HB 2243 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Line of Duty Act; clarifies provisions of Act.

Summary
Clarifies provisions of the Line of Duty Act, including clarifying that suspension or reinstatement of health insurance benefits begins and ends at the beginning of a health insurance plan year rather than in the middle of a plan year and recognizing current practice that the Line of Duty Act administrator provides materials for training. The bill codifies certain provisions of the Line of Duty Act that currently are in the appropriation act. The bill modifies the provision that would have disqualified, effective July 1, 2017, the surviving spouse of a deceased member who remarried from receiving health insurance benefits, by restricting the disqualification to surviving spouses who remarry on or after July 1, 2017. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 11, 2017 Signed Mar 13, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 13, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 439 (effective 3/13/17)
executive
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2243E
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Jan 16, 2017
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Jan 11, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101597D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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S. Chris Jones
RRepublican
VA
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