SB 1292 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Retirement System; return to work, sunset date.

Summary
Virginia Retirement System; return to work. Allows a retired sworn law-enforcement officer who returns to employment as an instructor at a regional criminal justice academy to continue receiving his service retirement allowance. Such employment shall not increase, decrease, or affect in any way his retirement benefits before, during, or after such employment. Under current law, a retired law-enforcement officer may return to full-time employment without impact on his retirement benefits only if he is employed as a school security officer. The bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2028.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Feb 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Finance and Appropriations Substitute · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from an original introduced version to a Senate substitute version with minor formatting adjustments and updated bill numbers. The substantive policy content regarding Virginia Retirement System allowances, early retirement provisions, and return-to-work rules remains unchanged.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and metadata updates.
TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from 25101666D to 25105500D to reflect Senate substitute processing.

Header formatting changed from original introduced format to Senate substitute format with committee and patron information.

Line breaks and spacing were adjusted throughout the document for the substitute version.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 22, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 22, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Tara Durant
Tara Durant
RRepublican
VA
27