Administration Of Government
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. [SB-418]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. Establishes the Virginia Museum of Transportation as a public entity and educational institution under the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Museum is governed by a 15-member board of trustees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris T. Head
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; guidance to small businesses. [HB-897]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; guidance to small businesses; identification of enforcement actions; work group; report. Requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to develop and provide guidance to businesses with newly approved permits and established businesses regarding responsibilities and requirements for maintaining such business that includes information identifying any regularly occurring required report to a state agency and any associated fees, penalties, or waivers. The bill requires each state
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Sponsored by: Rep. William Chad Green
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; created, penalty, report. [SB-140]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team established; penalty; report. Establishes the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team to develop and implement procedures to ensure that fetal and infant deaths occurring in the Commonwealth are analyzed in a systematic way. The bill requires the Team to compile triennial statistical data regarding fetal and infant deaths and to make such data available to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Department of Health. The bill provides that information and records obtained or created by the Team and portions
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Pharmaceutical Services, Office of; establishes in Department of General Services, report. [HB-1348]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Department of General Services; Office of Pharmaceutical Services; report. Establishes in the Department of General Services an Office of Pharmaceutical Services to develop and execute a plan to consolidate state agency prescription drug purchasing and pharmacy benefit management programs to increase efficiency in prescription drug purchasing and constrain spending on prescription drugs. The bill directs the Department to provide to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim report on the development of the plan by November 1, 2024, and a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Destiny LeVere Bolling
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Health professions; universal licensure, requirements. [SB-682]
[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
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Sponsored by: Sen. David R. Suetterlein
Left In Rules on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Information Technology Access Act; numerous organizational changes to Act. [HB-1355]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Disabilities ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Information Technology Access Act; digital accessibility. Makes numerous organizational changes to the Information Technology Access Act. The bill defines "information and communications technology" as it relates to digital accessibility, defined in the bill, for all persons with disabilities. The bill permits the head of each covered entity, defined in the bill, to designate an employee to serve as such covered entity's digital accessibility coordinator and provides that such digital accessibility coordinator is responsible for developing and implementing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul E. Krizek
Left In General Laws And Technology on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 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
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Social Work Advisory Board; established, report, sunset date. [HB-178]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Social Work Advisory Board; established; report. Establishes the Social Work Advisory Board to advise the Governor on efforts to improve the social work profession in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Social Work Advisory Board to report annually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding its activities and recommendations. The bill contains an expiration date of June 30, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. Delores L. McQuinn
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; powers. [SB-163]
[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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Travis Hackworth
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Attorney General; instituting or conducting criminal prosecutions. [SB-197]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[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: Rep. William Chad Green
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; local arbitration agreements. [HB-1371]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; local arbitration agreements. Allows a participating locality, for any procurement solicitation or contract exceeding $10,000 for goods and services, to require the bidder or offeror to disclose certain information regarding pre-dispute arbitration clauses, defined in the bill, in employment, civil rights, and certain consumer disputes, and provides that a locality may consider the policies and practices related to arbitration of each bidder and offeror. The bill also provides that a participating locality shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus B. Simon
Left In General Laws on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Va. Public Procurement Act; procurement of electric vehicles, forced and child labor prohibition. [SB-492]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Economic Development ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; procurement of electric vehicles; forced and child labor prohibition. Prohibits public bodies from awarding contracts to acquire an electric vehicle or electric vehicle component from a business unless such business provides a sworn declaration from the manufacturer of such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component certifying that every person involved in the production of such electric vehicle or electric vehicle component and every person involved in the sourcing, manufacturing, or mining of the material used
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Sponsored by: Sen. William M. Stanley
Left In General Laws And Technology on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Administrative Process Act; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought. [HB-787]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Health ]
Administrative Process Act; exemptions; limitations; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought. Provides that in appeals of case decisions regarding the grant or denial of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, general relief, auxiliary grants, or state-local hospitalization, the review shall be based upon the agency record and the court may enter intermediate relief. The bill also provides that in such appeals, unless an error of law appears, the court shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick A. Hope
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government, etc.; deadline for public disclosure. [HB-899]
[Ethics ]
[Public Safety ]
State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act and the General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act; deadline for annual filing of disclosure statements; deadline for public disclosure. Changes the filing deadline for statements of economic interests and financial disclosure statements from February 1 to December 15. The bill requires the forms to be made public within 30 days of the filing deadline; currently, this is required within six weeks of the filing deadline.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kannan Srinivasan
Left In General Laws on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Public Procurement Act; adds to definition of professional services. [HB-1101]
[Finance ]
[Investments ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; professional services; definition. Adds to the definition of "professional services," for use throughout the Virginia Public Procurement Act, services of an investment and financial advisor procured by the Department of the Treasury.
Sponsored by: Rep. William D. Wiley
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
License plate reader systems; use by law-enforcement agencies, civil penalty. [HB-775]
[Crime ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
License plate reader systems; civil penalty. Provides requirements for the use of license plate reader systems, defined in the bill, by law-enforcement agencies. The bill limits the use of such systems to scanning, detecting, and recording data about vehicles and license plate numbers for the purpose of identifying a vehicle that is (i) associated with a wanted, missing, or endangered person or human trafficking; (ii) stolen; (iii) involved in an active law-enforcement investigation; or (iv) in the vicinity of a recent crime and may be connected
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele L. Herring
Left In Courts Of Justice on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2024 Special I
Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Program & related programs; modifications, surplus revenues. [SB-6012]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Military ]
General appropriation act; designation of additional surplus; repeal of modifications to certain waiver programs. Designates certain additional surplus revenues in the amount of $90 million to offset the impact of financial aid waivers and stipends for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related programs and removes language in the appropriation act that imposes additional requirements for such programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark D. Obenshain
Vote: Adoption (80-y 0-n) on 07/18/2024
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Virginia 2024 Special I
Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Program & related programs; modifications, surplus revenues. [HB-6004]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Military ]
General appropriation act; designation of additional surplus; repeal of modifications to certain waiver programs. Designates certain additional surplus revenues in the amount of $90 million to offset the impact of financial aid waivers and stipends for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related programs and removes language in the appropriation act that imposes additional requirements for such programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian E. Watts
Constitutional Reading Dispensed (38-y 0-n) on 07/18/2024
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Virginia 2024 Special I
Gen. appropriation act; designation of add'tl. surplus, repeal of modification to certain programs. [SB-6011]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
General appropriation act; designation of additional surplus; repeal of modifications to certain waiver programs and delayed effective date for academic progress requirement; JLARC review. Designates certain additional surplus revenues in the amount of $45 million to offset the impact of financial aid waivers and stipends for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related programs and removes language in the appropriation act imposing additional requirements on financial aid waivers and stipends for such programs. The
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Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Presented And Ordered Printed 24200315d on 07/01/2024
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Virginia 2024 Special I
Va. Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program & related programs; repeal of modifications. [SB-6010]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Military ]
General appropriation act; repeal of modifications to waiver programs. Removes language in the appropriation act imposing additional requirements on financial aid waivers and stipends for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark D. Obenshain
Presented And Ordered Printed 24200313d on 06/28/2024