Virginia HB 1533 — Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.
Virginia, 2027. HB 1533: Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.
Latest action
September 23, 2026 — Committee Referral Pending
Summary
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, 2028, 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, 2028, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 51.1-138 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers.
Sponsors
- Mike A. Cherry — primary sponsor
Bill text
Introduced Read version ↗ Read version ↗
Recorded votes
No roll-call votes were supplied for this bill. This does not imply that no vote occurred.
Legislative history
- Committee Referral Pending
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2027 27100088D
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