HB 1815 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Line of Duty Act; benefits for campus police and private police officers, definitions.

Summary
Line of Duty Act; campus police officers; private police officers. Provides employees of contributing nonprofit private institutions of higher education and contributing private police departments, as those terms are defined in the bill, with the benefits granted to employees of participating employers under the Line of Duty Act. The bill clarifies that the Line of Duty Act shall not apply to any (i) private institution of higher education that is not a contributing nonprofit private institution of higher education or (ii) private police department that is not a contributing private police department. The bill requires each contributing nonprofit private institution of higher education and contributing private police department to pay its pro rata share of the initial costs to implement the bill, as determined by the Virginia Retirement System. This bill is identical to SB 1142.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Signed Mar 21, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill converts HB 1815 from an Enrolled version to a Chaptered version, meaning it has been officially approved and signed into law. The substantive policy content of the bill remains unchanged; the differences are purely formatting and structural changes that occur during the legislative process. The bill itself amends the Line of Duty Act to extend death and disability benefits to private police officers and campus police officers at private institutions of higher education.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains the same as the original Enrolled version, but the Chaptered version indicates the bill has been enacted into law as Chapter 204 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly.
TECHNICAL

Header formatting changed from 'ENROLLED' to 'CHAPTER 204' with approval date of March 21, 2025, indicating the bill has been signed into law.

Page numbering and layout formatting changed from the Enrolled version to the Chaptered version, including line breaks and spacing adjustments.

POLICY

All substantive provisions regarding Line of Duty Act benefits, eligibility criteria, funding amounts, and definitions remain identical between the Enrolled and Chaptered versions.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
15
Committee
11
Amendments
3
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 204 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1815ER)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Amended
Courts of Justice Amendment rejected
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Public Safety Amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2025
Committee
Assigned Approps sub: Compensation and Retirement
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Referred from Education and referred to Public Safety (Voice Vote)
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors

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