CHAPTER 299
An Act to amend and reenact § 9.1-702 of the Code of Virginia, relating to hours of work for paid firefighters.
[H 1333]
Approved April 6, 2026
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 9.1-702 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 9.1-702 . Work period.
Employers may adopt any work period to compute overtime compensation for fire protection or law-enforcement employees between seven and 28 days , provided that the work period is recurring and fixed, and is not changed for purposes of denying overtime compensation to such employees to which they may be entitled under subsection A of § 9.1-701 . The Department of Fire Programs shall encourage employers to implement work schedules that do not require a paid firefighter's normally scheduled shifts to exceed 42 hours per workweek. The provisions of this section pertaining to law-enforcement employees shall only apply to employers of 100 or more law-enforcement employees.