# Virginia SB113: Virginia Retirement System; service retirement allowance, return to work.

Virginia SB113, Virginia Retirement System; service retirement allowance, return to work., is a 2027 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Christie New Craig (Republican); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB113
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Virginia Retirement System; service retirement allowance, return to work.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-05
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Christie New Craig (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Virginia Retirement System; service retirement allowance; return to work. Allows a retired law-enforcement officer to continue to receive his service retirement allowance during a subsequent period of employment by a local law-enforcement agency in a civilian role that does not require law-enforcement certification as a fingerprint examiner, forensics specialist, property and evidence technician, background investigator, or firearms instructor, so long as he has a break in service of at least six calendar months between retirement and reemployment, did not retire under an early retirement program, did not retire under the Workforce Transition Act of 1995, and retired in good standing from his sworn law-enforcement officer position.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Christie New Craig (Republican), Senate

## Actions (5)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (SB113) (Senate)
- 2026-01-05: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-01-05: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102318D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-05: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231224.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231223.PDF)

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- HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information. (introduced)
- SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset. (in committee)
- SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment. (in committee)
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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231224.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231223.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
- [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB113-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).