Virginia legislation · 2027 Regular Session
Virginia HB1532: A BILL to amend and reenact § 51.1-212 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers.
Status: In committee, September 23, 2026
Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers. Extends membership in the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System (VaLORS) to emergency dispatchers who are employed by the Department of State Police, Capitol Police, and agencies whose law-enforcement officers are eligible for membership in VaLORS. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028, and provides that such membership applies only to service earned on or after July 1, 2028.
What the bill says
To amend and reenact § 51.1-212 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers. ---------- Patron--Cherry ---------- Committee Referral Pending ---------- 1. That § 51.1-212 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: § 51.1-212. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Employee" means any (i) member or full-time salaried dispatcher of the Capitol Police Force as described in § 30-34.2:1, (ii) campus police officer appointed under the provisions of Article 3 (§ 23.1-809.
From the introduced text, September 23, 2026:
A BILL to amend and reenact § 51.1-212 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers. ---------- Patron--Cherry ---------- Committee Referral Pending ---------- 1. That § 51.1-212 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: § 51.1-212. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Employee" means any (i) member or full-time salaried dispatcher of the Capitol Police Force as described in § 30-34.2:1, (ii) campus police officer appointed under the provisions of Article 3 (§ 23.1-809 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 23.1, (iii) conservation police officer in the Department of Wildlife Resources appointed under the provisions of Chapter 2 (§ 29.1-200 et seq.) of Title 29.1, (iv) special agent of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority appointed under the provisions of Chapter 1 (§ 4.1-100 et seq.) of Title 4.1, (v) law-enforcement officer employed by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission as described in § 9.1-101, (vi) correctional officer as the term is defined in § 53.1-1, and including correctional officers employed at a juvenile correction facility as the term is defined in § 66-25.3, (vii) parole officer appointed pursuant to § 53.1-143, (viii) commercial vehicle enforcement officer or full-time salaried dispatcher employed by the Department of State Police, (ix) full-time firefighter employed by …