Administration Of Government
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Secretariat of Rural Affairs; JLARC to study need for and feasibility of creating position. [HJR-32]
[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: Rep. Israel D. O'Quinn
Continued To 2025 With Amendment(s) In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Energy, Department of; building standards for certain local buildings. [SB-245]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Climate Change ]
Department of Energy; building standards for certain local buildings. Requires the Department of Energy, upon request, to provide technical assistance to localities, subject to available budgetary resources, as localities implement mandates related to onsite renewable energy generation, energy storage, and resilience standards for construction or renovation of certain public buildings. The bill also makes several technical and clarifying changes to the existing statute, in part by defining or redefining existing terms found in the statute.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy S. McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0706) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia First Manufacturing Incentive Program; Manufacturing Development Commission to create. [SB-302]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
[Trade ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Virginia First Manufacturing Incentive Program. Directs the Manufacturing Development Commission (the Commission) to develop a budget and business plan to establish a Virginia First Manufacturing Incentive Program (the Program). The bill provides that the business plan shall identify existing manufacturers in the Commonwealth that are potential candidates for reshoring, near-shoring, or in-shoring manufacturing jobs and capital investments. The bill directs that the Program focus on expanding and recruiting manufacturing operations that produce
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill R. DeSteph
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/28/2024
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting. [SB-249]
[Construction ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting. Limits the use of construction management or design-build contracts by state public bodies and covered institutions for complex projects. The bill requires state public bodies, covered institutions, and local public bodies to provide documentation of the processes used for the final selection of a contract to all the unsuccessful applicants upon request. The bill adds certain requirements for covered institutions, including posting all documents exchanged between
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy S. McPike
Incorporated By Finance And Appropriations on 02/12/2024
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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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Barton Boysko
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (11-y 4-n) on 02/12/2024
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Virginia Business Ready Expedited Permitting Program; created. [SB-217]
[Economic Development ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Manufacturing ]
Virginia Business Ready Expedited Permitting Program established; report. Establishes the Virginia Business Ready Expedited Permitting Program and directs the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to designate up to two sites and four projects for participation in the Program. Sites and projects eligible for the Program shall include only (i) sites eligible for a site development grant under the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program or (ii) projects with significant local, regional, or statewide economic impact that the governing body
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie E. Locke
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0501) on 04/04/2024
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Henrietta Lacks Commission; changes sunset date. [HB-613]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
Henrietta Lacks Commission; sunset date. Changes the sunset of the Henrietta Lacks Commission from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia S. Price
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0297) on 04/02/2024
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State agencies; electronic information breach. [HB-666]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
State agencies; electronic information breach. Requires every state agency to promptly notify affected citizens of the Commonwealth in the event of a breach of such state agency's electronic information system from unauthorized uses, intrusions, or other security threats, which breach compromises such citizens' personal information. The bill requires the Chief Information Officer to provide requirements for such notifications.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas J. Freitas
Left In Communications, Technology And Innovation on 02/13/2024
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Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; reciprocal data-sharing agreements, veteran-specific data. [HB-589]
[Veterans ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
Office of Data Governance and Analytics; reciprocal data-sharing agreements; veteran-specific data. Allows the Office of Data Governance and Analytics to enter into reciprocal data agreements with state agencies for the purpose of sharing veteran-specific data in order to support data-informed outreach plans for veterans.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan I. Helmer
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0292) on 04/02/2024
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Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty. [HB-629]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
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,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike A. Cherry
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/13/2024
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of public body, revenue from public funds. [HB-671]
[Funding ]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public body; revenue from public funds. Adds to the definition of "public body" any organization, corporation, or agency that received more than 50 percent of its annual revenue, within any of the three preceding years, from public funds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas J. Freitas
Left In General Laws on 02/13/2024
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Cyber civilian corps; Virginia Information Technologies Agency shall assess creation of corps. [HB-651]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Virginia Information Technologies Agency; assess the creation of a cyber civilian corps for the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to assess the creation of a cyber civilian corps for the Commonwealth, including determining (i) the utility of such a corps, (ii) eligibility for such corps, and (iii) availability of potential volunteers. Virginia Information Technologies Agency; assess the creation of a cyber civilian corps for the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael B. Feggans
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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FOIA; removal of Virginia residency requirement for access to certain criminal investigation files. [SB-215]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; removal of Virginia residency requirement for access to certain criminal investigation files. Removes the requirement that persons to whom non-ongoing criminal investigation files shall otherwise be disclosed be citizens of the Commonwealth. Current law limits disclosure of public records to individuals who are citizens of the Commonwealth unless a clear exception applies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott A. Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0582) on 04/05/2024
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Wholesale prescription drug importation program; Sec. of Health and Human Resources to establish. [SB-186]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; work group; wholesale prescription drug importation programs; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to investigate wholesale prescription drug importation programs in other states and evaluate best practices for the establishment and application of such a program in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to provide a report to the Governor, the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services, and the Senate
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam P. Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0620) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; release of criminal investigative files exception. [SB-204]
[Insurance ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; release of criminal investigative files exception. Exempts a victim's insurance company and attorney from the prohibition on releasing photographic, audio, video, or other records depicting such victim. The bill also permits a victim, a victim's immediate family members if the victim is deceased, a victim's parent or guardian, the victim's insurance company, or the victim's attorney to waive the 14-day period for a public body to respond to a request for criminal investigative files. Virginia Freedom of Information
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Sponsored by: Sen. J.D. Diggs
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0580) on 04/05/2024
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Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; powers and duties, definition. [SB-155]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; Virginia Health Care Career and Technical Training and Education Fund created; psychological practitioner defined; educational requirements for nursing faculty. Modifies the enabling legislation for the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority by adding four additional ex officio members to the Authority's Board of Directors, adding setting priorities for and managing graduate medical education programs to the duties of the Authority, specifying additional recipients of the Board's biennial
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chris T. Head
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0761) on 04/08/2024
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VA Freedom of Information Act; records of federal animal welfare violations, limitation on fees. [HB-579]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; records of federal animal welfare violations; limitation on fees. Prohibits any public body in custody of records that pertain to or were generated as a result of a violation of federal animal welfare regulations, policies, or guidelines from charging more than $25 for the production of such records regarding any one incident or one animal testing facility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shelly Anne Simonds
Left In General Laws on 02/13/2024
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Human trafficking; attorneys for the Commonwealth to establish multidisciplinary response teams. [HB-581]
[Human Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Human trafficking response teams. Requires attorneys for the Commonwealth to establish multidisciplinary human trafficking response teams. The bill provides that each team shall hold a meeting, at least annually, to (i) discuss implementation of protocols and policies; (ii) establish and review guidelines for the community's response to various forms of human trafficking, including sex trafficking and labor trafficking; and (iii) review protocols for the trauma-informed, victim-centered collection, preservation, and secure storage of evidence from
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian E. Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0366) on 04/03/2024
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Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; powers. [SB-163]
[Recreation ]
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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Travis Hackworth
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (10-y 5-n) on 02/07/2024
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Attorney General; instituting or conducting criminal prosecutions. [SB-197]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Attorney General; instituting or conducting criminal prosecutions for violations of criminal sexual assault and commercial sex trafficking committed against children. Authorizes the Attorney General to institute or conduct criminal prosecutions in cases involving a violation of criminal sexual assault or commercial sex trafficking when such crimes are committed against children.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christie New Craig
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (9-y 6-n) on 02/07/2024