Military and Emergency Laws

Passed

P HB 2654

Department of Military Affairs; duties. Establishes specific duties and functions to be carried out by the Department of Military Affairs. The bill is identical to SB 1184.
Patron - Lingamfelter

P HB 2726

Review of certain emergency plans by localities. Grants authority to localities to require the review of, and suggest amendments to, the emergency plans of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult day care centers, and child day care centers that are located within the locality.
Patron - McClellan

P HB 2809

Virginia National Guard; employment protection. Extends the employment protections for service in state duty to service under Title 32 of the United States Code. Upon return to duty, a guardsman would have 14 days to make written application to his previous employer for reemployment. The Code currently requires such application to be made within five days. In addition, the bill would add attorney fees and costs to the damages recoverable for violation of these employment provisions. The bill is identical to SB 1309.
Patron - Tyler

P HB 3015

Virginia Military Family Relief Fund; assistance after active duty. Provides that funds from the Virginia Military Family Relief Fund may be provided to a service member or his family from the date of entry into active duty until 180 days after release from active duty. This bill is identical to SB 1046.
Patron - Johnson

P HB 3048

Local emergency management plans. Requires every local and interjurisdictional agency to review and update its emergency operations plan every four years. The updated plan must be formally approved by the locality's governing body. The bill is identical to SB 1318.
Patron - Miller, P.J.

P SB 787

Emergency preparedness; animal protection. Requires the Department of Emergency Management to develop an emergency response plan to address the needs of animals in an emergency and to assist localities in developing their own emergency response plans.
Patron - Stosch

P SB 906

Officers of militia; Massanutten Military Academy. Adds the officers of the Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Virginia, to the list of those officers recognized as commissioned officers of the unorganized Virginia militia.
Patron - Obenshain

P SB 1046

P SB 1184

Department of Military Affairs; duties. Establishes specific duties and functions to be carried out by the Department of Military Affairs. This bill is identical to HB 2654.
Patron - Locke

P SB 1309

P SB 1318

Local emergency management plans. Requires every local and interjurisdictional agency to review and update its emergency operations plan every four years. The updated plan must be formally approved by the locality's governing body.
Patron - Puckett

Failed

F HB 2080

Disaster response; individual assistance. Allows the state to provide disaster assistance to individuals if federal aid is not available or is so delayed as to cause undue hardship. Funds may only be disbursed for individual assistance at the direction of the Governor through an executive order.
Patron - Wittman

F HB 2176

Virginia Disaster Response Fund; disbursements. Authorizes disbursements from the Virginia Disaster Response Fund for costs and expenses incurred by the Department of Emergency Management or any other state agency, a political subdivision, or other entity for the purpose of upgrading or hardening designated shelters to withstand damage to and breaching of the facility by wind, floodwaters, or other storm-driven hazards. The bill also provides that annual disbursements made to a political subdivision for the operation, coordination, or acquisition and maintenance of equipment by emergency preparedness organizations of the political subdivision are required to be indexed to the Consumer Price Index.
Patron - BaCote

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