# Virginia HB2065: Fire Programs Fund; aid to localities, requirement for emergency incidents reporting.

Virginia HB2065, Fire Programs Fund; aid to localities, requirement for emergency incidents reporting., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joshua E. Thomas (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-03-18 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0056)) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2065-2025
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB2065
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Fire Programs Fund; aid to localities, requirement for emergency incidents reporting.
- Status: to governor
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2025-03-18, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0056)
- Sponsor: Joshua E. Thomas (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 7 (317 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## 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 overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joshua E. Thomas (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-14 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 36 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Reported from General Laws and Technology | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 98 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-23 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (32)

- 2025-03-18: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0056) (Governor)
- 2025-03-18: Approved by Governor-Chapter 56 (Effective 07/01/26) (Governor)
- 2025-03-03: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor)
- 2025-03-03: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 (House)
- 2025-02-22: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2065) (House)
- 2025-02-19: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2065ER) (House)
- 2025-02-19: Enrolled (House)
- 2025-02-19: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-02-17: Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Read third time (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2065) (House)
- 2025-02-04: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-03: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House (House)
- 2025-02-03: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (98-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-31: Printed as engrossed 25100753D-E (House)
- 2025-01-31: Engrossed by House as amended (House)
- 2025-01-31: General Laws Amendments agreed to (House)
- 2025-01-31: Read second time and engrossed (House)
- 2025-01-30: Read first time (House)
- 2025-01-28: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-23: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-20: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection (House)
- 2025-01-15: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2065) (House)
- 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee on General Laws (House)
- 2025-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100753D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2025-03-18: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070999.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070998.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2025-02-19: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057197.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057196.PDF)
- Engrossed, 2025-01-31: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033022.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033021.PDF)
- Amendment, 2025-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1028577.HTML)
- Introduced, 2025-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014948.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014947.PDF)

## Related bills

- HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted)
- SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed)
- HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed)
- HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed)
- SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed)
- HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor)

## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070999.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070998.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057197.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057196.PDF)
- [Engrossed (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033022.HTML)
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033021.PDF)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1028577.HTML)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014948.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014947.PDF)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2065-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).