Administration Of Government

State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Elections, State Board of; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. [HB-742] [Elections ]
State Board of Elections; appointment of Commissioner of Elections. Provides for the appointment of the Commissioner of Elections to be made by the State Board of Elections; currently, the Governor makes such appointment. The appointment or removal of a Commissioner shall require an affirmative vote of four of the five members of the Board. The Commissioner shall be subject to confirmation and reconfirmation by the General Assembly every four years. If the Board fails to make or communicate an appointment of a Commissioner by the end of the term, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn Left In Privileges And Elections on 11/18/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Critical infrastructure sectors; Director of Dept. of Energy to convene a work group to evaluate. [HB-1363] [Energy ] [Infrastructure ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Economic Development ]
Department of Energy; work group on critical infrastructure sectors; report. Directs the Director of the Department of Energy to convene a work group to evaluate the Commonwealth's critical infrastructure sectors' usage of fuel for energy and feedstock and impact on jobs, capital investments, and state and local revenue. The bill requires the work group to also assess (i) the impact of the Commonwealth's critical infrastructure sectors on natural gas service or retail natural gas supply choice as provided in relevant law and individually metered (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn Left In Rules on 11/18/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Adult protective services; created central registry of substantiated complaints of adult abuse, etc. [SB-417] [Human Services ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Adult protective services; central registry. Creates a central registry of substantiated complaints of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation to be maintained by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. The bill establishes (i) investigation requirements for local departments of social services related to reports of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (ii) record retention and disclosure requirements for the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services and local departments of social services; (iii) notice requirements related (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head Left In Rehabilitation And Social Services on 11/19/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; powers. [HB-1070] [Recreation ] [Public Safety ]
Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; powers. Provides for the Attorney General to provide legal services in civil matters upon the request of the executive director or board of directors of the Southwest Regional Recreation Authority. The bill also provides for the board of the Authority to adopt policies for the procurement of goods and services and requires such policies to incorporate certain provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act. In addition, the bill (i) makes the provisions of the Virginia Personnel Act and the policies of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Morefield Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

State debt collection; establishes statute of limitations. [HB-1192] [Finance ] [Budget and Spending ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
State debt collection; statute of limitations. Establishes a seven-year statute of limitations on the commencement of any action by a state agency or institution to collect past due accounts receivable due to the Commonwealth.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Scott Left In General Laws on 11/18/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

DGS, et al.; review of procurement process, employment services organizations. [HB-1463] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Human Services ] [Economic Development ]
Department of General Services; Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services; review of procurement process; employment services organizations. Directs the Department of General Services, in cooperation with the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, to perform a comprehensive review of the process for procuring goods and services from employment services organizations. The bill provides that such review shall examine the current process for procurement, potential set-asides or percentage goals, and whether employment services organizations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Amy Laufer Left In Rules on 11/18/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Film and television industry; apprenticeship program. [HB-1495] [Film Production ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Economic Development ] [Arts and Culture ]
Apprenticeship program; film and television industry. Requires the Director of Workforce Development and Advancement to establish a program to promote apprenticeships in the film and television industry. The Director may provide financial incentives to employers who hire and retain an apprentice in the film and television industry for at least six months. In consultation with the Virginia Film Office, the Director shall establish guidelines and criteria for the program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Veterans' Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program; created, report. [HB-141] [Veterans ] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ]
Department of Veterans Services; Veteran's Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program. Creates, within the Department of Veterans Services, the Veteran's Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program (the Program) through which the Department shall collaborate with Virginia Commonwealth University to recruit veterans to participate in undergraduate-level and graduate-level cohorts to assist such veterans in pursuing educational pathways to employment with the Commonwealth. The Department shall report annually to the General Assembly by November (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Reid Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth; moves position under the Governor. [SB-733] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Water ] [Climate Change ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Safety ]
Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth; Office of Commonwealth Resilience; Interagency Resilience Working Group; Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; Advisory Review Committee. Moves the position of Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) from under the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources to under the Governor and creates an Office of Commonwealth Resilience to support the CRO in his functions and duties. The bill requires the CRO to convene an Interagency Resilience Working Group to support the coordination (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Human Resource Management, Department of; disclosure of certain information. [HB-1390] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Data Privacy ]
Department of Human Resource Management; disclosure of certain information. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to provide any recognized public employee association, upon the request of such association, a list containing the name and work address of each current state employee. The bill requires such association to ensure that the information contained in such list remains confidential and prohibits any mailing sent by such association to a state employee from containing (i) political or partisan content, (ii) commercial advertising, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Cole Left In General Laws on 11/18/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Building service employees; public contracting. [SB-247] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Construction ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ]
Building service employees; public contracting. Permits any county, city, or town in the Commonwealth to provide for certain requirements concerning incumbent and successor building service employers, defined in the bill, by local ordinance or resolution. For example, such local ordinance or resolution may require that successor building service employers retain incumbent employees during a transition period of 90 days. Under the bill, building service employees are those who perform work in connection with the care or maintenance of property, services (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Mattaponi Indian Tribe; DOF to convey tracts of land in Sandy Point State Forest to the Tribe. [HB-1434] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Native American Affairs ]
Land grant; Sandy Point; Mattaponi Indian Tribe. Authorizes the Department of Forestry to grant and convey tracts of land within Sandy Point State Forest in King William County south of and including Brooks Creek to the Mattaponi Indian Tribe. The bill also authorizes the Department to grant and convey other tracts of land within Sandy Point State Forest as the Department deems suitable, provided that prior to such conveyance, the Department may enter into discussions with the Tribe, localities, and relevant stakeholders to determine how such tracts (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek Left In Courts Of Justice on 11/19/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

VA Human Rights Act; prohibits discrimination on the basis of citizenship or immigration status. [HB-954] [Immigration ] [Human Rights ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Virginia Human Rights Act; prohibits discrimination on the basis of citizenship or immigration status. Adds citizenship or immigration status to the classes protected from unlawful discrimination in the Virginia Human Rights Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez Left In General Laws on 11/18/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Personal property; tax relief for qualifying vehicles, reimbursement and appropriation. [SB-126] [Taxes ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Property Tax ]
Personal property tax relief; qualifying vehicles; reimbursement and appropriation. Provides for a portion of the general fund surplus at the close of the immediately preceding fiscal year to be appropriated for increased car tax relief. If more than $250 million in general fund surplus remains after all mandatory assignments under current law, then the total amount the Commonwealth shall pay in reimbursements to localities for providing required tangible personal property tax relief on qualifying vehicles for the immediately following tax year, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Christie New Craig Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

VA Public Procurement Act; additional public works contract requirements, delayed effective date. [HB-1273] [Construction ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Safety ] [Veterans ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; additional public works contract requirements. Provides that public bodies shall require the contractor and its subcontractors for any capital outlay project, as defined in the bill, to complete certain safety training programs, maintain records of compliance with applicable laws, and participate in approved apprenticeship training programs. The bill provides exemptions from such requirements for reasons related to lack of availability of apprentices and high costs. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Secretariat of Rural Affairs; JLARC to study need for and feasibility of creating position. [SJR-21] [Agriculture ] [Economic Development ]
Study; JLARC; creation of Secretariat of Rural Affairs; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the need for and feasibility of creating a Secretariat of Rural Affairs in the Commonwealth.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty. [SB-377] [Elections ] [Ethics ]
Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee to personal use. Current law only prohibits such conversion of contributions with regard to disbursement of surplus funds at the dissolution of a campaign or political committee. The bill provides that a contribution is considered to have been converted to personal use if the contribution, in whole or in part, is used to fulfill any commitment, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Health professions; universal licensure, requirements. [HB-1479] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ]
Health professions; universal licensure; requirements. Requires health regulatory boards within the Department of Health Professions to recognize licenses or certifications issued by other United States jurisdictions, as defined in the bill, as fulfillment for licensure or certification in the Commonwealth if certain conditions are met. The bill also requires such health regulatory boards to recognize work experience as fulfillment for licensure or certification in the Commonwealth if certain conditions are met. The bill does not apply to licensure (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price Left In Health And Human Services on 11/18/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Public Procurement Act; apprenticeship programs, competitive sealed bidding. [SB-647] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Construction ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive sealed bidding; required criteria in invitations to bid. Requires all public bodies to include in any Invitation to Bid criteria that will be used in determining whether a bidder who is not prequalified by the Virginia Department of Transportation is a responsible bidder. Current law authorizes, but does not require, localities to include such criteria in Invitations to Bid.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Veterans' Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program; created, report. [SB-113] [Veterans ] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ]
Department of Veterans Services; Veteran's Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program. Creates, within the Department of Veterans Services, the Veteran's Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program (the Program) through which the Department shall collaborate with Virginia Commonwealth University to recruit veterans to participate in undergraduate-level and graduate-level cohorts to assist such veterans in pursuing educational pathways to employment with the Commonwealth. The Department shall report annually to the General Assembly by November (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024

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