Bills & Legislation

Commending Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg.

Commending Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg.

Mamie E. LockeDemocrat

Commending Pamela J. Sebesky.

Commending Pamela J. Sebesky.

Danica A. RoemDemocrat

Celebrating the life of John James Skinner, Jr.

Celebrating the life of John James Skinner, Jr.

Danica A. RoemDemocrat

Commending Saint Anne Catholic School.

Commending Saint Anne Catholic School.

Todd E. PillionRepublican

Commending Geri and Susan Yantis.

Commending Geri and Susan Yantis.

Stella G. PekarskyDemocrat

Commending the Town of Glade Spring.

Commending the Town of Glade Spring.

Todd E. PillionRepublican

Celebrating the life of Sergeant David Jay Benfield, Jr., USA.

Celebrating the life of Sergeant David Jay Benfield, Jr., USA.

Luther Cifers, IIIRepublican

Commending Brant Baber and Kathy Kalinowski.

Commending Brant Baber and Kathy Kalinowski.

Stella G. PekarskyDemocrat

Commending Lynn Screen.

Commending Lynn Screen.

Stella G. PekarskyDemocrat

Commending Sydney Sawyer.

Commending Sydney Sawyer.

Stella G. PekarskyDemocrat

Commending the Federation of Kerala Associations in North America.

Commending the Federation of Kerala Associations in North America.

Kannan SrinivasanDemocrat

Commending Keyshawn Davis.

Commending Keyshawn Davis.

Angelia Williams GravesDemocrat

Commending McKinley L. Price, D.D.S.

Commending McKinley L. Price, D.D.S.

Todd E. PillionRepublican

Commending the 4-H clubs and Future Farmers of America chapters in Washington County.

Commending the 4-H clubs and Future Farmers of America chapters in Washington County.

Todd E. PillionRepublican

Commending Henderson Motorsports.

Commending Henderson Motorsports.

Todd E. PillionRepublican

Commending Marshall DeHaven.

Commending Marshall DeHaven.

Timmy FrenchRepublican

Commending Leland C. Teets.

Commending Leland C. Teets.

Timmy FrenchRepublican

Commending James Douglas Butler, Sr.

Commending James Douglas Butler, Sr.

Timmy FrenchRepublican

Commending Daisy Moore.

Commending Daisy Moore.

Christopher T. HeadRepublican

Commending Michael Carter.

Commending Michael Carter.

Jeremy S. McPikeDemocrat

Commending Amy Angel.

Commending Amy Angel.

Danica A. RoemDemocrat

Celebrating the life of William Denman Zirkle.

Celebrating the life of William Denman Zirkle.

Timmy FrenchRepublican

Commending the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Washington D.C. Chapter.

Commending the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Washington D.C. Chapter.

Kannan SrinivasanDemocrat

Consolidation and scheduling of general elections; joint subcommittee to study.

Study; joint subcommittee to study the consolidation and scheduling of general elections in Virginia; report. Creates a two-year legislative study on the consolidation and scheduling of general elections in Virginia. A 13-member joint subcommittee is established, consisting of eight members of the General Assembly, four nonlegislative citizen members, and one ex officio member, and is tasked with weighing the potential and probable effects of moving some or all of Virginia's state or local elections to even-numbered years in order to coincide with the federal election schedule. Any recommendations by the joint subcommittee to consolidate or reschedule Virginia's general elections must include recommendations for any amendments to the Constitution of Virginia and the Code of Virginia needed to effectuate the shift. The joint subcommittee is given two years to complete its study, with its final report due no later than the first day of the 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly. This resolution is identical to SJ 253.

Shelly A. SimondsDemocrat

RS & UT; exemption for aircraft components, extends sunset.

Retail sales and use tax; aircraft components. Extends the sunset date for the 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 to July 1, 2030. This bill is identical to HB 1729.

Bill DeStephRepublican

Commending Newport News Public Schools Youth Development.

Commending Newport News Public Schools Youth Development.

W. Chad GreenRepublican

Appointment of counsel for accused; felonies punishable by mandatory minimum term of confinement.

Appointment of counsel for accused; felonies punishable by a mandatory minimum term of confinement for life. Provides that in any case in which an indigent defendant is charged with any felony punishable by a mandatory minimum term of confinement for life, the court shall appoint to represent the defendant two competent, qualified, and experienced attorneys, one of whom shall be from the public defender office if the defendant is charged in a jurisdiction in which a public defender office is established. The bill preserves the requirement under current law for the court to appoint two such attorneys in cases in which an indigent defendant is charged with a Class 1 felony.

Will DavisRepublican

Minor's records; access to records stored or accessible from a secure website.

Access to minor's records; records stored or accessible from secure website. Specifies that for the purposes of allowing a parent to access the academic or health records of such parent's minor child such access includes any such records that are stored in or accessible from a secure website. This bill is identical to HB 1593.

Christie New CraigRepublican

RS & UT; exemption for aircraft components, extends sunset.

Retail sales and use tax; aircraft components. Extends the sunset date for the 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 to July 1, 2030. This bill incorporates HB 2248 and is identical to SB 942.

Karrie K. DelaneyDemocrat

Virginia Investment Performance Grants; awarding of Grants.

Virginia Investment Performance Grants. Authorizes Virginia Investment Performance Grants to be awarded under more lenient requirements if the recipient is located in a locality with an unemployment rate and poverty rate that exceeds the state average. Specifically, the bill would authorize payment of such grants if the average wage paid by the eligible manufacturer or research and development service, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than 85 percent of the prevailing average wage. Grants may be paid for projects in such localities that pay less than 85 percent of the prevailing average wage, upon a written finding by the Governor that the economic circumstances in the area are sufficiently distressed such that assistance to the locality to attract the project is justified. However, the minimum private investment and number of new jobs required to be created are still a condition of eligibility. This bill is identical to HB 2179.

Lashrecse D. AirdDemocrat

Celebrating the life of Mary Ann Sobieralski.

Celebrating the life of Mary Ann Sobieralski.

W. Chad GreenRepublican

Vulnerable adults; seizure of property used in connection with financial exploitation, etc.

Seizure of property used in connection with or derived from financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. Establishes a procedure for seizure of property used in connection with or derived from financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. The bill permits a guardian, adult proactive agent, or representative of the vulnerable adult to enforce such an action for good cause shown.

Michelle Lopes MaldonadoDemocrat

Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement, Task Force on; quarterly meetings.

Task Force on Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement; quarterly meetings. Requires the Task Force on Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement to meet quarterly beginning in July 2025 until the 2025 annual report is provided to the Governor and the General Assembly.

Bill DeStephRepublican

Large animal veterinary grant program; State Veterinarian to establish, report.

State Veterinarian; large animal veterinary grant program; report. Directs the State Veterinarian to establish a large animal veterinary grant program no later than July 1, 2026, to provide grants to increase or stabilize the number of large animal veterinarians, as defined in the bill, practicing in areas of the Commonwealth that have been identified by the State Veterinarian as having a shortage of such veterinarians. The bill directs the State Veterinarian to annually select from a pool of applicants no more than four large animal veterinarians to participate in the program and to develop, in consultation with the Board of Veterinary Medicine and relevant stakeholders, selection criteria for applicants to participate in the program. The bill also requires the State Veterinarian to submit a report evaluating the extent to which the program has helped to address the shortage of large animal veterinarians in the Commonwealth to the Board and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources no later than July 1, 2030. This bill is identical to HB 2303.

T. Travis HackworthRepublican

Commending the South Hill Longbeards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.

Commending the South Hill Longbeards Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation.

Thomas C. Wright, Jr.Republican

Retail Sales and Use Tax; media-related exemptions, sunset.

Retail sales and use tax; media-related exemptions; sunset. Extends from 2025 to 2028 the expiration of the retail sales and use tax exemption for certain printed materials purchased by an advertising business from a printer in the Commonwealth, so long as such materials are distributed outside of the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 2675.

Schuyler T. VanValkenburgDemocrat

License tax, local; work group to review deduction for receipts attributable to out-of-state.

License taxes; deduction for out-of-state receipts; work group; report. Directs the Department of Taxation to convene a work group to review the policies, methods, existing laws, and potential impacts of the local license tax deduction in Virginia for receipts attributable to out-of-state business and to submit a report of the findings and recommendations, if any, of the work group to the Joint Subcommittee on Tax Policy and to the Chairs of the House Committee on Finance, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by October 1, 2025.

Vivian E. WattsDemocrat

RS&UT; exemption for prescription medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians, extends sunset.

Retail sales and use tax; exemption for prescription medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians; sunset. Extends to July 1, 2028, the exemption from sales and use tax available for the purchase by veterinarians of prescription medicines and drugs that are administered or dispensed to patients within a veterinarian-client-patient relationship that is currently set to expire on July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 1698.

Todd E. PillionRepublican

Inhaling drugs or other noxious chemical substances, etc.; distribution of nitrous oxide.

Inhaling drugs or other noxious chemical substances or causing, etc., others to do so; distribution of nitrous oxide to persons under 18 prohibited; penalties. Prohibits the sale or distribution of a device that is designed or intended to deliver a gas containing nitrous oxide to persons under 18 years of age with exceptions as defined in the bill. Any person who fails to make diligent inquiry as to whether the person trying to obtain such a device is 18 years of age or older or sells, distributes, or attempts to sell or distribute such a device to a person under 18 years of age is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also adds nitrous oxide to the list of noxious chemical substances for which it is unlawful to deliberately smell or inhale with the intent to become intoxicated, inebriated, excited, or stupefied or to dull the brain or nervous system, or to deliberately cause another person to do so. This bill is identical to HB 2308.

Todd E. PillionRepublican

Student diabetes medical management plans; School Health Services Committee to conduct a review.

School Health Services Committee; comprehensive review of student diabetes medical management plans; report. Requires the School Health Services Committee, in consultation with such interested stakeholders as it deems appropriate, to conduct a comprehensive review of the legislative proposal relating to student diabetes medical management plans contained in the amended substitute to Senate Bill 1303 (2025) offered to the House Committee on Education during the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly and to report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than November 1, 2025, any legislative recommendations that result from such review.

Jeremy S. McPikeDemocrat

Subpoenas duces tecum; financial records of nonparty, report.

Subpoenas duces tecum; financial records of nonparty; report. Authorizes a nonparty to a civil proceeding to file a motion to quash or modify a subpoena duces tecum issued by a party to such proceeding for the production of (i) financial records of a nonparty account holder or (ii) if such nonparty is an attorney, such attorney's records subject to attorney-client privilege. The bill also prohibits certain financial entities from conditioning the compliance with a subpoena for production of financial records upon the payment of fees for producing such records. The bill directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to amend its rules as necessary to be consistent with the provisions of the bill. Finally, the bill directs the Boyd-Graves Conference to study whether the Code of Virginia should be amended further to grant standing to other nonparties to file a motion to quash or modify a subpoena duces tecum for other types of records requested by a party in a civil proceeding and to submit the findings of such study to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees for Courts of Justice by November 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 2565.

Scott A. SurovellDemocrat

Inhaling drugs or other noxious chemical substances, etc.; distribution of nitrous oxide.

Inhaling drugs or other noxious chemical substances or causing, etc., others to do so; distribution of nitrous oxide to persons under 18 prohibited; penalties. Prohibits the sale or distribution of a device that is designed or intended to deliver a gas containing nitrous oxide to persons under 18 years of age with exceptions as defined in the bill. Any person who fails to make diligent inquiry as to whether the person trying to obtain such a device is 18 years of age or older or sells, distributes, or attempts to sell or distribute such a device to a person under 18 years of age is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also adds nitrous oxide to the list of noxious chemical substances for which it is unlawful to deliberately smell or inhale with the intent to become intoxicated, inebriated, excited, or stupefied or to dull the brain or nervous system, or to deliberately cause another person to do so. This bill is identical to SB 1361.

M. Keith HodgesRepublican

Large animal veterinary grant program; State Veterinarian to establish, report.

State Veterinarian; large animal veterinary grant program; report. Directs the State Veterinarian to establish a large animal veterinary grant program no later than July 1, 2026, to provide grants to increase or stabilize the number of large animal veterinarians, as defined in the bill, practicing in areas of the Commonwealth that have been identified by the State Veterinarian as having a shortage of such veterinarians. The bill directs the State Veterinarian to annually select from a pool of applicants no more than four large animal veterinarians to participate in the program and to develop, in consultation with the Board of Veterinary Medicine and relevant stakeholders, selection criteria for applicants to participate in the program. The bill also requires the State Veterinarian to submit a report evaluating the extent to which the program has helped to address the shortage of large animal veterinarians in the Commonwealth to the Board and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources no later than July 1, 2030. This bill is identical to SB 921.

Alfonso H. LopezDemocrat

SCHEV; evaluating certain activities/programs of private & out-of-state postsecondary institutions.

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; recommendations on exempting certain courses of instruction operated by private and out-of-state institutions of higher education; report. Directs the State Council of Higher for Virginia (the Council) to evaluate and make recommendations on amending the provisions of law relating to certain activities and programs offered by private and out-of-state postsecondary schools that are exempt from the requirements for obtaining and maintaining certification by the Council to operate in the Commonwealth for the purpose of exempting noncredit courses of instruction offered by an entity or organization in accordance with the requirements of a nationally recognized certifying body and those intended solely to prepare students for certification as project management professions, provided that no such exempted course shall exceed the number of hours required by the applicable certifying body. The bill requires the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education by November 1, 2025.

Elizabeth B. Bennett-ParkerDemocrat

DVS; powers and duties of Commissioner, identification of incarcerated veterans.

Department of Veterans Services; powers and duties of Commissioner; identification of incarcerated veterans. Provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services shall assist the Department of Corrections, sheriffs, and local and regional jails in utilizing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Re-Entry Search Services system to identify veterans incarcerated in state prisons and local and regional jails to help such veterans prepare for release or reentry, reduce recidivism and homelessness, connect such veterans to resources to address the challenges of post-traumatic stress disorder, and divert eligible veterans to treatment dockets. This bill incorporates HB 2522 and is identical to SB 1251.

Joshua E. ThomasDemocrat

Commending John Edward Burton III.

Commending John Edward Burton III.

Terry L. AustinRepublican

Barbers and Cosmetology, Board for; employment prohibition, children 16 years of age or older.

Board for Barbers and Cosmetology; employment prohibition exceptions; children 16 years of age or older. Allows children 16 years of age or older to serve in a licensed barbershop or cosmetology salon, provided that (i) the child is an apprentice, (ii) the child is employed in a work-training program as provided by relevant law and in accordance with relevant regulations, or (iii) the child has obtained a cosmetology or barber license from the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology. This bill is identical to HB 1667.

Lashrecse D. AirdDemocrat