Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person thereunder, payment to beneficiaries. (SB943)

Introduced By

Sen. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath)

Description

Line of Duty Act. Amends the definition of "deceased person" under the Line of Duty Act to include an individual who suffers a fatal heart attack or stroke while engaged in delineated nonroutine stressful or strenuous situations not later than 24 hours after engaging in such activity. The bill also allows for the $100,000 payment to the beneficiary of the deceased to be annually adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index. Amends § 9.1-400 (“Title of chapter; definitions.”), § 9.1-402 (“Payments to beneficiaries of certain deceased law-enforcement officers, firefighters, etc., and retirees.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

Outcome

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• 01/07/2009 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 091131220
• 01/07/2009 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/13/2009 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
• 01/21/2009 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
• 01/21/2009 Rereferred to Finance
• 01/23/2009 Impact statement from DPB (SB943)
• 01/28/2009 Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
• 01/29/2009 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
• 01/30/2009 Read second time
• 01/30/2009 Reading of amendment waived
• 01/30/2009 Committee amendment agreed to
• 01/30/2009 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB943E
• 01/30/2009 Printed as engrossed 091131220-E
• 02/02/2009 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
• 02/13/2009 Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/2009 Read first time
• 02/13/2009 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/16/2009 Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement (Hogan, Clarke N.)
• 02/17/2009 Impact statement from DPB (SB943E)
• 02/28/2009 Left in Appropriations

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1 vote