Virginia House Bill 2451 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0087)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Firefighters; training; electric vehicle fires. Directs the Executive Director of the Department of Fire Programs to develop a training program on the risks of fires in electric vehicles and how to safely and effectively manage such fires to be completed by all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters, and requires the Executive Director to make such training program available by July 1, 2024. Effective July 1, 2024, all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters, are required to complete such training program. The bill provides that every person engaged in firefighting activities on July 1, 2024, has until December 1, 2025, to complete such training program. Firefighters; training; electric vehicle fires. Directs the Executive Director of the Department of Fire Programs to develop a training program on the risks of fires in electric vehicles and how to safely and effectively manage such fires to be completed by all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters, and requires the Executive Director to make such training program available by July 1, 2024. Effective July 1, 2024, all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters, are required to complete such training program. The bill provides that every person engaged in firefighting activities on July 1, 2024, has until December 1, 2025, to complete such training program.

Firefighters; training program on risks of electric vehicle fires.

Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]	Del. Mike Cherry [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]	Del. Bill Wiley [R]
Del. Wren Williams [R]	Del. Thomas Wright [R]

2023-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0087)
2023-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 87 (effective - see bill)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-24	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2451ER)
2023-02-24	House	Enrolled
2023-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-16	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2023-02-15	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-02-15	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-06	House	Read second time and engrossed
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-03	House	Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
2023-02-01	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2023-02-01	House	Motion to refer to committee agreed to
2023-01-31	House	Read first time
2023-01-27	House	Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2023-01-24	House	Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-01-20	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2023-01-20	House	Presented and ordered printed 23104387D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
9	1	201	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2451
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2451+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2451ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0087+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2451F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2451FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1502V0013+HB2451
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H15V0022+HB2451
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H02V0100+HB2451
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1540+HB2451
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S12V0173+HB2451
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0446+HB2451
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0630HB2451+HB2451
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0679HB2451+HB2451