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    7,926 bills tracked in Virginia.

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    All bills7,926failed2,555adopted2,467enacted1,127to governor825in committee679passed house166passed senate64vetoed31introduced12
    7,926 bills
    • SR219adopted

      Commending South Quay Baptist Church.

      Commending South Quay Baptist Church.

      Emily M. JordanRepublican

      Last action Jan 31, 2025

    • SB947failed

      Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses and odor of marijuana, exclusion of evidence.

      Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses and odor of marijuana; exclusion of evidence. Removes provisions prohibiting a law-enforcement officer from stopping a motor vehicle for operating (i) with an expired registration sticker prior to the first day of the fourth month after the original expiration date; (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment; (iii) without tail lights, brake lights, or a supplemental high mount stop light; (iv) without lighted headlights displayed when so required; (v) with certain tinting films, signs, posters, stickers, or decals; (vi) with objects or other equipment suspended so as to obstruct the driver's view; or (vii) with an expired inspection prior to the first day of the fourth month after the original expiration date, as well as the accompanying exclusionary provisions. The bill also authorizes a law-enforcement officer to lawfully stop, search, or seize a person, place, or thing or a search warrant to be issued based solely on the odor of marijuana if such odor creates a reasonable suspicion of a violation of the law prohibiting driving while intoxicated.

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    Bill DeStephRepublican

    Last action Jan 31, 2025

  • SB909failed

    Motor sports facility; advertising alcoholic beverages, liquid nicotine, & nicotine vapor products.

    Advertising alcoholic beverages, liquid nicotine, and nicotine vapor products; motor sports facility. Provides an exception to the prohibition on advertising about or concerning alcoholic beverages for advertisements of any alcoholic beverage within the confines of a motor sports facility. Similarly, the bill provides that the requirement that any advertising or marketing of liquid nicotine or nicotine vapor products in broadcast, cable, radio, print, and digital communications or any event marketing or sponsorships shall be made only where at least 85 percent of the audience is reasonably expected to be at least 21 years of age, as determined by reliable, up-to-date audience composition data, shall not apply to advertisements or marketing for liquid nicotine or nicotine vapor products within the confines of a motor sports facility.

    William M. Stanley, Jr.Republican

    Last action Jan 31, 2025

  • HB2522failed

    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 utilize, in consultation with the Department of Corrections, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Re-Entry Search Services system to identify veterans incarcerated in state, local, or community correctional facilities to prepare such veterans for release and reentry, reduce recidivism and homelessness, provide behavioral health resources, and refer eligible veterans to behavioral health dockets. This bill was incorporated into HB 2071.

    Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.Republican

    Last action Jan 31, 2025

  • SR220adopted

    Commending Hampton Roads Transit.

    Commending Hampton Roads Transit.

    J.D. "Danny" DiggsRepublican

    Last action Jan 31, 2025

  • SR221adopted

    Commending Emma Randel.

    Commending Emma Randel.

    Timmy FrenchRepublican

    Last action Jan 31, 2025

  • SR222adopted

    Commending Persian Rugs & More.

    Commending Persian Rugs & More.

    Mark J. PeakeRepublican

    Last action Jan 31, 2025

  • SR223adopted

    Commending Major General Cedric Terry Wins, USA, Ret.

    Commending Major General Cedric Terry Wins, USA, Ret.

    Jennifer D. Carroll FoyDemocrat

    Last action Jan 31, 2025

  • SR226adopted

    Commending Cub Scout Pack 2831.

    Commending Cub Scout Pack 2831.

    Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.Republican

    Last action Jan 31, 2025

  • SR227adopted

    Celebrating the life of Leon Foster Pope.

    Celebrating the life of Leon Foster Pope.

    Timmy FrenchRepublican

    Last action Jan 31, 2025

  • HB2745failed

    Vacant and blighted or derelict property; locality allowed to sell.

    Sale of certain vacant and blighted or derelict property. Allows a locality where certain vacant and blighted or derelict property is located to petition the circuit court to appoint a special commissioner to execute the necessary deed or deeds to convey the real estate, in lieu of a sale at public auction, to the locality, to the locality's land bank entity, or to an existing nonprofit entity designated by the locality to carry out the functions of a land bank. The bill provides that the locality shall require any purchaser by covenants in the deed or other security instrument to (i) begin repair or renovation of the property within six months of purchase and (ii) complete all repairs or renovations necessary to bring the property into compliance with the local building code within a period not to exceed two years of the purchase. The provisions of the bill apply only to property that is owned by a person that is not a United States citizen or United States entity or an entity that is owned or controlled by a person who is not a United States citizen.

    Israel D. O'QuinnRepublican

    Last action Jan 31, 2025

  • SB1054failed

    Virginia Cannabis Control Authority; draft regulations governing cannabis, report.

    Virginia Cannabis Control Authority; draft regulations governing cannabis; report. Directs the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority to draft regulations governing the indoor cultivation, processing, manufacturing, testing, packaging, labeling, distribution, sale, and delivery of marijuana to adults age 21 or older in the Commonwealth, which shall (i) include appropriate application and license fees; (ii) include transaction limits; and (iii) model, to the greatest extent practicable, the regulations promulgated by the Authority governing the Medical Cannabis Program. The bill requires the Authority to report such draft regulations to the General Assembly by November 15, 2025, and indicate the date by which it would be able to implement and enforce such regulations, issue licenses, provide adequate enforcement, and implement a transitional sales program for pharmaceutical processors. The bill specifies that any regulations drafted by the Authority pursuant to the provisions of the bill shall not become effective until such regulations are approved by an act of the General Assembly.

    Adam P. EbbinDemocrat

    Last action Jan 31, 2025

  • SR224adopted

    Celebrating the life of Nikki Giovanni.

    Celebrating the life of Nikki Giovanni.

    Ghazala F. HashmiDemocrat

    Last action Jan 31, 2025

  • SB1141failed

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; transfer of certain incarcerated persons.

    Transfer of certain incarcerated persons to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections, sheriff, or other official in charge of the facility in which an alien is incarcerated to, upon receipt of a detainer from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, (i) provide U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with prerelease notification of such alien's release and (ii) upon request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, transfer custody of the alien to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement upon such alien's release, which shall occur no more than five days prior to the date on which he would otherwise be released from custody. Current law states that the Director, sheriff, or other official in charge of the facility may transfer such incarcerated person upon receipt of a detainer.

    Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.Republican

    Last action Feb 3, 2025

  • SJ322adopted

    Celebrating the life of the Honorable Henry Levander Marsh III.

    Celebrating the life of the Honorable Henry Levander Marsh, III.

    Lamont BagbyDemocrat

    Last action Feb 3, 2025

  • SB1333failed

    Juveniles; commitment of serious offenders.

    Commitment of serious juvenile offenders. Allows a juvenile and domestic relations district court to qualify a transferred juvenile as a serious offender and commit him to the Department of Juvenile Justice regardless of whether he meets existing criteria regarding criminal background if, upon the court's review of the juvenile's entire criminal history, such qualification is otherwise justified. Under current law, only a circuit court is allowed to make such qualification and commitment. The bill requires the committing juvenile and domestic relations district court or circuit court to document its reasoning for such commitment in writing.

    David W. MarsdenDemocrat

    Last action Feb 3, 2025

  • SB1268failed

    Immigration status; inquiry and report.

    Department of Juvenile Justice; inquiry and report of immigration status; juvenile or adult adjudicated delinquent or convicted of violent juvenile felony. Requires the Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice or other person in charge of a secure facility where a juvenile or adult has been committed upon an adjudication of delinquency or a finding of guilt for a violent juvenile felony to ascertain whether such juvenile or adult is in the United States illegally and, if such juvenile or adult is found to be in the United States illegally, to communicate such information to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Under current law, such immigration inquiries are required of jail officers or correctional officers in charge of state, local, or regional correctional facilities.

    Tara A. DurantRepublican

    Last action Feb 3, 2025

  • SB1482failed

    Bribes to officers or candidates for office; gratuities for previous acts.

    Bribes to officers or candidates for office; gratuities for previous acts. Clarifies that the term "gratuity" includes any gratuity given for a prior official act of any executive, legislative or judicial officer, sheriff or police officer, or any candidate for such office.

    David R. SuetterleinRepublican

    Last action Feb 3, 2025

  • SB1290failed

    Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners.

    Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners other than physicians. Requires health insurers and health service plan providers whose accident and sickness insurance policies or subscription contracts cover services that may be legally performed by a physician assistant to provide equal coverage for such services when rendered by a licensed athletic trainer when such services are performed in an office setting. Additionally, the bill requires the reimbursement or payment for a service provided by certain licensed practitioners listed in the bill to be in the same amount as the reimbursement or payment paid under such policy or subscription contract to a licensed physician performing such service in the area served.

    R. Creigh DeedsDemocrat

    Last action Feb 3, 2025

  • SB1077failed

    Electric utilities; regulation, development of renewable energy facilities.

    Regulation of electric utilities; development of renewable energy facilities; powers of State Air Pollution Control Board; powers of State Corporation Commission. Repeals provisions (i) requiring the State Air Pollution Control Board to adopt regulations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from any electricity generating unit in the Commonwealth and authorizing the Board to establish an auction program for energy allowances; (ii) prohibiting the State Corporation Commission from approving any new utility-owned generation facilities that emit carbon dioxide as a by-product of energy generation, in certain circumstances; (iii) declaring that statutory allowances for energy derived from sunlight, onshore wind, offshore wind, and storage facilities are in the public interest; and (iv) relating to the development of solar and wind generation and energy storage capacity, development of offshore wind capacity, and generation of electricity from renewable and zero-carbon sources. The bill provides that planning and development activities for new nuclear generation facilities are in the public interest.

    Mark J. PeakeRepublican

    Last action Feb 3, 2025

  • SB1266failed

    Retail tobacco and hemp products; possession intended for smoking by person younger than 21 years.

    Possession of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by a person younger than 21 years of age prohibited; penalty. Prohibits any person younger than 21 years of age from possessing any retail tobacco product or hemp product intended for smoking, as those terms are defined in relevant law. Any person who violates such prohibition is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

    Tara A. DurantRepublican

    Last action Feb 3, 2025

  • SB772failed

    Social Services, Department of; applications for public assistance, immigration status inquiry.

    Department of Social Services; applications for public assistance; immigration status inquiry. Requires the director of a local department of social services or the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services, whichever is applicable, to inquire as to the immigration status of all persons applying for public assistance benefits administered by the Department of Social Services.

    Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.Republican

    Last action Feb 3, 2025

  • HB2262failed

    Income tax, state; establishes organ donation leave tax credit.

    Income tax; organ donation leave tax credit. Establishes a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2025 through 2029 for a taxpayer that is a private employer, as defined by the bill, for certain costs incurred during a period of organ donation leave received by an organ donor employee.

    Karrie K. DelaneyDemocrat

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2304failed

    Parents who provide home instruction; options for providing evidence of progress.

    Parents who provide home instruction; options for providing evidence of progress. Clarifies that any parent who elects to provide home instruction for his child may elect to provide, for the purpose of satisfying the requirement to provide the division superintendent with evidence of the child's progress, any evaluation or assessment that the division superintendent determines to indicate that the child is achieving an adequate level of educational growth and progress.

    Mark L. Earley, Jr.Republican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2288failed

    Unlawful dissemination of intimate images of another; creates a tiered system of penalties.

    Unlawful dissemination of intimate images of another; penalties. Creates a tiered system of penalties for the unlawful dissemination of intimate images of another person, an offense formerly known as the unlawful dissemination or sale of videographic or still images of another person.

    Carrie E. CoynerRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2305failed

    Income tax, state; eligible conception tax credit.

    Income tax; eligible conception tax credit. Allows, in taxable years 2025 through 2029, a refundable income tax credit for an individual or married individuals whose family Virginia adjusted gross income does not exceed 400 percent of the poverty guidelines, defined in the bill, in an amount equal to $250 per eligible conception, also defined in the bill, during such taxable year.

    Mark L. Earley, Jr.Republican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2336failed

    Retail Sales and Use Tax; exempts gold, silver, or platinum bullion, extends sunset.

    Retail sales and use tax; exemptions; gold, silver, or platinum bullion; sunset. Extends to June 30, 2032, the exemption from the retail sales and use tax for gold, silver, or platinum bullion and legal tender coins. The exemption is currently set to expire on June 30, 2025.

    Amanda E. BattenRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2608failed

    History Education Advisory Board; established, report.

    History Education Advisory Board established. Establishes the 32-member History Education Advisory Board to advise the Governor, his cabinet members, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly on the current ways in which African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, Indigenous, Women's, and LGBTQ+ history are described in the relevant Standards of Learning and associated curriculum frameworks; how that content is taught in classrooms; and strategies to develop African American history and social studies elective courses, Asian American and Pacific Islander history and social studies elective courses, Latino history and social studies elective courses, Indigenous history and social studies elective courses, Women's history and social studies elective courses, and LGBTQ+ history and social studies elective courses.

    Kelly K. Convirs-FowlerDemocrat

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2530failed

    Restraints on juveniles; use in court prohibited, exceptions.

    Use of restraints on juveniles in court prohibited; exceptions. Prohibits the use of instruments of restraint, as defined in the bill, on a juvenile appearing before the juvenile and domestic relations district court unless the court makes a finding that (i) the use of such restraints is necessary (a) to prevent physical harm to such juvenile or another person, (b) because such juvenile has a history of disruptive courtroom behavior that has placed others in potentially harmful situations or presents a substantial threat of serious harm to himself or others as evidenced by recent behavior, or (c) because such juvenile presents a substantial risk of flight from the courtroom and (ii) there are no less restrictive alternatives to such restraints that will prevent flight of or harm to such juvenile or another person, including court personnel or law-enforcement officers. The bill requires the court to provide the juvenile's attorney an opportunity to be heard before the court orders the use of instruments of restraint, and if such restraints are ordered, requires the court to make written findings of fact in support of the order.

    Briana D. SewellDemocrat

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2529failed

    Higher educational institutions, public; endowments; certain divestment practices prohibited.

    Public institutions of higher education; endowments; investment management; certain divestment practices prohibited. Prohibits any public institution of higher education or any affiliated foundation, investment management company, or other entity that is responsible for managing or investing endowment funds of the institution from establishing or implementing any policy or practice of divesting from all investments in any country or territory that is not the subject of an active sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

    Michael J. JonesDemocrat

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2286failed

    School board employees, certain; paid parental and family leave program.

    Department of Education; paid parental and family leave program for certain school board employees. Requires the Department of Education (the Department) to establish and administer a paid parental and family leave program in which school boards may opt to participate and by which any individual employed full time for at least the immediately preceding three months by such a participating school board shall, after submitting to the school board an application form approved by the Department and with such supporting documentation as may be required by the Department, receive six weeks of paid leave at 50 percent of the employee's regular salary to care for a family member facing a serious health condition or emergency or six weeks of paid leave at 100 percent of the employee's regular salary following the birth, adoption, or foster placement of such employee's child, with certain terms and conditions set forth in the bill. The bill provides that the program shall be funded with such funds as may be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act and that the Department shall reimburse participating school boards for paid parental leave and paid family leave provided pursuant to the program.

    Carrie E. CoynerRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2285failed

    Autism Advisory Council; establishment of an autism data dashboard, report.

    Study; Autism Advisory Council; establishment of an autism data dashboard in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Autism Advisory Council to study and advise the General Assembly on the establishment of an autism data dashboard for the purpose of promoting greater public transparency and access to information and resources on autism spectrum disorders. The Council is directed to submit a report with recommendations for such dashboard's development, including the types of data and resources that should be included, to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Health and Human Services, the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than November 1, 2025.

    Carrie E. CoynerRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2263failed

    Preliminary child protective order; violations, penalties.

    Violations of protective orders; preliminary child protective order; penalties. Changes the punishment and sentencing requirements for a violation of a preliminary child protective order to the same penalties as violations of preliminary, emergency, and permanent family abuse protective orders, including enhanced penalties for certain violations. Under current law, (i) the maximum penalty for violations of child protective orders constitutes contempt of court; however, if the violation involves an act or acts of commission or omission that endanger the child's life or health, or results in bodily injury to the child, it is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor and (ii) the court is not required to enter a permanent family abuse protective order (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years) upon a conviction of a violation of a preliminary child protective order.

    Hillary Pugh KentRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2713failed

    Atlantic menhaden; Marine Resources Commission, et al., to study ecology, fishery impacts, etc.

    Marine Resources Commission; Virginia Institute of Marine Science; study of ecology, fishery impacts, and economic importance of Atlantic menhaden; report. Directs the Marine Resources Commission in collaboration with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and certain stakeholders, as provided in the bill, to conduct a three-year study of the ecology, fishery impacts, and economic importance of the Atlantic menhaden population in the waters of the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Commission to provide a report on its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources no later than October 1, 2028.

    Paul V. MildeRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2279failed

    Attorney General; prosecuting violations of criminal law related to human/sex trafficking offenses.

    Authority of Attorney General; criminal cases; human and sex trafficking. Authorizes the Attorney General to prosecute violations of criminal law relating to human and sex trafficking offenses in connection with racketeering.

    David OwenRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2259failed

    Personal injury action against health care provider; certain defenses prohibited.

    Personal injury action against health care provider; certain defenses prohibited. Prohibits a defendant health care provider from asserting a defense of medical malpractice in a civil action for personal injury arising out of such health care provider's act of criminal sexual assault.

    Karrie K. DelaneyDemocrat

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2646failed

    Income tax, state; eligibility of companies for apportionment modification.

    Income tax; eligibility of companies for apportionment modification; certification by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. Extends from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2031, the date after which a corporation or pass-through entity that did not have any existing property or payroll in Virginia as of January 1, 2018, shall constitute an eligible company if such entity (i) either (a) spends at least $5 million on new capital investment in a qualified locality or qualified localities and creates at least 10 new jobs in such locality or localities or (b) creates at least 50 new jobs in a qualified locality or qualified localities, (ii) is a traded-sector company, and (iii) is certified by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority as generating a positive fiscal impact. The bill also extends from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2031, the date prior to which an eligible company may (a) acquire property in or create jobs in any qualified locality or qualified localities and (b) subtract the value of such property acquired from the property factor or the value of such payroll attributable to such jobs created from the payroll factor from the numerator used in determining its taxable income apportionable to the Commonwealth.

    James W. MorefieldRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2284failed

    Wage garnishment; state tax debt.

    Wage garnishment; state tax debt. Removes the exclusion for state tax debt from limitations on the total amount of wages that may be garnished per pay period.

    Carrie E. CoynerRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2224failed

    Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; offenses requiring registration, etc.

    Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; offenses requiring registration; purchase or sale of minors; penalty. Adds the crime of purchasing or selling of minors to the list of offenses requiring registration in the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry.

    Mike A. CherryRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2712failed

    Data centers; local authority considering any land use application.

    Siting of data centers; local authority. Provides that a locality, in considering any land use application required for the siting of a data center, may (i) require and consider water use estimates for proposed data center developments; (ii) require sound modeling studies for proposed data center developments; (iii) establish and enforce maximum allowable sound levels for operational data center facilities, including the use of alternative low-frequency metrics, and include such requirements in zoning ordinances; and (iv) require and consider power load demand estimates for a proposed data center development.

    Ian T. LovejoyRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2504failed

    Emergency Vehicles & Housing for Emergency Services Volunteers Grant Programs; established, reports.

    Emergency Vehicles and Housing for Emergency Services Volunteers Grant Programs established; reports. Establishes the Emergency Vehicles Grant Program (the EV Program) and the Housing for Emergency Services Volunteers Grant Program (the ESV Program). The EV Program authorizes the Department of Fire Programs to provide grants to assist eligible localities in acquiring emergency vehicles to be used in the performance of volunteer emergency services, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly in amounts of up to $10,000 per eligible locality, on a first-come, first-served basis. The ESV Program authorizes the Department to provide grants to assist eligible localities in providing emergency services volunteers who are currently enrolled in an eligible educational institution with living quarters at no charge to such volunteers, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly. Grant recipients of the EV Program and the ESV Program are required to submit a report to the Department no later than October 1 of any year in which the recipient receives available funds. The Department is directed to submit a summarized report of the information received from grant recipients to the House Committee on General Laws, the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations.

    Chris S. RunionRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2268failed

    Emerging Technologies, Cybersecurity, and Data Privacy, Division of; established.

    Department of Law; Division of Emerging Technologies, Cybersecurity, and Data Privacy established. Establishes within the Department of Law a Division of Emerging Technologies, Cybersecurity, and Data Privacy to oversee and enforce laws governing cybersecurity, data privacy, and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. The bill requires the Division to submit an annual report to the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS) by November 1 of each year detailing (i) trends in enforcement, audit findings, and compliance rates under cybersecurity, data privacy, and AI-related laws and (ii) legislative recommendations for addressing emerging challenges and technological advancements. The bill also requires JCOTS to (a) collaborate with the Division to hold public hearings to gather community input on the impact of emerging technologies and issue legislative recommendations to address gaps in existing laws or emerging risks related to cybersecurity, data privacy, and AI and (b) monitor the implementation and enforcement of laws governing cybersecurity, data privacy, and AI.

    Bonita G. AnthonyDemocrat

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2227failed

    Human trafficking; issuance of writ of vacatur for victims.

    Issuance of writ of vacatur for victims of human trafficking. Amends the procedure that allows victims of human trafficking, defined in the bill, to file a petition of vacatur in circuit court to have certain convictions vacated and the police and court records for such convictions expunged. This bill was incorporated into HB 2393.

    Mike A. CherryRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2225failed

    Commonwealth Savers Plan; Access Fund established, report.

    Commonwealth Savers Plan; Access Fund established; report. Establishes the Access Fund as a portion of the Fund of the Commonwealth Savers Plan (the Plan), to be managed by the governing board of the Plan (the board) as a part of the Fund but to be accounted for separately from the Fund, into which certain Fund moneys shall be allocated for the purpose of supporting the Plan's goal of enhancing the accessibility, attainability, and affordability of higher education for all citizens of the Commonwealth. The bill directs the board to (i) establish or identify and fund certain programs and partnerships to further the goal of enhancing the accessibility, attainability, and affordability of higher education for all citizens of the Commonwealth, including programs and partnerships that provide scholarships, grants, or mentoring and coaching services to certain identified populations of students; (ii) use certain distributions from the Access Fund, in accordance with the investment objectives and total return spending policy described in the bill and the standard of care set forth in applicable law, to support such programs and partnerships; (iii) appoint an Access Advisory Committee for the purpose of assisting the board by making recommendations relating to any such programs and partnerships for which distributions from the Access Fund could be used; and (iv) submit to relevant committees of the General Assembly and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission by December 1 of each year a report on the Plan's activities relating to the Access Fund for the preceding year. Finally, the bill directs the Audit and Actuarial Committee to, in addition to its other duties set forth in applicable law, assess and make recommendations to the board regarding the availability of Fund moneys for allocation to the Access Fund.

    Rae CousinsDemocrat

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2527failed

    Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; state parks, penalty.

    Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; state parks; penalty. Provides that every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children, when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2025, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact whatsoever with children who are not in his custody, within 100 feet of the premises of any area of a state park that he knows or has reason to know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium. A violation is a Class 6 felony.

    Kim A. TaylorRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2338failed

    Public education; changes relating to graduation from a public high school, etc.

    Public education; concurrent enrollment; high school graduation. Makes several changes relating to graduation from a public high school in the Commonwealth, including (i) eliminating the requirement for a student to complete one virtual course in order to graduate from high school and (ii) specifying that various career and technical education credentials earned for the purpose of satisfying high school graduation requirements are required to be high-demand career and technical education credentials. The bill also defines and thereby distinguishes the concepts of dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment in the context of high school students' participation in college-level coursework and requires the agreements for postsecondary attainment between school boards and comprehensive community colleges and certain other educational institutions to specify the credit available for dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment courses. The provisions of the bill amending the requirements for such agreements and for certain parental notification plans have a delayed effective date of August 1, 2026.

    Amanda E. BattenRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2715failed

    Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for data centers, definitions.

    Sales and use tax exemption; data centers. Requires data center operators to meet certain wage rate standards in order to be eligible for the sales and use tax exemption for data center purchases. Under the bill, a data center operator shall be eligible for the exemption only if such operator ensures that every building service employee, as defined by the bill, employed at the data center is compensated at a rate that is no less than the standard building service employee rate, as defined by the bill. The bill requires the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to audit any qualifying person claiming this exemption to determine whether such person is in compliance with the wage requirements. Upon three violations of the wage requirement, the Department of Taxation shall revoke any such exemption received by a data center operator or tenant and require repayment.

    Marty MartinezDemocrat

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2740failed

    Asphalt recycling equipment; tax credit for purchase of reprocessing existing asphalt materials.

    Tax credit; purchase of asphalt recycling equipment for reprocessing existing asphalt materials from pavements and roadways; report. Creates a nonrefundable tax credit for taxable years 2025 and 2026 in an amount equal to 20 percent of the purchase price, as defined in the bill, paid during the taxable year for asphalt recycling equipment. The bill defines asphalt recycling equipment as machinery and equipment that is used to reclaim, recycle, or reprocess existing asphalt materials from pavements and roadways in the Commonwealth and that has been certified by the Department of Environmental Quality as being integral to the recycling process. The bill provides a $3 million aggregate annual cap on the number of credits to be distributed, as administered by the Department of Taxation, and an annual cap of 40 percent of the taxpayer's liability for taxes for any taxable year. Any credit not used for the taxable year in which the purchase price for recycling machinery was paid may be carried over for the next 10 years until the total credit amount is used. Finally, the bill requires the Department of Taxation, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Transportation, to submit a report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Finance and Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than December 1, 2025, on the number of claims for such credit and any impact to environmental quality and pavement performance resulting from the use of asphalt recycling equipment.

    Alfonso H. LopezDemocrat

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2739failed

    Time zone; permanent standard time in Virginia.

    Time zone; permanent standard time in Virginia. Exempts Virginia from observing daylight saving time, thereby making Eastern Standard Time the standard time in Virginia year-round.

    Nicholas J. FreitasRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025

  • HB2737failed

    Real property tax; surviving spouses of members of armed forces who died in line of duty.

    Real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty. Authorizes localities by ordinance to provide a total exemption from real property taxes regardless of assessed value beginning in tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2025, for surviving spouses of members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty. Under law effective January 1, 2025, a total exemption is only allowed for such surviving spouses for those dwellings in the locality with assessed values in the most recently ended tax year that are not in excess of the average assessed value for such year of a dwelling situated on property that is zoned as single family residential.

    Anne Ferrell TataRepublican

    Last action Feb 4, 2025