# Virginia SB154: Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers.

Virginia SB154, Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers., is a 2027 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by T. Travis Hackworth (Republican); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB154-2027
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB154
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-07
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: T. Travis Hackworth (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers. Adds full-time animal control officers to the list of local employees eligible to receive enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service for service earned in such positions on or after July 1, 2027. Under current law, localities may provide such benefits to first responders, including firefighters and emergency medical technicians, and certain other hazardous duty positions. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: T. Travis Hackworth (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)
- 2026-01-25: Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (SB154) (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103043D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230091.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230090.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230091.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230090.PDF)

## Related
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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB154-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).