Bills & Legislation

Celebrating the life of Jimmy Douglas Brown.

Celebrating the life of Jimmy Douglas Brown.

T. Travis HackworthRepublican

Celebrating the life of Walter Samuel Crockett.

Celebrating the life of Walter Samuel Crockett.

T. Travis HackworthRepublican

Celebrating the life of Billy Charles Patton.

Celebrating the life of Billy Charles Patton.

T. Travis HackworthRepublican

School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.

School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information. Requires, unless otherwise required by state or federal law or regulation, each school service provider, defined in the bill as a provider, pursuant to a contract with a school division or a private elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth, of software or a website, mobile application, or online service that (i) is designed and marketed primarily for use in elementary or secondary schools; (ii) is used (a) at the direction of teachers or other employees at elementary or secondary schools or (b) by any school-affiliated entity; and (iii) collects and maintains, uses, or shares student personal information or family personal information, to delete all student personal information and family personal information within six months of the termination of the contract between the school service provider and the school or school division and to delete all relevant student personal information and family personal information within six months of a student's graduation from high school.

Timothy P. GriffinRepublican

Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of statements.

Admissibility of statements by individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities in certain cases. Prohibits admission of any evidence from an individual with developmental disabilities or intellectual disabilities, as defined in relevant law, in certain criminal prosecutions unless the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that such individual's decision to speak to law enforcement did not have a direct and substantial relationship to such individual's disability. The bill requires notice be given to the attorney for the Commonwealth if a defendant intends to introduce expert testimony regarding his disability. The bill prohibits any statements made by a defendant during an examination by an expert witness from being used against him except for impeachment or perjury.

Katrina CallsenDemocrat

Commending the Delta Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Commending the Delta Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Angelia Williams GravesDemocrat

Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers.

Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; emergency dispatchers. Extends membership in the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System (VaLORS) to emergency dispatchers who are employed by the Department of State Police, Capitol Police, and agencies whose law-enforcement officers are eligible for membership in VaLORS. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028, and provides that such membership applies only to service earned on or after July 1, 2028.

Mike A. CherryRepublican

Va. Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers, delayed effective date.

Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. Allows local governments to provide enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to full-time salaried 911 dispatchers. The bill provides that such enhanced retirement benefits apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher on or after July 1, 2028, but allows an employer, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher before July 1, 2028, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028.

Mike A. CherryRepublican

Limiting legislation to be considered by the 2026 Special Session I of the General Assembly and establishing a schedule for the conduct of business coming before such Special Session.

Limiting legislation to be considered by the 2026 Special Session I of the General Assembly and establishing a schedule for the conduct of business coming before such Special Session.

Charniele L. HerringDemocrat