Law-enforcement officers; paid military leaves of absence.
Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Passed first chamber
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- +21
- Latest action
- Jul 21, 2026
What it does
Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth or political subdivisions; law-enforcement officers. Provides that any person who is employed by the Commonwealth or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth as a law-enforcement officer shall receive paid leaves of absence for up to 388 hours for which a leave of absence is required, during which such person is engaged in federally funded military duty, to include training duty, or is called forth by the Governor for military duty.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Done)
Floor (Current step)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- May Nivar
- Alfonso Lopez
- Atoosa Reaser
- Charlie Schmidt
- Cliff Hayes
- Dan Helmer
- Destiny LeVere Bolling
- J.R. Henson
- Josh Thomas
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie
- Karrie Delaney
- Kathy Tran
- Katrina Callsen
- Laura Jane Cohen
- Lindsey Dougherty
- Liz Guzmán
- Michael Feggans
- Michelle Maldonado
- Patrick Hope
- Paul Krizek
- Rae Cousins
- Rip Sullivan
- Rod Willett
- Stacey Carroll
- Virgil Thornton
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in Virginia.