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Public safety officer; definition. Adds dispatchers and animal control officers to the definition of a public safety officer for purposes of possible selection by the Governor for the Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor, presented for performance above and beyond the call of duty involving extraordinary valor in the face of grave danger, at great personal risk. However, the bill specifies that dispatchers and animal control officers are not included in the definition of public safety officer for the purpose of an injury where weather constitutes a particular risk of a public safety officer's employment to be compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.
Introduced
Jan 4, 2025
Last Action
May 16, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 4 co
Left in Public Safety
Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 4-N)
Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1746)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100454D
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Left in Public Safety
N. Baxter Ennis