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Any officer or employee of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth who is a professional firefighter and a member of the Virginia Defense Force or National Defense Executive Reserve shall receive paid leaves of absence for all work hours that a leave of absence is required, regardless of whether such amount of work hours exceeds 21 workdays per federal fiscal year but shall not exceed a total of 388 work hours, during which such officer or employee who is a professional firefighter shall be engaged in training approved by the Governor or his designee. When relieved from any such duty, officers and employees described in this section shall be restored to positions held by them when ordered to duty.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":200844,"text":"All officers and employees of the Commonwealth, or of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth who are members of the Virginia Defense Force or National Defense Executive Reserve shall be entitled to leaves of absence from their respective duties without loss of pay, seniority, accrued leave, or efficiency rating on all days during which they shall be engaged in training approved by the Governor or his designee, not to exceed 21 workdays per federal fiscal year unless such officer or employee is a professional firefighter. Any officer or employee of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth who is a professional firefighter and a member of the Virginia Defense Force or National Defense Executive Reserve shall receive paid leaves of absence for all work hours that a leave of absence is required, regardless of whether such amount of work hours exceeds 21 workdays per federal fiscal year but shall not exceed a total of 388 work hours, during which such officer or employee who is a professional firefighter shall be engaged in training approved by the Governor or his designee. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 227; in 1986, chapter 611; in 2022, chapter 430<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 184<\/a> and 239<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":222519,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54710,"identifier":"44-204","token":"44\/7\/44-204","url":"\/44-204\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-204\/","token":"44\/7\/44-204","dublin_core":{"Title":"Leaves of absence for employees of Commonwealth or political subdivisions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-204","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All officers and employees of the Commonwealth, or of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth who are members of the Virginia Defense Force or National Defense Executive Reserve shall be entitled to leaves of absence from their respective duties without loss of pay, seniority, accrued leave, or efficiency rating on all days during which they shall be engaged in training approved by the Governor or his designee, not to exceed 21 workdays per federal fiscal year unless such officer or employee is a professional firefighter. Any officer or employee of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth who is a professional firefighter and a member of the Virginia Defense Force or National Defense Executive Reserve shall receive paid leaves of absence for all work hours that a leave of absence is required, regardless of whether such amount of work hours exceeds 21 workdays per federal fiscal year but shall not exceed a total of 388 work hours, during which such officer or employee who is a professional firefighter shall be engaged in training approved by the Governor or his designee. When relieved from any such duty, officers and employees described in this section shall be restored to positions held by them when ordered to duty.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR EMPLOYEES OF COMMONWEALTH OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS (\u00a7\n44-204)\n\nAll officers and employees of the Commonwealth, or of any political subdivision\nof the Commonwealth who are members of the Virginia Defense Force or National\nDefense Executive Reserve shall be entitled to leaves of absence from their\nrespective duties without loss of pay, seniority, accrued leave, or efficiency\nrating on all days during which they shall be engaged in training approved by\nthe Governor or his designee, not to exceed 21 workdays per federal fiscal year\nunless such officer or employee is a professional firefighter. Any officer or\nemployee of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth\nwho is a professional firefighter and a member of the Virginia Defense Force or\nNational Defense Executive Reserve shall receive paid leaves of absence for all\nwork hours that a leave of absence is required, regardless of whether such\namount of work hours exceeds 21 workdays per federal fiscal year but shall not\nexceed a total of 388 work hours, during which such officer or employee who is a\nprofessional firefighter shall be engaged in training approved by the Governor\nor his designee. When relieved from any such duty, officers and employees\ndescribed in this section shall be restored to positions held by them when\nordered to duty.\n\nHISTORY: 1938, p. 573; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 2673(124); 1964, c. 227; 1986, c.\n611; 2022, c. 430; 2024, cc. 184, 239.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}