Virginia Retirement System; modifies disability benefits provided to state employees. (HB350)

Introduced By

Del. Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights) with support from 54 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield), Del. Rich Anderson (R-Woodbridge), Del. Dickie Bell (R-Staunton), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Barbara Comstock (R-McLean), Del. John A. Cox (R-Ashland), Del. Mark Dudenhefer (R-Stafford), Del. James Edmunds (R-South Boston), Del. David Englin (D-Alexandria), Del. Matt Fariss (R-Rustburg), Del. Scott Garrett (R-Lynchburg), Del. Tag Greason (R-Potomac Falls), Del. Gordon Helsel (R-Poquoson), Del. Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria), Del. Keith Hodges (R-Urbanna), Del. Sal Iaquinto (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Riley Ingram (R-Hopewell), Del. Johnny Joannou (D-Portsmouth), Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave), Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas), Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond), Del. Randy Minchew (R-Leesburg), Del. Will Morefield (R-North Tazewell), Del. Rick Morris (R-Carrollton), Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond), Del. Brenda Pogge (R-Williamsburg), Del. Charles Poindexter (R-Glade Hill), Del. Bob Purkey (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Lacey Putney (I-Bedford), Del. David Ramadan (R-South Riding), Del. Margaret Ransone (R-Kinsale), Del. Roxann Robinson (R-Chesterfield), Del. Nick Rush (R-Christiansburg), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), Del. Ed Scott (R-Culpeper), Del. Beverly Sherwood (R-Winchester), Del. Chris Stolle (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Bob Tata (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Ron Villanueva (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan), Del. Mike Watson (R-Williamsburg), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Del. Michael Webert (R-Marshall), Del. Tony Wilt (R-Harrisonburg), Del. Tommy Wright (R-Victoria), Del. David Yancey (R-Newport News), Del. Joseph Yost (R-Blacksburg), Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake), Sen. Roz Dance (D-Petersburg), Sen. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake), Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Virginia Retirement System; disability benefits.  Modifies the disability benefits provided to state employees by (i) no longer reducing such benefit by the amount of military disability benefits received and (ii) reflecting changes made in 2009 by the General Assembly limiting new employees to disability payments in an amount of 60 percent of their creditable compensation for the first 60 months of employment.  The bill also makes some technical changes. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/10/2012Committee
01/10/2012Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103187D
01/10/2012Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/16/2012Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement
01/18/2012Impact statement from VRS (HB350)
01/19/2012Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
01/23/2012Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2012Read first time
01/26/2012Read second time and engrossed
01/27/2012Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
01/27/2012VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2012Constitutional reading dispensed
01/30/2012Referred to Committee on Finance
02/28/2012Reported from Finance with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/29/2012Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/01/2012Read third time
03/01/2012Reading of amendment waived
03/01/2012Committee amendment agreed to
03/01/2012Emergency clause added
03/01/2012Engrossed by Senate as amended
03/01/2012Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/01/2012Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/01/2012Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/02/2012Placed on Calendar
03/05/2012Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
03/05/2012VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2012Enrolled
03/08/2012Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB350ER)
03/08/2012Signed by Speaker
03/09/2012Impact statement from VRS (HB350ER)
03/09/2012Signed by President
03/30/2012G Approved by Governor-Chapter 417 (effective 3/30/12)
03/30/2012G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 2 minutes.