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Virginia 2021 Special I
Special education; Department of and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures. [SB-1288]
Department of Education and Board of Education; special education. Requires the Department of Education and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures and effect numerous modifications to existing policies and procedures to improve the administration and oversight of special education in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0452) on 03/30/2021
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State Corporation Commission; access to local land records. [HB-1775]
State Corporation Commission; access to local land records. Adds the State Corporation Commission to the list of agencies that are exempt from paying fees for remote access to local land records.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0124) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Solar projects; erosion and sediment control. [SB-1258]
Solar projects; erosion and sediment control plan review. Requires any locality that does not operate a regulated municipal separate storm sewer system and for which the Department of Environmental Quality did not administer a Virginia Stormwater Management Program as of July 1, 2020, to notify the Department if it decides to have the Department provide the locality with (i) review of a required erosion and sediment control plan and (ii) a recommendation on the plan's compliance with the requirements of the Erosion and Sediment Control Law and the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0497) on 03/31/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Inmates; Board of Local and Regional Jails to review services provided during pregnancy, etc. [SB-1300]
Board of Local and Regional Jails; review services provided to inmates during pregnancy, pregnancy termination, labor and delivery, and postpartum recovery; report. Directs the Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board), in consultation with a stakeholder work group, to (i) identify and analyze all obstetric and gynecological services and any other services provided by local and regional jails to inmates during pregnancy, pregnancy termination, labor and delivery, and postpartum recovery; (ii) compare such services to best practices recommended
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0392) on 03/25/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Children's Services Act; funds expended special education programs. [SB-1313]
Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires that funds expended for private special education services under the Children's Services Act only be expended on educational programs that are licensed by the Board of Education or an equivalent out-of-state licensing agency. The bill also provides that as of July 1, 2022, such funds may only be expended for programs that the Office of Children's Services certify as having reported their tuition rates. Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires that funds expended for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0071) on 03/11/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; created. [SB-1365]
Data governance; Office of Data Governance and Analytics; Chief Data Officer; Virginia Data Commission; report. Creates the Office of Data Governance (the Office) in the Office of the Secretary of Administration, to be directed by the existing Chief Data Officer of the Commonwealth. The Office is charged with overseeing general data governance in the Commonwealth, as well as developing and managing the Commonwealth Data Trust, a multi-stakeholder data exchange and analytics platform. A multi-level governance structure is established to govern the
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0314) on 03/24/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Parole Board; notice of parole of prisoner to victim. [SB-1125]
Parole Board; notice to victim. Requires the Parole Board, within seven days of making any decision regarding the parole of a prisoner, to provide written or electronic notice of such decision to the victim of the crime for which the prisoner was incarcerated, unless the victim has submitted a written request to forgo such notice. Parole Board; notice to victim. Requires the Parole Board, within seven days of making any decision regarding the parole of a prisoner, to provide written or electronic notice of such decision to the victim of the crime
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; membership, powers and duties, effective clause. [SB-1363]
Board of Local and Regional Jails; powers and duties. Restores the authority of the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to (i) ensure the development of long-range policies, programs, and plans for corrections services provided at the state and local levels; (ii) review and comment on all budgets and requests for appropriations for the Department of Corrections (the Department) prior to submission to the Governor and on all applications for federal funds; and (iii) monitor the activities of the Department and its effectiveness in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Public Safety on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; clarifies membership. [SB-1161]
Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; membership. Clarifies that each of the six nonlegislative citizen members of the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board (the Board) who is not an at-large member is to be appointed by the Governor from a list of two qualified nominees submitted for each vacancy by the Board and the Board of Directors of the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (the Association) in consultation with other groups. The bill also requires each of the six nonlegislative citizen members to be a resident
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0044) on 03/11/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Parole; notice and certification, monthly reports, discretionary early consideration. [HB-2167]
Parole; notice and certification; monthly reports; discretionary early consideration. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall set the release date for an inmate granted discretionary parole or conditional release no sooner than 30 business days from the date that the Department of Corrections receives notification from the Chairman of the Parole Board of the Board's decision to grant discretionary parole or conditional release, except that the Department of Corrections may set an earlier release date in the case of a terminally ill inmate
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0545) on 04/07/2021
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Clinical nurse specialist; licensure of nurse practitioners as specialists, etc. [HB-1747]
Clinical nurse specialist; licensure; practice. Changes for clinical nurse specialists the requirement to register with the Board of Nursing as a clinical nurse specialist to licensure by the Boards of Medicine and Nursing to practice as a nurse practitioner in the category of clinical nurse specialist and provides that a nurse practitioner licensed as a clinical nurse specialist shall practice pursuant to a practice agreement between the clinical nurse specialist and a licensed physician and in a manner consistent with the standards of care for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0157) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established, report. [HB-2058]
Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established; report. Creates the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Advisory Board to create a unified vision regarding STEM education initiatives, language, and measures of success to promote a culture of collaboration for STEM programming in the Commonwealth. The Board shall develop the infrastructure for creating STEM Regional Hubs and naming STEM Champions in communities across the Commonwealth. Additionally, the Board shall report annually to the Governor and the General
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0291) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; appointment of Chairman. [HJR-629]
Appointment; Chairman of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. Confirms the appointment by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia of the Honorable Edward L. Hogshire as Chairman of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
Read Third Time on 02/22/2021
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Certified nurse midwives; practice. [HB-1817]
Practice of certified nurse midwives. Expands the categories of practitioners with whom a certified nurse midwife may enter into a practice agreement to include other certified nurse midwives who have practiced for at least two years and allows a certified nurse midwife who has practiced at least 1,000 hours to practice without a practice agreement. The bill also provides that certified nurse midwives shall practice in accordance with regulations of the Boards of Medicine and Nursing and consistent with the Standards for the Practice of Midwifery
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0396) on 03/25/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Students w/disabilities; Dept./Bd. of Education to update its special education & related services. [HB-2316]
Department of Education and Board of Education; special education and related services for students with disabilities. Requires the Department of Education to update its special education eligibility worksheets as necessary, including clarifying any ambiguity or vagueness in eligibility criteria, and provide to each local school division the appropriate level of guidance on eligibility determinations for special education and related services. The bill requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to ensure that each education preparation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Candi Mundon King
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0173) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Pretrial data collection; VCSC to collect and disseminate on an annual basis. [HB-2110]
Pretrial data collection. Requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to collect and disseminate, on an annual basis, statewide and locality-level data related to adults charged with criminal offenses punishable by confinement in jail or a term of imprisonment. The bill provides that any personal or case identifying information within the data shall not be subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and shall not be made publicly available. The bill does not require that the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission submit such annual
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0111) on 03/12/2021
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Criminal Justice Services Board and Committee on Training; membership. [SB-1256]
Membership on Criminal Justice Services Board and Committee on Training; law-enforcement training. Requires the social justice organization represented by a member of the Criminal Justice Services Board and a member of the Committee on Training be engaged in advancing inclusion and human rights. The bill contains a technical amendment to compulsory in-service training for law-enforcement officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0467) on 03/31/2021
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Virginia Redistricting Commission; removing a citizen commissioner for neglect, etc. [HB-2324]
Virginia Redistricting Commission; removal of commissioners; emergency. Provides for the removal of a commissioner from the Virginia Redistricting Commission for neglect of duty or gross misconduct. Removal would require affirmative votes of at least six of the eight legislative commissioners and at least six of the eight citizen commissioners. Such a vote is required to be recorded and taken in a public meeting. The bill contains an emergency clause. Virginia Redistricting Commission; removal of commissioners; emergency. Provides for the removal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Requires 32 Affirmative Votes For Passage on 02/19/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Charitable Gaming Board; regulations, electronic pull tabs. [SB-1287]
Charitable Gaming Board; regulations; electronic pull tabs. Prohibits the Charitable Gaming Board from promulgating regulations that prohibit the use of multiple video monitors or touchscreens on an electronic pull tab device and provides that the use of electronic pull tab devices utilizing multiple video monitors or touchscreens shall be limited to one player at a time.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0499) on 03/31/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Children's Services Act; funds expended special education programs. [HB-2117]
Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires that funds expended for private special education services under the Children's Services Act only be expended on educational programs that are licensed by the Board of Education or an equivalent out-of-state licensing agency. The bill also provides that as of July 1, 2022, such funds may only be expended for programs that the Office of Children's Services certify as having reported their tuition rates. Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires that funds expended for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0070) on 03/11/2021