a person who first commences
employment on or after July 1, 2010, to coincide with the person's early and
normal retirement ages as provided under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §
416 et seq.Full text:
01/12/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed;
offered 01/13/10 10103139D
pdf
| impact statement
02/02/10 Senate: Committee substitute printed
10104849D-S1
pdf
| impact statement
Status:
01/12/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103139D
01/12/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
02/02/10 Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104849D-S1
02/02/10 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute
(11-Y 3-N)
02/03/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y
0-N)
02/04/10 Senate: Read second time
02/04/10 Senate: Passed by for the day
02/08/10 Senate: Read second time
02/08/10 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
02/08/10 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10104849D-S1
02/08/10 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB232S1
02/09/10 Senate: Passed by for the day
02/10/10 Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y
0-N)
02/10/10 Senate: Passed by for the day
02/11/10 Senate: Read second time
02/11/10 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
02/11/10 Senate: Passed by for the day
02/12/10 Senate: Read second time
02/12/10 Senate: Passed by for the day
Going Nowhere so far.. Bad Bill Needs
emails and calls
Summary as introduced:
Virginia Retirement System; new employees. Modifies for new employees
all the defined benefit retirement plans administered by the Virginia Retirement
System ("VRS"), as follows: (i) requires employee to contribute five percent of
creditable compensation, (ii) reduces the portion of the increase in the
Consumer Price Index used for determining annual retirement allowance
supplements ("COLA") from three percent plus one-half percent of the additional
increase up to seven percent, to two percent plus one-half percent of the
additional increase up to six percent. The bill also decreases the
Commonwealth's contribution for employees of certain optional retirement plans
by one percent of creditable compensation.
In addition to these modifications, for new state and local
employees covered under the main defined benefit plan (i.e. excluding the
separate plans for state and local law enforcement employees and judges), the
bill (i) reduces the average final compensation multiplier from 1.70 percent to
1.65 percent, (ii) increases the number of months used to calculate average
final compensation from 36 to 60, and (iii) changes the condition for unreduced
early retirement benefits from 50 years of age and 30 years of creditable
service, to one whereby the sum of age plus years of service equals 90.
Full text:
01/13/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered
01/13/10 10103075D
pdf
| impact statement
Status:
01/13/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103075D
01/13/10 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/19/10 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and
Retirement
02/11/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with
amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
02/12/10 House: Reported from Appropriations
with substitute (21-Y 0-N) | 
