Virginia House Bill 271 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-02-12 - House: Left in Appropriations

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.

Line of Duty Act; amends definition of deceased person.

Del. David Albo [R]	Sen. Kenneth Alexander [D]	Del. Kristen Amundson [D]	Del. Robert Brink [D]
Del. Charles Caputo [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Del. Albert Eisenberg [D]	Del. David Englin [D]
Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Del. Robert Mathieson [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Del. Paula Miller [D]
Del. Brian Moran [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Thomas Rust [R]	Del. James Scott [D]
Del. Stephen Shannon [D]	Del. Terrie Suit [R]	Del. Shannon Valentine [D]	Del. Margaret Vanderhye [D]
Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-02-12		House: Left in Appropriations
2008-01-15		House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement (Jones, S.C.)
2008-01-02		House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2008-01-02		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086546644

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB271