2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB1282: Fire Programs Fund; aid to localities, requirement for emergency incidents reporting.

Legislative Summary

Fire Programs Fund; aid to localities; requirement for emergency incidents reporting. Requires that, in order to remain eligible for funding from the Fire Programs Fund, a locality must report all emergency incidents through the National Emergency Response Information System while sharing such emergency incident data with the Department of Fire Programs. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 2065.

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Bill History

1/8/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104267D
Senate
1/8/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Senate
1/15/2025
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/17/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/17/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/17/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
1/20/2025
Read second time and engrossed
Senate
1/21/2025
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/5/2025
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
House of Delegates
2/6/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/11/2025
Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/11/2025
Committee substitute printed 25106894D-H1
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1282)
Senate
2/13/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/14/2025
Read third time
House of Delegates
2/14/2025
General Laws Substitute agreed to
House of Delegates
2/14/2025
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
House of Delegates
2/14/2025
Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/18/2025
House substitute agreed to by Senate
Senate
2/21/2025
Enrolled
Senate
2/21/2025
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1282ER)
Senate
2/21/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
2/24/2025
Signed by President
Senate
2/25/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1282)
Senate
3/5/2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
Senate
3/5/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/18/2025
Approved by Governor-Chapter 69 (Effective 07/01/26)
3/18/2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0069)

Roll Call Votes

House substitute agreed to by Senate
2/18/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N)
2/14/2025
96
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from General Laws with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
2/11/2025
19
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2/6/2025
8
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
1/21/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
1/17/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
1/15/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(3/18/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Tara Durant
Tara Durant
Republican

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text3/18/202511.7 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text2/21/202511.9 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/11/202512.5 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/7/202512.5 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/8/202512.7 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/25/202598.0 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/12/202596.9 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/20/202597.7 KB