Bills & Legislation

Commending the Rappahannock High School baseball team.

Commending the Rappahannock High School baseball team.

Richard H. StuartRepublican

Electrical facilities that generate electricity from wind; requirements for permitting, etc.

Electrical facilities that generate electricity from wind; requirements for permitting; impact on U.S. military and national security. Requires, for the issuance of a permit by rule by the Department of Environmental Quality for a small renewable energy project that generates electricity solely from wind, that either (i) the U.S. Secretary of Defense has determined that the project does not have an adverse impact on military operations and readiness or pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or (ii) the applicant has agreed to take measures acceptable to the U.S. Department of Defense to sufficiently mitigate any adverse impact on military operations and readiness or unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States. The bill also provides that, for the purposes of the State Corporation Commission permitting the construction and operation of electrical generating facilities, an electrical facility that generates electricity from wind is considered contrary to the public interest unless (a) the U.S. Secretary of Defense has determined that the facility does not have an adverse impact on military operations and readiness or pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or (b) the utility has agreed to take measures acceptable to the U.S. Department of Defense to sufficiently mitigate any adverse impact on military operations and readiness or unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States.

Marty MartinezDemocrat

Income tax, state; subtraction for retirement income of certain federal employees.

Income tax; subtraction; retirement income of certain federal employees. Establishes, beginning in taxable year 2025, an individual income tax subtraction for 20 percent of the retirement income of retirees covered under the federal Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS).

Bill DeStephRepublican

Electric utilities; State Corporation Commission to establish an emissions intensity target program.

Electric utilities; emissions intensity target program. Requires the State Corporation Commission to develop an emissions intensity target program for Dominion Energy Virginia and American Electric Power to achieve net-zero emissions. The bill requires the Commission to promulgate regulations to implement its provisions by January 1, 2026. Upon the promulgation of such regulations, the bill repeals certain provisions that require Dominion Energy Virginia and American Electric Power to participate in a renewable energy portfolio standard program, authorize the State Air Pollution Control Board to promulgate certain regulations, and provide that the construction or purchase by a public utility of certain generation facilities is in the public interest.

Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.Republican

Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for animal control officers.

Virginia retirement system; enhanced retirement benefits; animal control officers. Adds full-time animal control officers to the list of local employees eligible to receive enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service for service earned in such positions on or after July 1, 2026. Under current law, localities may provide such benefits to first responders, including firefighters and emergency medical technicians, and certain other hazardous duty positions. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

Christopher T. HeadRepublican

Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund; established and created.

Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund created. Creates the Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund to assist private developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations (i) in certain localities, (ii) on eligible public land, as defined in the bill, or (iii) within one mile of the boundary of eligible public land. The bill provides that a private developer may apply for a grant in an amount equal to 70 percent of the private developer's non-utility costs for the installation of such public electric vehicle charging stations. The Department of Energy shall establish guidelines for the administration of the Program, including guidelines related to the application for and award of grants. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2030.

Lashrecse D. AirdDemocrat

Elections; absentee voting in person, uniform availability.

Elections; absentee voting in person; uniform availability. Requires absentee voting in person to be available from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday during early voting and between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the first Saturday and second Saturday and Sunday immediately preceding all elections. Under current law, local electoral boards have some discretion to decide certain hours and days when absentee voting in person is available.

David R. SuetterleinRepublican

Income tax, state; creates alternative schooling and public school tax credits.

Income tax; alternative schooling and public school tax credits. Creates an alternative schooling tax credit as a refundable income tax credit for taxable years 2025 through 2029, for up to $5,000 in qualifying expenses, defined in the bill, incurred by the parent or legal guardian of an eligible student in home education or attending a private school. If the taxpayer's family Virginia adjusted gross income does not exceed 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines, the taxpayer may claim an additional $2,500 refundable tax credit. The bill also creates a public school tax credit as a refundable individual tax credit for taxable years 2025 through 2029, for up to $1,500 in qualifying expenses, defined in the bill, incurred by the parent or legal guardian of a student in public school. If the taxpayer's family Virginia adjusted gross income does not exceed 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines, the taxpayer may claim an additional $2,500 refundable tax credit. The bill allows the taxpayer one credit per eligible student per year and requires the taxpayer to submit purchase receipts to verify qualifying expenses for each credit. The aggregate amount of credits allowable for each credit is limited to $25 million per taxable year and will be allocated by the Department of Taxation on a first-come, first-served basis. In the event that the aggregate amount of credits claimed in a single taxable year is greater than 90 percent of such amount, then such aggregate credit cap amount shall be increased in the immediately succeeding taxable year by 10 percent.

Christie New CraigRepublican

Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required.

Elections; voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.

Mark J. PeakeRepublican

Voter registration; verification of social security numbers, provisional registration status.

Voter registration; verification of social security numbers; provisional registration status. Requires the general registrar to verify that the name, date of birth, and social security number provided by an applicant on the voter registration application match the information on file in the Social Security Administration database or any other database approved by the State Board of Elections before registering such applicant. The bill specifies that if the information provided by the applicant does not match the information on file in such database, the applicant (i) is provisionally registered to vote and notified as to what steps are needed to be fully registered to vote and (ii) is permitted to vote by provisional ballot but such ballot shall not be counted until the voter presents certain information. The bill also requires the general registrar to verify annually no later than August 1 that the name, date of birth, and social security number in the registration record of each registered voter in the registrar's jurisdiction match the information on file with the Social Security Administration or any other database approved by the State Board and, in accordance with current law, to initiate the cancellation of the registration of any voter whose registration record information does not match such database information. The State Board is authorized by the bill to approve the use of any government database to the extent required to enable each general registrar to carry out the provisions of the bill and to promulgate rules for the use of such database. The bill requires the Department of Elections to provide each general registrar access to the Social Security Administration database and any other database approved by the State Board and to enter into any agreement with any federal or state agency to facilitate such access. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.

Mark J. PeakeRepublican

Absentee voting in person; available beginning 14 days prior to election.

Absentee voting in person; available beginning 14 days prior to election. Limits the availability of absentee voting in person to beginning 14 days prior to any election. Under current law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to any election.

Mark J. PeakeRepublican

Captured waste mine methane pilot program; electric generation, renewable portfolio standard.

Pilot program; electric generation from captured waste mine methane; renewable portfolio standard. Directs the State Corporation Commission to establish a pilot program for American Electric Power and Dominion Energy to submit proposals to deploy electric generation that utilizes, in whole or in part, captured waste mine methane, as defined in the bill. Under the bill, reasonable and prudent costs incurred under the captured waste mine methane pilot program shall be recovered through utility base rates for generation and distribution services. Additionally, the bill provides that electricity generated using captured waste mine methane with a non-combustion electric generator under the captured waste mine methane project shall be considered an eligible resource for purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard program until December 31, 2045.

T. Travis HackworthRepublican

Tax administration; award for tax underpayment detection assistance.

Tax administration; award for tax underpayment detection assistance. Authorizes the Tax Commissioner to award monetary compensation to individuals who provide information that assists the Department of Taxation in the successful collection of delinquent state taxes owed by other individual or business taxpayers. The bill provides that such awards may be given only if (i) the underpaying individual taxpayer's gross income exceeds $100,000 or the underpaying business taxpayer's gross income exceeds $500,000 and (ii) the amount in question exceeds $50,000.

Scott A. SurovellDemocrat

Absentee voting in person; available beginning 14 days prior to election.

Absentee voting in person; available beginning 14 days prior to election. Limits the availability of absentee voting in person to beginning 14 days prior to any election. Under current law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to any election.

Timmy FrenchRepublican

State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards.

State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards. Repeals the State Air Pollution Control Board's authority to implement low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards that apply to vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later.

Richard H. StuartRepublican

Tire stewardship program; established, report.

Tire stewardship program established; report. Requires producers of tires sold in the Commonwealth to join a tire stewardship organization, which must submit a plan to the Department of Environmental Quality for the establishment of an approved tire stewardship program, on or before January 1, 2027. Such tire stewardship program shall establish a statewide collection system for discarded tires to facilitate higher rates of recycling and resale for such tires. The bill establishes reporting requirements for tire stewardship organizations and provides that the Office of the Attorney General may, at the request of the Department, enforce the provisions of the bill.

Christopher T. HeadRepublican

Newborn and stillborn tax credit; establishes a refundable income tax credit.

Newborn and stillborn tax credit. Establishes a refundable income tax credit for taxable years 2025 through 2029 for married individuals in an amount equal to $2,000 per eligible birth, defined in the bill. The bill also allows individuals and married individuals filing jointly to claim a refundable credit in an amount equal to $2,000 per stillborn birth so long as such stillborn birth is not also the birth of a child by a surrogate. The bill specifies that only one tax credit may be claimed for each eligible birth or stillborn birth.

Christopher T. HeadRepublican

Museum of the Virginia National Guard; established, report.

Museum of the Virginia National Guard established. Establishes the Museum of the Virginia National Guard as a state agency and educational institution for the dissemination of education concerning the history of the Virginia National Guard. The bill provides that the Museum is governed by a 15-member board of trustees and establishes the duties of such Board.

Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.Republican

Elections; voter identification; identification containing a photograph required.

Elections; voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.

Ryan T. McDougleRepublican

Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing, percentage retained for distribution.

Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing; percentage retained for distribution. Provides that, with respect to all authorized historical horse racing terminals, of the amount that a horse racing licensee retains from wagering on historical horse racing pools and in addition to the current distribution required under law, 0.025 percent each shall be distributed to the Shenandoah County Fair Association and the Great Meadow Foundation.

Michael J. WebertRepublican

Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress, anxiety, or depressive disorders, dispatchers.

Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder; dispatchers. Allows dispatchers, as defined in the bill, to claim workers' compensation benefits relating to post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act if such disorders are incurred as a result of a qualifying event or in the line of duty, as such terms are defined in relevant law. Currently, only law-enforcement officers and firefighters may claim such benefits.

H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.Republican

Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; Real Estate Board; residential property disclosure statement form.

Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; Real Estate Board; residential property disclosure statement form. Requires the residential property disclosure statement form developed by the Real Estate Board and maintained on its website to include a statement to be signed by the parties to a real estate transaction acknowledging that the purchaser has been advised of the disclosures listed in such form. Under current law, such statement is not required to be included in the residential property disclosure statement form.

Kelly K. Convirs-FowlerDemocrat

Office of Data Governance and Analytics; oversight; Chief Data Officer; duties.

Office of Data Governance and Analytics; oversight; Chief Data Officer; duties. Changes oversight of the Office of Data Governance and Analytics (ODGA) from the Office of the Secretary of Administration to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA). The bill directs the Chief Data Officer to obtain from VITA the office space and human resources, procurement, fiscal, and other administrative support and resources that are necessary to support the operations of ODGA.

C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.Democrat

Firearm safety device tax credit; defines commercial retailer.

Firearm safety device tax credit; defines commercial retailer. Redefines an "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safety device tax credit as one in which a taxpayer purchases one or more firearm safety devices from a commercial retailer, as defined in the bill. Current law defines "eligible transaction" as one in which a taxpayer purchases one or more firearm safety devices from a federally licensed dealer. The provisions of the bill apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2025. This bill was incorporated into HB 2595.

Jason S. BallardRepublican

Sexual assault of a child; mandatory minimum sentence, penalty.

Sexual assault of a child; mandatory minimum sentence; penalty. Increases the penalty for the sexual assault of a child younger than 18 years of age to a mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

William M. Stanley, Jr.Republican

Claims to unclaimed property; authority of administrator.

Claims to unclaimed property; authority of administrator. Authorizes the State Treasurer or his designee to make payments relating to unclaimed property without receiving a claim if the property is cash property, the apparent owner is a natural person and such apparent owner has been identified by the State Treasurer or his designee, and the amount to be paid does not exceed $5,000. This bill was incorporated into SB 996.

Christie New CraigRepublican

Assault and battery; adds officers of Va. Marine Police to definition of law-enforcement officer.

Assault and battery of law-enforcement officer; definition of law-enforcement officer; penalty. Adds officers of the Virginia Marine Police to the definition of law-enforcement officer, which means that the punishment for committing an assault and battery on such an officer who is engaged in the performance of his public duties is elevated from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony, with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement.

Richard H. StuartRepublican

Veterans' Services Protection Act; created, prohibited practices, penalty.

Veterans' Services Protection Act; prohibited practices; penalty. Creates the Veterans' Services Protection Act to prohibit any person from receiving compensation for preparing, presenting, prosecuting, advising, consulting, or assisting any individual regarding any veterans' benefits matter, as defined in the bill, except as permitted under federal law. The bill provides that a violation of its provisions constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

Lashrecse D. AirdDemocrat

Larceny or any offense deemed larceny; charging several acts.

Charging several acts of larceny or any offense deemed larceny. Permits the Commonwealth to charge and proceed against a person accused of larceny or any offense deemed larceny for any number of distinct acts of such larcenies that may have been committed by him within six months from the first to the last of the acts charged in the indictment.

Tara A. DurantRepublican

Certification of law-enforcement officers; out-of-state certifications recognized, requirements.

Certification of law-enforcement officers; out-of-state certifications recognized; requirements. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall recognize the out-of-state law-enforcement certification of an individual seeking employment as a law-enforcement officer in the Commonwealth subject to certain conditions.

David R. SuetterleinRepublican

Retail Sales and Use Tax; removes sunset for aircraft components.

Retail sales and use tax; aircraft components. Removes the July 1, 2025, sunset for the retail sales and use tax exemption for parts, engines, and supplies used for maintaining, repairing, or reconditioning aircraft or any aircraft's avionics system, engine, or component parts. The bill also redefines a manned systems aircraft for purposes of the exemption to include aircraft with any maximum takeoff weight. Under current law, a manned systems aircraft is defined to include only aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of at least 2,400 pounds. This bill was incorporated into HB 1729.

Chris S. RunionRepublican

Virginia Lottery; Internet gaming authorized, penalties.

Virginia Lottery; casinos; Internet gaming authorized; penalties. Authorizes Internet gaming in the Commonwealth to be regulated by the Virginia Lottery Board. The bill permits the Board to issue an Internet gaming operator license to a casino gaming operator that submits an application on forms approved by the Board, meets certain qualifications, and pays an application fee of $1 million. The tax rate is set at 15 percent of an Internet gaming operator's adjusted gross Internet gaming revenue with 2.5 percent allocated to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund and the remaining 97.5 percent allocated to the general fund.

Mamie E. LockeDemocrat

Contractors; clarifies definition of designated employees, definition of affiliate.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; contractors; designated employees; affiliates.

Timmy FrenchRepublican

Casino gaming; set-off of debts to the Commonwealth from prizes.

Casino gaming; set-off of debts to the Commonwealth from prizes. Directs the Virginia Lottery Board to adopt regulations to establish and implement a set-off debt collection program in accordance with the provisions of the Setoff Debt Collection Act, wherein certain casino gaming prizes shall be subjected to delinquent debts of agencies and institutions of the Commonwealth.

Bryce E. ReevesRepublican

Income tax, state; creation of currently not collectible status.

Individual income taxes; creation of currently not collectible status. Directs the Department of Taxation to create a form through which taxpayers may file for currently not collectible status. The Department may place an applicant into such status upon a finding that the collection of income taxes from such applicant would create or exacerbate an undue hardship for such applicant. Such applicant shall reapply for such status annually and shall not be eligible for such status for any single tax assessment for a total of more than five years from the date that the original application for such status was approved. This bill was incorporated into HB 2549.

Kim A. TaylorRepublican

Fantasy Contests Act; minimum age requirement.

Fantasy Contests Act; minimum age requirement. Increases from 18 years of age to 21 years of age the minimum age required to participate in fantasy contests.

Bryce E. ReevesRepublican

Evaluation and determination of competency; raising question of competency to stand trial or plead.

Raising question of competency to stand trial or plead; evaluation and determination of competency; second evaluation. Provides that if the attorney for an adult or juvenile charged with a criminal offense asks for a hearing to prove that such adult or juvenile is incompetent to stand trial, the attorney for the Commonwealth may seek his own competency evaluation for such adult or juvenile to present at such hearing.

J.D. "Danny" DiggsRepublican

Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act; administrator to exercise due diligence to locate owner.

Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act; administrator to exercise due diligence to locate owner. Requires the State Treasurer or his designee to exercise due diligence to locate the owner of unclaimed funds or abandoned property previously paid or delivered to the State Treasurer or his designee. Such exercise of due diligence shall include, if necessary, that the State Treasurer or his designee coordinate with the Tax Commissioner to provide the Department of the Treasury with relevant tax information for the purposes of locating such owner. This bill was incorporated into SB 996.

Bryce E. ReevesRepublican

Real estate brokers, etc.; criminal history information check.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; real estate brokers, sales persons and rental location agents; criminal history information; self-certification. Provides that the Real Estate Board must require each applicant for licensure to submit fingerprints and provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain criminal history record information regarding such applicant. The bill requires the Board to require an applicant for licensure to self-certify on his application whether he has any prior criminal convictions. The bill provides that if the Board has not yet received an applicant's criminal history record but his application is otherwise complete and Board approved and such applicant has certified that he has no prior criminal history, the Board will issue a real estate license to such applicant. If the Board later receives such applicant's criminal history record and it indicates a previously undisclosed criminal history, the Board shall immediately terminate such applicant's license and refer the application for further review. The bill states that if an applicant certifies on the application that he has a prior criminal history, the Board shall refer the application for further review to determine whether a license shall be issued.

Todd E. PillionRepublican

Dangerous dogs; criteria for adjudication.

Dangerous dogs; criteria for adjudication. Allows a court to find an animal is a dangerous dog if the threat, injury, or damage was sustained by a person who was willfully trespassing or if at the time of the acts complained of the animal was protecting its kennel, its offspring, or its owner's property. The bill retains the restriction on a court from finding an animal is dangerous if such animal was responding to pain or injury to itself, its owner, or another person but requires the other person to be in the animal's presence.

Eric R. ZehrRepublican

Professional & Occupational Reg., Dept. of; deregulation of residential building energy analysts.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; deregulation of residential building energy analysts. Repeals certain provisions of the Code related to the regulation and licensure of residential building energy analysts and makes it a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to perform for compensation without insurance coverage valued at no less than $100,000 or in a manner otherwise inconsistent with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines any inspection or evaluation of any of the readily accessible components of a residential building, such as appliances, water heaters, insulation materials, HVAC units, or electrical components, and provide recommendations to reduce the energy consumption or improve the efficiency of such components.

Bill DeStephRepublican

Crim. sex. assault & commercial sex trafficking committed against children; authority of Attor. Gen.

Authority of Attorney General; criminal cases; criminal sexual assault and commercial sex trafficking committed against children. Authorizes the Attorney General to institute or conduct criminal prosecutions in cases involving a violation of criminal sexual assault or commercial sex trafficking when such crimes are committed against children.

J.D. "Danny" DiggsRepublican

Juvenile and domestic relations district court; preliminary hearing, violent juvenile felony.

Juvenile and domestic relations district court; preliminary hearing; violent juvenile felony. Requires a juvenile and domestic relations district court to conduct a preliminary hearing whenever a juvenile 16 years of age or older is charged with entering an occupied dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit murder, rape, or robbery or to commit arson, whether or not the dwelling house, etc., is occupied.

David W. MarsdenDemocrat

Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Program; annual report on eligibility & usage required.

Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; annual report on eligibility and usage required. Requires the Department of Veterans Services and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to coordinate to report no later than December 1 of each year to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations (i) the number of qualified survivors and dependents who have been determined to be eligible for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at a public institution of higher education pursuant to the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program but have not yet enrolled at such an institution and (ii) the best available estimate of the number of qualified survivors and dependents who are enrolled at each public institution of higher education with a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees pursuant to the Program as of November 1 of the current fall semester. This bill was incorporated into HB 1694.

Michael B. FeggansDemocrat

Commonwealth of Virginia State Parks Bond Act of 2025; created.

Commonwealth of Virginia State Parks Bond Act of 2025. Authorizes the issuance of Commonwealth of Virginia state parks and recreational facilities bonds pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (b) of the Constitution of Virginia in an amount not exceeding $80,960,000, subject to approval by a majority of the qualified voters of the Commonwealth voting thereon at the November 4, 2025, general election. The purpose of the bonds is to provide funds for deferred maintenance projects at state parks and recreational facilities. The full faith and credit of the Commonwealth is pledged for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds and any bond anticipation notes or refunding bonds. The bill authorizes the Treasury Board, by and with the consent of the Governor, to fix the details of such bonds, to borrow money in anticipation of the issuance of the bonds, and to issue refunding bonds. The bill shall not become effective, and no bonds shall be issued, unless and until voter approval is obtained.

Robert D. Orrock, Sr.Republican

Elementary and secondary schools; athletics, participation in female sports, civil cause of action.

Elementary and secondary schools; athletics; participation in female sports; civil cause of action. Requires each public elementary or secondary school and each private elementary or secondary school that competes in sponsored athletic events against such public schools to designate all athletic teams and intramural athletic teams sponsored by such school based on biological sex as follows: (i) as "males," "men," or "boys"; (ii) as "females," "women," or "girls"; or (iii) as "coed" or "mixed" if such team is open to participation by (a) males, men, or boys and (b) females, women, or girls. The bill prohibits any student whose biological sex is male and who has not physically transitioned to female prior to puberty from participating on any school athletic team or squad designated for "females," "women," or "girls." Finally, the bill creates a civil cause of action for students and schools that suffer harm as a result of a violation of the provisions of the bill, provided that such action is initiated within two years of the harm occurring.

Mark J. PeakeRepublican

Family life education; inclusion of certain materials relating to human gestation required.

Programs of instruction; family life education; instruction on human reproduction; inclusion of certain materials relating to human gestation required. Requires the curriculum guidelines developed by the Board of Education for a comprehensive, sequential family life education curriculum in accordance with applicable law to include, as a part of the guidelines for instruction on human reproduction, the viewing of a video recording of an ultrasound of a live human fetus in the uterus at (i) six to eight weeks' gestation, (ii) 15 to 17 weeks' gestation, and (iii) 27 weeks' gestation.

Mark J. PeakeRepublican