HB 1602 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

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

970
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 100
Jan 23, 2025
D Democratic51
50 Yea 1
98% Yea
R Republican49
47 Yea 2
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