THE FOP WILL SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING BILLS FOR 2008
HB 226 Charitable gaming; use of proceeds. John A. Cosgrove
Charitable gaming; use of proceeds. Provides that the percentage, determined by the Charitable Gaming Board, which an organization must use for charitable purposes, is based on net receipts of the organization and not its gross receipts from charitable gaming.
01/31/06 -- Reported from Subcommittee.
02/05/08 -- Passed by for the day General Laws Committee
02/08/08 House: Tabled in General Laws by voice vote
HB 271 Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person.
Paula J. Miller
Line of Duty Act. Amends the definition of "deceased person" to include an individual who suffers a heart attack or stroke during nonroutine, stressful, or strenuous law-enforcement situations, fire suppression, rescue, or other such activities and who suffers the heart attack or stroke while engaged in the activity or not later than 24 hours after the activity. The bill also allows for the $100,000 payment to the beneficiary of the deceased to be annually adjusted to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index.
01/15/08 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement
02/12/08 House: Left in Appropriations
HB 369 Retirement System; state & local law-enforcement officers may take full retirement if have 25 yrs. Charles W. Carrico, Sr.
Virginia Retirement System; state and local law-enforcement officers. Permits members of the State Police Officers' System, the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System, and local law-enforcement officials covered under the Virginia Retirement System whose localities have elected to provide benefits comparable to that of State Police Officers, to take full retirement (unreduced) if they have at least 25 years of creditable service, regardless of their age.
01/15/08 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement (Jones, S.C.)
02/12/08 House: Left in Appropriations
SB 76 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act.
Ken T. Cuccinelli, II / amended in subcommittee 1-17-08 Adoption of SB355 Language
Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act. Makes several changes as to the process and procedures afforded to officers under the procedural guarantee act, clarifying several existing rights and setting forth specific procedures for the questioning of officers and the conduct of a disciplinary hearing.
2/05/08-- Recommitted to Senate Courts of Justice Committee
02/13/08 Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
SB 329 Line of Duty Act; definitions; funding for Line of Duty Health Benefits Trust Fund. Frederick M. Quayle
Line of Duty Act; definitions; funding for Line of Duty Health Benefits Trust Fund. Includes local employees disabled on or after January 1, 1966, in the definition of “disabled employee.” The bill also provides for a $1 fee to be collected from alarm company operators for each alarm system monitored and a $5 fee to be collected for processes and services in civil proceedings to provide funding to the Line of Duty Health Benefits Trust Fund.
02/06/08 -- Reported from Committee, read second time on Senate Floor
02/08/08 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
02/08/08 Senate: Communicated to House
02/13/08 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
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The FOP Legislative Committee is still reviewing bills for the 2008 session. If you have any thoughts, ideas, etc, for session, please contact the Legislative Chair, Kevin Carroll. His contact info is listed below.
ALSO--- If any local lodge has made any local endorsements, please notifiy the State Lodge office so that they may be shared with all of our members.
