Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth or political subdivisions; law-enforcement officers.
Summary
Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth or political subdivisions; law-enforcement officers. Provides that any person who is employed by the Commonwealth or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth as a law-enforcement officer shall receive paid leaves of absence for up to 388 work hours for which a leave of absence is required, during which such person is engaged in federally funded military duty, to include training duty, or is called forth by the Governor for military duty.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2025
Last action Feb 11, 2025
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 23, 2025
How they voted
97–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 100
Jan 23, 2025
D
Democratic51
98% Yea
R
Republican49
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Josh Thomas
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Kathy Tran
DDemocratic
Co
Tim Griffin
RRepublican
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