During the Virginia General Assembly session each year, this page will help you track active House and Senate bills that may affect VRS policy and benefits. If the bill you are looking for is not listed, please go to the Virginia General Assembly Legislative Information System (LIS).
The state budget bills also contain changes that affect VRS policy and benefits.
2026 Legislative Tracker - House Bills
| House Bill 139 | School board policies; unpaid educational leave for certain employee association officers; purchase of service credit. |
| House Bill 204 | Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers. |
| House Bill 205 | Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. |
| House Bill 227 | Line of Duty Act; transitional coverage. |
| House Bill 491 | Line of Duty Act; sheriffs and deputy sheriffs. |
| House Bill 585 | Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers and 911 dispatchers. |
| House Bill 659 | State retiree health benefits program; reenrollment in program. |
| House Bill 750 | Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. |
| House Bill 987 | Virginia Retirement System; service credit for career and technical education teachers. |
| House Bill 1055 | Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; membership. |
| House Bill 1107 | Virginia Retirement System; service retirement allowance; return to work. |
| House Bill 1128 | Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. |
| House Bill 1267 | Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; membership. |
| House Bill 1269 | Virginia Retirement System; Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers. |
| House Bill 1296 | Health insurance credits for general registrars and employees of general registrars. |
| House Bill 1306 | Virginia Retirement System; return to work; break in service. |
| House Bill 1317 | Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries. |
2026 Legislative Tracker - House Joint Resolutions
| House Joint Resolution 9 | Study; JLARC; adequacy, equity, and workforce impacts of the Virginia Retirement System's retirement plans; report. |
2026 Legislative Tracker - Senate Bills
Additional Senate bills are expected. Please check back for updates.
| Senate Bill 113 | Virginia Retirement System; service retirement allowance; return to work. |
| Senate Bill 154 | Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers. |
| Senate Bill 238 | Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; authority to establish campus police department. |
| Senate Bill 304 | Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. |
| Senate Bill 419 | Retirement systems and creditable service. |
| Senate Bill 507 | Virginia retirement system; investments in companies with elected official interests. |
| Senate Bill 523 | Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries. |