Virginia Retirement System; service retirement allowance for certain judges.
Summary
Virginia Retirement System; increased retirementallowance for certain judges. Increases, for the purposes of determining benefits provided under the Judicial Retirement System,the retirement multiplier from 1.0 percent to 1.7 percent. The increasewould apply only to judges who are participants in the hybrid retirementprogram and who are at least age 55 at the time of appointment. Thebill provides that such changes apply only to service earned as ajudge on or after July 1, 2025. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Feb 21, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 7, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ryan McDougle
RRepublican
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