# Virginia SB304: Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.

Virginia SB304, Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date., is a 2027 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Emily M. Jordan (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 SB304
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Emily M. Jordan (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and 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: Emily M. Jordan (Republican), Senate

## Actions (5)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-25: Fiscal Impact Statement from Virginia Retirement System (SB304) (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103136D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230911.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230910.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230911.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230910.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-SB304-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).