SB 775 VA

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Introduced

Insurance; Fire Programs Fund; fees for vehicles; Virginia At Risk Fire Grant Program established; Firefighter Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Fund established. Increases the fire insurance assessment from one percent of total direct gross premium income for such insurance to (i) 1.5 percent on and after July 1, 2026, but before July 1, 2027, and (ii) two percent on and after July 1, 2027. The bill also increases the vehicle registration fee used to provide support for emergency medical services from $4.25 to $6.25 for each pickup or panel truck and each motor vehicle. The bill also establishes (a) the Virginia At Risk Fire Grant Program, to be funded by 0.25 percent of the assessments on insurance companies, for the purposes of providing grants to localities with fire departments that are determined to be most at risk of being unable to provide fire suppression or rescue activities or maintain compliance with relevant laws and regulations and (b) the Firefighter Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Fund, for the purpose of purchasing breathing apparatus equipment and other non-vehicular equipment necessary for the protection of firefighters responding to a fire.

• T. Travis Hackworth Republican · primary

1. Jan 22, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26104610D · upper
2. Jan 22, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
3. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) · upper
4. Feb 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB775) · upper
5. Feb 11, 2026 Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

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