SB1219
Legislator Compensation Commission; established, appointment of members, report.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 22-N)
Chief Patron:
Bryce Reeves (R)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. General Assembly; Legislator Compensation Commission established.
Establishes the Legislator Compensation Commission, to be formed every four years for the purpose of reviewing the salaries, expense allowances, retirement benefits, and other emoluments received by members of the General Assembly and determining whether any adjustments to salaries or allowances are needed. The nine-member Commission shall be appointed as ... (More) follows: two former members of the Senate of Virginia and two former members of the House of Delegates, to be appointed by the Joint Rules Committee, and five nonlegislative citizen members, with the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the House Minority Leader, and the Senate Majority and Minority Leaders each appointing one such member. Any adjustments made to salaries, expense allowances, or other emoluments or benefits enacted in a budget bill based upon the recommendation of the Commission shall not be effective until January 1 of the year immediately following the general election for all members of the General Assembly. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102988D
- 01/08/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/16/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1219)
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 25102988D-E
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1219)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 02/03/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/16/2025 - House: Placed on Rules Agenda
- 02/17/2025 - House: Reported from Rules with amendment(s) (14-Y 4-N)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/20/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/20/2025 - House: Rules Amendments agreed to
- 02/20/2025 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/20/2025 - House: Passed House with amendments (64-Y 34-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/20/2025 - House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/20/2025 - House: Passed House with amendments (Y-58 N-39 A-0) Close Floor Vote
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: House Amendments agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1219ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1219)
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 03/24/2025 - Senate: Governor's substitute printed (SB1219S1)
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 22-N) Close Floor Vote
