HB2581
VRS; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, animal control officers, etc.
Summary
As Introduced. Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, animal control officers, and municipal park rangers.
Allows local governments to provide enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to (i) full-time salaried 911 dispatchers, (ii) full-time animal control officers, and (iii) sworn municipal park rangers qualifying as conservators of the peace. The bill provides that such enhanced retirement benefits apply only to service earned in such ... (More) positions on or after July 1, 2026, but allows an employer, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned in such positions before July 1, 2026, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103487D
- 01/13/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103487D
- 01/13/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/04/2025 - House: Left in Appropriations
