Administration Of Government
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Accountancy, Board of; powers and duties, repeals requirement for an annual audit of the Board. [HB-1337]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Board of Accountancy; powers and duties. Repeals the requirement for an annual audit of the Board of Accountancy and amends several Code provisions relating to the Board. The bill changes the Secretariat of the Board from the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to the Secretary of Finance. The bill authorizes the Board to initiate complaints against (i) individuals or firms claiming to hold a Virginia license, as defined in the bill, and (ii) unlicensed individuals or firms using the certified public accountant title in Virginia, as defined in the bill.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Chris S. Runion
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0654) on 04/08/2024
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Administrative Process Act; requirement of executive branch agencies. [SB-473]
[Budget and Spending ]
Administrative Process Act; executive branch agencies. Requires executive branch agencies to ensure that certain regulations and guidance documents under the Virginia Register Act and Administrative Process Act, as appropriate, are posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall according to instructions issued by the Department of Planning and Budget.
Sponsored by: Sen. Travis Hackworth
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 01/31/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
License plate readers; requirements for use by law-enforcement agencies, penalties. [SB-539]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
License plate readers; penalties. Provides requirements for the use of license plate readers, defined in the bill, by law-enforcement agencies. The bill requires such agencies to enter into an agreement with the license plate reader owners or other responsible non-law-enforcement entity to operate a data trust, defined in the bill, to store the data collected by a license plate reader and requires any such law-enforcement agency to apply to the data trust for access to such data. The bill limits the use of license plate readers to scanning, detecting,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Left In General Laws And Technology on 02/14/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Capital outlay plan; repeals existing six-year capital outlay for projects to be funded. [SB-585]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
Capital outlay plan. Updates the six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources.
Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0252) on 03/28/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Accountancy, Board of; powers and duties, repeals requirement for an annual audit of the Board. [SB-463]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Board of Accountancy; powers and duties. Repeals the requirement for an annual audit of the Board of Accountancy and amends several Code provisions relating to the Board. The bill changes the Secretariat of the Board from the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to the Secretary of Finance. The bill authorizes the Board to initiate complaints against (i) individuals or firms claiming to hold a Virginia license, as defined in the bill, and (ii) unlicensed individuals or firms using the certified public accountant title in Virginia, as defined in the bill.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Schuyler T. VanValkenburg
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0677) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Human Rights Act; definition of "employer." [SB-570]
[Human Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Virginia Human Rights Act; definition of "employer." Waives the Commonwealth's sovereign immunity to a civil action under the definition of "person" in relevant law. The bill also expands the definition of "employer" as it relates to the requirement to provide reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities under the Virginia Human Rights Act to include any government or political subdivision, or agent of such government or political subdivision, employing more than five employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam P. Ebbin
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board; Virginia investment performance grants. [SB-496]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
Virginia Growth and Opportunity Act; Virginia investment performance grants; Virginia economic development incentive grants. Reduces the local funding match requirement for GO Virginia grants from being equal to the grant amount to being at least equal to half of the grant amount until July 1, 2028. The bill adds the Secretary of Labor to the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board. The bill also requires, for a Virginia investment performance grant award determination that includes a job creation requirement, an eligible manufacturer or research
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0624) on 04/08/2024
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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
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (14-y 1-n) on 02/07/2024
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1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amdmts., prog. modifications. [SB-488]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments; program rule modifications. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to seek federal authority through the necessary state plan amendments under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to modify the program rules for certain 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse D. Aird
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0679) on 04/08/2024
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Cannabis control; establishes a framework for creation of a retail marijuana market, penalties. [SB-448]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all marijuana licenses on September 1, 2024, but provides that no retail sales may occur prior to May 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam P. Ebbin
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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General Services Board; established. [SB-584]
Department of General Services; General Services Board established; Chief Administrator. Establishes the General Services Board to oversee the Department of General Services and, among other duties, to appoint a Chief Administrator for the Department. The Board shall consist of nine members: one nonlegislative citizen member appointed by the Governor, two nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, two nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, one department or agency head appointed
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chris T. Head
Continued To 2025 In Rehabilitation And Social Services (13-y 0-n) on 02/02/2024
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; prohibition on boycotting Israel. [SB-604]
[Trade ]
[International ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; prohibition on boycotting Israel. Requires all public bodies to include in every contract in excess of $100,000 with a business that employs more than 10 employees and in every subcontract or purchase order in excess of $10,000 a provision that states that during the performance of the contract, neither the contracting business nor any of its affiliates shall engage in a boycott of Israel.
Sponsored by: Sen. John J. McGuire
Passed By Indefinitely In General Laws And Technology (9-y 6-n) on 01/31/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Investment of public funds; qualified public entity allowed to invest in asset-backed securities. [SB-510]
[Finance ]
[Investments ]
Investment of public funds. Allows any qualified public entity of the Commonwealth to invest in asset-backed securities that are guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof.
Sponsored by: Sen. William M. Stanley
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0066) on 03/14/2024
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; amends definition of "meeting." [SB-415]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of "meeting." Amends the definition of "meeting" as it relates to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to add an exception for local political party meetings. The bill is a recommendation of the FOIA Council.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard H. Stuart
Failed To Pass In Senate on 03/09/2024
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License plate reader systems; use by law-enforcement agencies, civil penalty. [SB-503]
[Crime ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
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: Sen. Scott A. Surovell
Read Second Time on 02/13/2024
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Artificial intelligence by public bodies; Joint Commission on Technology & Science to examine use. [SB-487]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Science ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Joint Commission on Technology and Science; analysis of the use of artificial intelligence by public bodies; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS), in consultation with relevant stakeholders, to conduct an analysis of the use of artificial intelligence by public bodies in the Commonwealth and the creation of a Commission on Artificial Intelligence. JCOTS shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Communications, Technology and Innovation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse D. Aird
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0678) on 04/08/2024
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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 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 D. Aird
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/28/2024
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Capital outlay plan; repeals existing six-year capital outlay for projects to be funded. [SB-601]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Infrastructure ]
Capital outlay plan. Updates the six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources.
Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Incorporated By Finance And Appropriations on 02/06/2024
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Workforce Development and Advancement, Department of; changes title of Director to Commissioner. [SB-436]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; Director. Changes the title of the Director of the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to the Commissioner of Workforce Development and Advancement. The bill makes the Department, in consultation with the Governor, responsible for developing the formula for providing for 30 percent of WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker funds. Current law provides that the Virginia Community College System develops such formula in consultation with the Governor. The bill also makes the Office of Education
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Sponsored by: Sen. David R. Suetterlein
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0507) on 04/04/2024