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Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirementbenefits for 911 dispatchers. Allows local governments to provideenhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to full-timesalaried 911 dispatchers. The bill provides that such enhanced retirementbenefits apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher on or after July 1, 2025, but allows an employer, as thatterm is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirementbenefits for service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcherbefore July 1, 2025, in addition to service earned on or after thatdate. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.

In committee Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor HB 882

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Students; Department of Education's model policy on cell phone use during instructional time.

Department of Education; model policy on studentcell phone use during instructional time; local adoption. Requiresthe Department of Education to develop, adopt, and distribute to each school board a model policy whereby public elementary and secondaryschool students are prohibited from possessing or using personalcell phones or other personal handheld communication devices duringinstructional time at school. The bill requires the Department, indeveloping and adopting such model policy, to seek to balance theinterests of students' academic achievement, cognitive development,safety, and general well-being and permits the Department to include appropriate exceptions in extraordinary circumstances such as emergency situations or situations involving the need to contact the student'sparents. The bill requires each school board to develop and adopta policy that is consistent with such model policy adopted by theDepartment.

In committee Feb 5, 2024 1 co-sponsor

Primary HB 631

In committee · Virginia House · Lead sponsor

Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to emergency dispatchers.

Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers. Extends membership in the Virginia Law Officers'Retirement System (VaLORS) to emergency dispatchers who are employedby the Department of State Police and agencies whose law-enforcementofficers are eligible for membership in VaLORS. The bill has a delayedeffective date of July 1, 2025, and provides that such membershipwould apply only to service earned on or after July 1, 2025.

In committee Feb 5, 2024 0 co-sponsors

Co-sponsor SJ 73

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Daniel M. Gade.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SJ 43

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SJ 63

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Peter A. Blake.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 1 co-sponsor

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