# Virginia HB205: Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.

Virginia HB205, Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Mike A. Cherry (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-02-18 (Left in Committee Appropriations) (as of 2026-11-06).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB205
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-07
- Last action: 2026-02-18, Left in Committee Appropriations
- Sponsor: Mike A. Cherry (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. Allows local governments to provide enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to full-time salaried 911 dispatchers. The bill provides that such enhanced retirement benefits apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher on or after July 1, 2027, but allows an employer, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher before July 1, 2027, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mike A. Cherry (Republican), House

## Actions (4)

- 2026-02-18: Left in Committee Appropriations (House)
- 2026-01-25: Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (HB205) (House)
- 2026-01-07: Referred to Committee on Appropriations (House)
- 2026-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101760D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083065.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083064.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers. (signed)
- HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed)
- HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed)
- HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083065.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083064.PDF)

## Related
- [HB20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB20-2026)
- [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026)
- [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026)
- [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026)
- [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026)
- [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB205-2026 (as of 2026-11-06).