2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2194: Juvenile detention specialists; enhanced retirement benefits.

Legislative Summary

Pensions; enhanced retirement benefits for juvenile detention specialists. Permits political subdivisions participating in the Virginia Retirement System to provide retirement benefits comparable to the benefits provided to state police officers to juvenile detention specialists. The bill applies only to service earned as a juvenile detention specialist on or after July 1, 2026, but allows an employer, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned as a full-time juvenile detention specialist before July 1, 2026, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

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Bill History

1/7/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104568D
House of Delegates
1/7/2025
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
House of Delegates
1/15/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (HB2194)
House of Delegates
1/17/2025
Assigned Approps sub: Compensation and Retirement
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Left in Appropriations
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/7/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Appropriations(House of Delegates)

Sponsors

Democrat: 1
Republican: 1

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/7/202513.0 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/15/2025229.8 KB