Virginia Fire Services Board; powers & duties, modular training program for volunteer firefighters. (HB729)

Introduced By

Sen. Chris Head (R-Roanoke)

Progress

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

Description

Virginia Fire Services Board; powers and duties; modular training program for volunteer firefighters. Directs the Virginia Fire Services Board to develop a modular training program for volunteer firefighters for adoption by local volunteer fire departments that shall include (i) Firefighter I and Firefighter II certification pursuant to standards developed by the National Fire Protection Association and (ii) an online training program. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/09/2018Committee
01/09/2018Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104370D
01/09/2018Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
01/17/2018Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
01/24/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB729)
02/01/2018Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
02/01/2018Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
02/02/2018Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2018Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/02/2018Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
02/08/2018Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
02/09/2018Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2018Read first time
02/12/2018Read second time and engrossed
02/13/2018Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/13/2018VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2018Constitutional reading dispensed
02/14/2018Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
02/19/2018Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2018Rereferred to Finance
02/28/2018Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/01/2018Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/02/2018Read third time
03/02/2018Reading of amendment waived
03/02/2018Committee amendment agreed to
03/02/2018Engrossed by Senate as amended
03/02/2018Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2018Placed on Calendar
03/06/2018Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
03/06/2018VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2018Enrolled
03/08/2018Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB729ER)
03/08/2018Signed by Speaker
03/09/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB729ER)
03/10/2018Signed by President
03/16/2018Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 16, 2018
03/16/2018G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
03/23/2018G Approved by Governor-Chapter 403 (effective 1/1/19)
03/23/2018G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0403)