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    Bills & Legislation

    7,931 bills tracked in Virginia.

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    All bills7,931adopted2,467failed2,464enacted1,848in committee684vetoed226passed house166passed senate64introduced12
    7,931 bills
    • SB1146failed

      Juveniles; possession or use of tobacco or vape products on school grounds, etc., civil penalties.

      Persons under 21 years of age; possession or use of tobacco products or vape products on school grounds, etc.; civil penalties. Prohibits any person under 21 years of age from possessing a tobacco product on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity. The bill requires that each local school board implement an educational rehabilitation program for a first violation. The bill permits a law-enforcement officer to issue a summons upon a second violation within a single school year and requires a court to order up to eight hours of community service. Upon a third violation within a single school year, the bill adds a civil penalty of up to $50. For a fourth or subsequent violation within a single school year, the bill requires punishment include a civil penalty of up to $50 or up to eight hours of community service. Additionally, the bill requires that the civil penalty be paid in person at the courthouse for the locality by such person accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, unless such person is 18 years of age or older and not enrolled at the school where the offense occurred. The bill directs the Board of Education and local school boards to amend any affected policies by July 1, 2026.

      Timmy FrenchRepublican

      Last action Feb 18, 2025

    • SB1305failed

      Local taxes; change to zoning ordinances, etc.

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    Local taxes; zoning; assessments; ordinances. Provides that for purposes of real estate subject to a special tax assessment for land preservation by local ordinance, a change to the zoning ordinance shall only be effective following the later of (i) the approval of the relevant modification in the zoning classification of real estate; (ii) the exhaustion of the challenge or appeal period; (iii) if pending, the final determination of any challenge or appeal made within such period; or (iv) the sale of the subject property.The bill also provides that for purposes of subdivided or rezoned lots, the assessment or reassessment required by law shall only be effective following the later of (a) the approval of a modification in the zoning classification of the subject real estate, an exception to zoning or classification of the subject real estate, or a reclassification of the subject real estate; (b) the exhaustion of the challenge or appeal period for such approvals; (c) if pending, the final determination of any such challenge or appeal made within such period; or (d) the sale of the subject property.Finally, the bill provides that changes to the zoning ordinance refers to such ordinances enacted after December 1, 2023.

    Jeremy S. McPikeDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1357failed

    Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government, etc.; personal interest in a transaction.

    State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act and General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; definition of "personal interest in a transaction." Provides that a personal interest in a transaction exists, for purposes of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act and the General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act, when a subject of a transaction is the spouse of the officer, employee, or legislator, regardless of whether a financial benefit or liability is accrued by the spouse as the result of such transaction. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council.

    Adam P. EbbinDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB833failed

    Hampton, City of; operation of the district health department.

    Operation of the City of Hampton local health department. Requires the City of Hampton to enter into a contract with the Department of Health for the local administration of local health services. Currently, the local department of health is operated as a joint venture between the state and local governments.

    Mamie E. LockeDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1098failed

    Protected health care activity; prohibition on extradition.

    Protected health care activities; prohibition on extradition for certain crimes. Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves protected health care activity within the Commonwealth unless the alleged criminal violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws of the Commonwealth. Protected health care activity is defined in the bill as the provision or receipt, attempted provision or receipt, or assistance or attempted assistance in the provision or receipt of any health care that is lawful in the Commonwealth by a health care provider licensed under the laws of the Commonwealth and physically present in the Commonwealth.

    Ghazala F. HashmiDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1491failed

    School crossing zones; institutions of higher education.

    School crossing zones; institutions of higher education. Expands the definition of "school crossing zone" to include areas surrounding schools where the presence of students reasonably requires a special warning to motorists and provides that the term "school" includes public institutions of higher education and nonprofit private institutions of higher education. Currently, the definition of "school crossing zone" includes only areas surrounding schools where the presence of children requires such warning. Existing provisions of law allowing photo speed monitoring devices to be installed in school crossing zones will apply to any location that meets the expanded definition.

    Lamont BagbyDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1092failed

    Address Confidentiality Program; removal of Program participant, penalty.

    Department of Law; Address Confidentiality Program; removal of Program participant; penalty. Permits the Office of the Attorney General to cancel a participant's certification in the Address Confidentiality Program if such Program participant has reached the age of 18, is not incapacitated, and did not submit recertification for participation in the Program within 60 days of his eighteenth birthday. The bill penalizes any individual who knowingly discloses or publishes a Program participant's confidential address or any other confidential information with intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass such Program participant or any other person.

    Emily M. JordanRepublican

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1108failed

    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.

    J.D. "Danny" DiggsRepublican

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1122failed

    Paid family and medical leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action.

    Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2028. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning January 1, 2027. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed 120 percent of the state weekly wage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The bill caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year and provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program.

    Jennifer B. BoyskoDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1131failed

    Abandonment of highways and roads; consideration of alternative use.

    Abandonment of highways and roads; consideration of alternative use. Provides that in Planning District 8, consideration shall be given to the discontinuance, rather than the abandonment, of a highway in the primary or secondary state highway system and its potential uses for (i) hiking or bicycle trails, (ii) greenway corridors, or (iii) access to historic, cultural, and educational sites. The bill also requires the governing body of a county in Planning District 8, prior to the abandonment of a road not in the primary or secondary state highway system, in determining whether public necessity exists for the continuance of a section of road as a public road, to consider such potential uses of such road as described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii).

    Russet PerryDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1133failed

    Restaurants and catering operations; notice of food containing pork products.

    Restaurants and catering operations; notice of food containing pork products. Requires all restaurants and catering operations in the Commonwealth to place a conspicuous notice next to or underneath food items that contain pork products on menus. This bill also requires restaurants and catering operations to post a copy of the menu in a conspicuous location such that it is accessible to all employees involved in the preparation or service of food.

    Jennifer B. BoyskoDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1163failed

    Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio, sunset.

    Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio. Reduces the current 45 percent food-to-beverage ratio for certain mixed beverage licensees. The bill requires a mixed beverage restaurant, caterer's, or limited caterer's licensee with monthly food sales of at least $4,000 to have a food-to-beverage ratio that meets or exceeds 30 percent. The bill also requires that restaurants have at least as many seats at tables as at counters and prohibits mixed beverage licensees from serving mixed beverages once food is no longer being sold for on-premises consumption. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2027, and requires the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to collect data regarding the compliance of mixed beverage licensees with the provisions of the bill and the impact of the change to the food-to-beverage ratio on the gross amount of food consumed on a licensee's premises. The bill requires the Authority to report such data to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by November 1, 2026.

    Ryan T. McDougleRepublican

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB876failed

    Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public bodies to post agenda on website prior to meetings.

    Virginia Freedom of Information Act; notice of public meetings; proposed agenda required. Requires public bodies subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to include a proposed agenda and any subsequent revisions to be posted on the public body's official public government website, if any, and made available to the public prior to the meeting. The bill provides that any items added to the agenda after the meeting commences may be considered and discussed at the meeting, but final action shall not be taken on such an item unless the matter is time-sensitive.

    Adam P. EbbinDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB869failed

    Autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability; custodial interrogation of person.

    Custodial interrogation of a person with autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability; best practices for conducting interviews or interrogations. Adds best practices for conducting interviews or interrogations, including reading constitutional rights to the list of compulsory minimum and in-service training standards for law-enforcement officers on communicating with individuals with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability.

    Barbara A. FavolaDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB859failed

    School boards; policies relating to volunteer student life counseling and support services.

    School boards; policies relating to volunteer student life counseling and support services; guidelines and requirements. Permits any school board to adopt a policy permitting certain individuals or groups to provide, on a volunteer basis, student life counseling or support services, as defined by the bill, on school property after regular school hours, in accordance with the requirements in the bill. The bill (i) requires a school board to hold a public hearing to provide an opportunity for public comment on the proposed policy prior to adopting such policy, to ensure that each student is free from pressure from the Commonwealth to engage in or refrain from religious observation on school property, and to ensure that the constitutional principles of freedom of religion and separation of church and state are observed at all times and (ii) requires such policy (a) to include background and criminal records check requirements for individuals volunteering to provide such support services; (b) to require written parental consent before any minor student participates in or receives such support services; (c) to require any approved individual or group to include on materials provided to students and parents information a parent or student may need in order to provide full and informed consent; (d) to be neutral with regard to religious preference, affiliation, or belief, or lack thereof, in the approval of an individual or group to provide such services and in the administration, oversight, or supervision of such services; and (e) to ensure that no such services are provided during regular school hours or in any manner that could cause conflict with instructional time.

    Bryce E. ReevesRepublican

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB841failed

    Opioid treatment programs; dispensing, medications from mobile units.

    Board of Pharmacy; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; opioid treatment programs; mobile units; report. Directs the Board of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to develop and implement a process by which opioid treatment programs can apply for and receive the necessary permissions and waivers to dispense opioid use disorder treatment medications from mobile units. The bill directs the Board to report to the Joint Commission on Health Care by November 1, 2025, on the status of and any barriers to the development and implementation of such process. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.

    Barbara A. FavolaDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB825failed

    Vulnerable adults; seizure of property used in connection with/derived from financial exploitation.

    Seizure of moneys or other assets of value used in connection with or derived from financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. Permits a law-enforcement officer, an attorney for the Commonwealth, the Office of the Attorney General, or other interested party to seek a seizure warrant from a judge or petition a court for the seizure of moneys or other assets of value where there is suspected probable cause to conclude that a vulnerable adult is being financially exploited. The bill allows a court, upon motion of the complainant and for good cause shown, to order the release of all moneys or other assets of value. Any remaining moneys or other assets of value may also be released to the owner by the court with the consent of the attorney for the Commonwealth.

    Barbara A. FavolaDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB743failed

    Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes.

    Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes. Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves the receipt or provision of or assistance with reproductive health care services, as defined in the bill, within the Commonwealth unless the alleged criminal violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws of the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that such limit on extradition shall not apply when the person who is accused of an alleged offense in the demanding state was physically present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged offense and thereafter fled from such state.

    Barbara A. FavolaDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB800failed

    Budget Bill.

    Budget Bill. Amends items of and adds items to Chapter 2 of the Acts of Assembly of 2024, Special Session I.

    L. Louise LucasDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • HB2538failed

    Public education; early childhood care and education, funding formula calculations.

    Public education; early childhood care and education; funding formula calculations; Early Childhood Care and Education Fund established; report. Requires the Department of Education to (i) establish and maintain a funding formula for the provision of early childhood care and education services that establishes the minimum funding and number of slots per biennium for such providers based on a cost of quality rate per child, actual data from the prior year, unserved waitlists, and a multiplier based on enrollment and parent demand growth in prior biennia; (ii) make disbursements from the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund, established in the bill, to support the provision of early childhood care and education services in accordance with the funding formula set forth in the bill; and (iii) submit to the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education a report on the status of the Fund, including the data used to calculate the minimum funding and number of slots per biennium established pursuant to the funding formula. The bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to submit to the General Assembly by November 1 of each year a report on Fund revenues, distributions, and balances. The bill contains a reenactment clause.

    David L. BulovaDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB798failed

    Retail franchise agreements; governing law, competition restrictions.

    Retail franchise agreements; governing law; competition restrictions. Provides that retail franchise agreements shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth and prohibits any person from offering or entering into a franchise agreement that includes competition restrictions that extend beyond termination or expiration of the franchise agreement unless such settlement is approved by a court of competent jurisdiction.

    Christopher T. HeadRepublican

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • HR613failed

    Federal workforce in Virginia; opposition to downsizing.

    Federal workforce in Virginia; opposition to downsizing. Recognizes the significant contributions of Virginia's federal workforce and contractor sector to national security, defense, public health, scientific research, and economic stability.

    Joshua G. ColeDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB765failed

    Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand act of voting.

    Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand the act of voting. Provides that no person shall be deemed disqualified to vote due to lack of capacity for the purposes of Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia unless the court makes a specific finding by clear and convincing evidence that such person lacks the capacity to understand the act of voting. The bill allows any person deemed disqualified to vote due to lack of capacity prior to July 1, 2025, to file a petition for a court to review such determination in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill also requires the report of a guardian ad litem in a guardianship or conservatorship to include whether the respondent lacks the capacity to understand the act of voting. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Disability Commission.

    Barbara A. FavolaDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1299failed

    Workers' compensation; compensation to dependents or beneficiaries of an employee killed.

    Workers' compensation; compensation to dependents or beneficiaries of an employee killed. Provides that if an employee's death results from an accident compensable under the workers' compensation program, the employer shall pay or cause to be paid certain compensation to certain family members, dependents, or beneficiaries of the deceased employee under certain circumstances as described in the bill.

    Jeremy S. McPikeDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1331failed

    Juvenile and domestic relations district court; juvenile intake, school notification.

    Juvenile and domestic relations district court; juvenile intake; school notification. Expands the offenses for which a juvenile and domestic relations district court intake officer, upon the filing of a petition alleging an offense was committed, is required to notify the superintendent of the school division in which the child who is the subject of the petition is enrolled or was enrolled at the time of the offense. The bill adds carjacking and sexual extortion to the list of offenses.

    David W. MarsdenDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1209failed

    Photo speed monitoring devices; private vendors compensated for calibration, civil penalty.

    Photo speed monitoring devices; private vendors; calibration; civil penalty. Reduces from 12 months to six months the validity of a calibration or testing of a photo speed monitoring device and requires any state or local law-enforcement agency that places and operates such a device to conduct an additional daily test of the accuracy of the device. The bill also requires any such law-enforcement agency to include in its annual report of certain information to the Department of State Police the operating costs of the use of such device. The bill requires any private vendor that has entered into an agreement with a law-enforcement agency to provide a photo speed monitoring device and is also compensated for the calibration of such device to calibrate such device in the same manner and to the same specifications as all other devices determining speed, to the extent that such devices utilize the same method of speed detection as such photo speed monitoring device, used by such law-enforcement agency. The bill also (i) requires such a private vendor to provide, within 10 days of a request by a person receiving a summons by mail for a vehicle speed violation recorded by a photo speed monitoring device provided by such private vendor, for proof of calibration for such photo speed monitoring device; (ii) requires such a summons to provide notice of such right to request such proof of calibration; and (iii) imposes a civil penalty on any private vendor who fails to provides such proof of calibration within such time.

    Mark D. ObenshainRepublican

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1411failed

    Lighted vehicle headlights; lawful stop by law-enforcement officer.

    Lighted vehicle headlights; lawful stop by law-enforcement officer. Clarifies that any evidence discovered or obtained following the lawful stop by a law-enforcement officer of a vehicle displaying no lighted headlights may be offered as evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding if such evidence is otherwise admissible.

    J.D. "Danny" DiggsRepublican

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1023failed

    Consumer Data Protection Act; data controller responsibilities, precise geolocation data.

    Consumer Data Protection Act; data controller responsibilities; precise geolocation data. Provides that, for the purposes of the Consumer Data Protection Act, a controller of personal data shall not sell or offer for sale precise geolocation data concerning a consumer.

    Russet PerryDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB932failed

    Counties, cities, and towns; comprehensive plan may include tiny homes or accessory dwelling units.

    Local comprehensive plan; tiny homes; accessory dwelling units. Clarifies that the comprehensive plan prepared by a local planning commission and adopted by a local governing body may include the use of tiny homes and accessory dwelling units, defined in the bill, as part of any residential development and use designated within such plan. The bill contains technical amendments.

    Saddam Azlan SalimDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1445failed

    Photo speed monitoring devices; systems for traffic signals, proof of violation, effective date.

    Photo speed monitoring devices; photo-monitoring system for traffic signals; proof of violation; certain persons swearing to or affirming certificates; training. Authorizes retired sworn law-enforcement officers, defined in the bill, or registered special conservators of the peace to swear to or affirm certificates for the purposes of enforcement of violations recorded by traffic light signal violation monitoring systems or traffic control device violation monitoring systems or photo speed monitoring devices upon completion of a training course developed and approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop, approve, and make available such training course no later than July 1, 2026. The bill also requires law-enforcement officers swearing to or affirming such certificates to complete such training course. The provisions of the bill authorizing such retired sworn law-enforcement officers to swear to or affirm such certificates and requiring such law-enforcement officers to complete such training course have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

    J.D. "Danny" DiggsRepublican

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB918failed

    Driving under the influence; driving or operating a motor vehicle, etc., while intoxicated.

    Driving under the influence. Provides that the provisions regarding driving or operating a motor vehicle, engine, or train while intoxicated and the provisions regarding operating a motor vehicle by a person under the age of 21 after illegally consuming alcohol shall not apply to any person driving or operating a motor vehicle on his residential property or his adjoining property.

    Richard H. StuartRepublican

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1483failed

    Hemp products; regulated retail facility registration, fee.

    Regulated hemp product retail facility registration; fee. Changes the requirement that a regulated hemp product retail facility registration be required for each location that offers for sale or sells at retail regulated hemp products to instead require such registration for the primary location that offers for sale or sells such products. The bill also requires an applicant for a regulated hemp product retail facility registration to notify the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services no less than 14 days in advance of any additional temporary event locations, including fairs, festivals, or farmers markets, at which such facility intends to offer for sale or sell at retail (i) a regulated hemp product or (ii) a substance intended for human consumption, orally or by inhalation, that is advertised or labeled as containing an industrial hemp-derived cannabinoid. However, the bill provides that no such product or substance that contains tetrahydrocannabinol may be sold at any such temporary event location.

    Jennifer B. BoyskoDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB916failed

    Local ordinances; regulation of pet shops.

    Sale of dogs and cats by pet shops; consumer education; work group; report. Directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Department) to convene a work group to analyze and evaluate currently collected data on the sale of dogs and cats by pet shops to identify what information a pet shop shall make available to a prospective dog or cat owner. The bill requires the work group to include representatives from animal welfare organizations, pet shops that sell dogs and cats, and any other relevant stakeholders the Department deems appropriate. The bill requires the Department to submit a report on the work group's 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 no later than November 1, 2025.

    Saddam Azlan SalimDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB747failed

    Juvenile & domestic relations district courts; delinquent juveniles; social assessment & evaluation.

    Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; mental health and social assessments. Provides that if a juvenile is found to be delinquent, that a juvenile and domestic relations district court may, before final disposition of the case, direct the appropriate public agency to evaluate such juvenile's service needs using an interdisciplinary approach. The bill permits the juvenile and domestic relations district court, in the alternative, to consider an existing report from an interdisciplinary team if such interdisciplinary team met not more than 90 days prior to the finding that the juvenile is delinquent.

    Barbara A. FavolaDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1292failed

    Virginia Retirement System; return to work, sunset date.

    Virginia Retirement System; return to work. Allows a retired sworn law-enforcement officer who returns to employment as an instructor at a regional criminal justice academy to continue receiving his service retirement allowance. Such employment shall not increase, decrease, or affect in any way his retirement benefits before, during, or after such employment. Under current law, a retired law-enforcement officer may return to full-time employment without impact on his retirement benefits only if he is employed as a school security officer. The bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2028.

    Tara A. DurantRepublican

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1214failed

    High-risk artificial intelligence; development, deployment, and use by public bodies, report.

    High-risk artificial intelligence; development, deployment, and use by public bodies; work group; report. Creates requirements for the development, deployment, and use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems, as defined in the bill, by state public bodies. The bill also directs the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth (CIO) to develop, publish, and maintain policies and procedures concerning the development, procurement, implementation, utilization, and ongoing assessment of systems that employ high-risk artificial intelligence systems that are consistent with such requirements created by the bill. The bill directs the CIO to convene a work group to examine the impact on and the ability of local governments to comply with the requirements of the bill. The substantive requirements of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.

    Lashrecse D. AirdDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1387failed

    Emergency resource management system; Chief Information Officer, et al.; to develop.

    Chief Information Officer and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency; development of an emergency resource management system for the Commonwealth. Directs the Chief Information Officer and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, in cooperation with the Department of Emergency Management, to develop an emergency resource management system for use by the Commonwealth during a declared state of emergency. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth.

    Barbara A. FavolaDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB758failed

    Remote monitoring services for pregnant and postpartum patients; reimbursement.

    Department of Medical Assistance Services; remote monitoring services for pregnant and postpartum patients; reimbursement. Expands provision for payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring services provided via telemedicine to include all pregnant and postpartum persons. Under current law, only high-risk pregnancies are covered.

    Mamie E. LockeDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB773failed

    Foster care; housing services, housing plan, report.

    Foster care; housing services; housing plan; report. Requires local departments of social services to develop housing plans for individuals leaving foster care due to age that includes a description of housing options being pursued. The bill requires the Commissioner of Social Services to provide reports to the Governor and General Assembly on housing services for individuals aging out of foster care on or before October 1 of each year. The bill grants the Department of Social Services the authority to enter into a memorandum of understanding with local public housing authorities or housing programs to facilitate access to grant dollars for the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative under the Family Unification Program Housing Choice Vouchers. The bill directs local departments of social services to collaborate with local housing authorities to secure Family Unification Program Housing Choice Vouchers for certain youth enumerated in the bill. Finally, the bill directs local public housing authorities and local departments of social services to collaborate to administer the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative.

    Barbara A. FavolaDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB982failed

    Casino gaming; eligible host localities.

    Casino gaming; eligible host localities. Adds Fairfax County to the list of localities eligible to host a casino in the Commonwealth and provides that any proposed site for a casino gaming establishment considered by Fairfax County shall be (i) located within one-quarter of a mile of an existing station on the Metro Silver Line, (ii) part of a coordinated mixed-use project development consisting of no less than 1.5 million square feet, (iii) within two miles of a regional enclosed mall containing not less than 1.5 million square feet of gross building area, and (iv) outside of the Interstate 495 Beltway.

    Scott A. SurovellDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1195failed

    Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries.

    Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries. Provides that if a deceased person, as that term is defined in the Line of Duty Act, died as a result of certain cancers within 10 years from his date of retirement, his beneficiary shall be entitled to the payment of certain benefits. Under current law, such beneficiary shall be entitled to such payment if the deceased person's death (i) arose out of and in the course of his employment or (ii) was within five years from his date of retirement.

    R. Creigh DeedsDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • HB1864failed

    Garnishments; automatic exemption, accounts with depository institution.

    Poor debtor's exemption; depository institution account exemption. Allows a householder to hold exempt from creditor process up to $500 held in a depository institution. The bill provides that a depository institution shall, upon receipt of an order of garnishment, attachment, or other levy, answer such order and, if the householder maintains a deposit account or accounts with such depository institution, state that (i) the total amount in such account or accounts does not exceed $500 or (ii) the total amount in such account or accounts does exceed $500 and that the amount of funds in excess of $500 is being held by such institution pending further order of the court. The bill further provides that, beginning on April 1, 2027, any increases in exempt amounts shall be adjusted at three-year intervals to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The bill provides that such adjustments shall be calculated by the Department of Planning and Budget.

    Phil M. HernandezDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SB1143failed

    Public elementary & secondary schools; copies of minor's discharge plan sent to schools and parents.

    Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools. Provides that, prior to the discharge of any minor admitted to inpatient treatment (i) who is a student at a public elementary or secondary school and (ii) for whom the facility deems (a) such discharge poses a threat of violence or physical harm to himself and others or (b) additional educational services are needed, such facility is required to provide to the school's mental health professional or school counselor the portions of such discharge plan relevant to the threat of violence or harm or the necessary additional educational services. The bill requires such facility to, prior to providing any such portions of any minor's discharge plan, provide to the parent of such minor student reasonable notice of the types of information that would be included in any portions of the discharge plan being provided and of the parent's right to, upon written request, refuse the provision of any such information.

    Mark D. ObenshainRepublican

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • HJ713failed

    Commending Phyllis Randall.

    Commending Phyllis Randall.

    Marty MartinezDemocrat

    Last action Feb 18, 2025

  • SJ358adopted

    Commending STIHL, Inc.

    Commending STIHL, Inc.

    Bill DeStephRepublican

    Last action Feb 19, 2025

  • SJ369adopted

    Commending Children of the Shenandoah.

    Commending Children of the Shenandoah.

    Bryce E. ReevesRepublican

    Last action Feb 19, 2025

  • SJ355adopted

    Celebrating the life of Frank Earnest Atwell, Jr.

    Celebrating the life of Frank Earnest Atwell, Jr.

    T. Travis HackworthRepublican

    Last action Feb 19, 2025

  • SJ356adopted

    Celebrating the life of Jeremy Lathan Compton.

    Celebrating the life of Jeremy Lathan Compton.

    T. Travis HackworthRepublican

    Last action Feb 19, 2025

  • SJ370adopted

    Commending Linda Ford.

    Commending Linda Ford.

    Bill DeStephRepublican

    Last action Feb 19, 2025

  • SJ357adopted

    Commending the Nepali Community of Greater Richmond Virginia.

    Commending the Nepali Community of Greater Richmond Virginia.

    Schuyler T. VanValkenburgDemocrat

    Last action Feb 19, 2025