HB 2065 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

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

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 SB 1282.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill transitions HB 2065 from an enrolled bill to a chaptered act, making it officially part of Virginia law. The substantive content of the Fire Programs Fund remains unchanged, with no new policy provisions, funding amounts, dates, or eligibility criteria added or removed. The changes are purely formatting and structural, reflecting the bill's final approval and incorporation into the Virginia Code.

TECHNICAL

Converted bill format from enrolled draft to chaptered law, adding chapter number (Chapter 56), approval date (March 18, 2025), and proper statutory formatting for the Virginia Code.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2025

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 40

Feb 14, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

15 Yea 4

78% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Mar 18, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 56 (Effective 07/01/26)

executive

Feb 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2065ER)

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Introduced

Engrossed by House as amended

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

General Laws Amendments agreed to

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection

lower

Jan 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on General Laws

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor