# Virginia HB300: Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers.

Virginia HB300, Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Jason S. Ballard (Republican); status failed, last action 2024-11-18 (Left in Appropriations) (as of 2026-10-16).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB300-2025
- As of: 2026-10-16
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB300
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2024-01-05
- Last action: 2024-11-18, Left in Appropriations
- Sponsor: Jason S. Ballard (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (0 yes, 0 no in all)
- 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, 2025, 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, 2025, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jason S. Ballard (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024-02-05 | House | Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2024-02-05 | House | Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |

## Actions (7)

- 2024-11-18: Left in Appropriations (House)
- 2024-02-05: Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2024-02-05: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2024-01-25: Impact statement from VRS (HB300) (House)
- 2024-01-18: Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement (House)
- 2024-01-05: Referred to Committee on Appropriations (House)
- 2024-01-05: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102276D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2024-01-12: [HTML](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB300)

## 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
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB300)

## 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-HB300-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).