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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, selling ignition interlock system. [HB-1351]
Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; ignition interlock system. Provides that advertising for any ignition interlock system by a vendor not approved by the Commission on the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program to operate in Virginia; targeted advertising to a person before a determination of guilt; and any advertising, before or after a determination of guilt, without a conspicuous statement that such advertisement is not affiliated with any government agency is an unlawful consumer transaction in violation of the Virginia
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Sponsored by: Rep. Wren Williams
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0747) on 04/08/2024
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Accountancy, Board of; powers and duties, repeals requirement for an annual audit of the Board. [HB-1337]
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 Runion
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0654) on 04/08/2024
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Nursing education programs; out-of-state clinical sites. [SB-553]
Board of Nursing; certain nursing education programs; out-of-state clinical sites. Directs the Board of Nursing to amend its regulations to permit nursing education programs in the Commonwealth located within 60 miles of a bordering state or the District of Columbia to contract for an unlimited number of required clinical hours at out-of-state clinical sites. The bill requires the regulations to specify that the Board must accept such hours for licensure. Board of Nursing; certain nursing education programs; out-of-state clinical sites. Directs
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Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Pillion
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0425) on 04/04/2024
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Blockchain and cryptocurrency; Joint Commission on Technology & Science to examine use, etc. [SB-439]
Joint Commission on Technology and Science; analysis of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS) to conduct an analysis of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in the Commonwealth and the creation of a Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Commission. JCOTS shall submit a report of its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Communications, Technology and Innovation and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General
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Sponsored by: Sen. Saddam Salim
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0709) on 04/08/2024
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Accountancy, Board of; powers and duties, repeals requirement for an annual audit of the Board. [SB-463]
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 VanValkenburg
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0677) on 04/08/2024
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SLIFE; Board of Education to develop and adopt policies related to supporting students. [SB-433]
Board of Education; develop and adopt policies relating to supporting Students with Limited and/or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE). Directs the Board of Education to develop and adopt policies relating to supporting Students with Limited and/or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE students) in staying in and graduating from, or otherwise completing, high school in the Commonwealth and to develop formulas for calculating high school drop-out rates and graduation rates in the Commonwealth that do not include any SLIFE student who dropped out if
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0623) on 04/08/2024
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Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, Virginia Board for; dust sampling technicians, renovators. [SB-560]
Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; dust sampling technicians, renovators, and accredited renovation training programs. Removes the responsibility of the Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors to promulgate regulations concerning dust sampling technicians, renovators, and accredited renovation training programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Travis Hackworth
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0094) on 03/14/2024
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School-connected overdose policies; guidelines, parental notification and response. [SB-498]
Board of Education; guidelines on school-connected overdose policies; response and parental notification. Requires the Board of Education to establish guidelines for school-connected overdose response and parental notification policies to aid local school boards in the implementation of such policies. The bill requires such guidelines to include (i) a model action plan for each school board to follow in responding to any school-connected overdose, including communicating and coordinating with the Department of Education and the applicable law-enforcement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy
Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 P.m., May 17, 2024 on 04/17/2024
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Licenses or certificates; reciprocal licensing for neighboring states. [SB-554]
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; reciprocal licensing for certain professionals from neighboring states. Requires the Real Estate Appraiser Board, the Real Estate Board, the Board for Waste Management Facility Operators, and the Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals, upon application, to recognize current and valid licenses or certificates issued by a neighboring state, defined in the bill, as fulfillment of qualifications for licensure in the Commonwealth if there are no
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emily Brewer
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0157) on 03/26/2024
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Behavioral Health Commission; Commission to study processes related to civil admissions. [SB-574]
Behavioral Health Commission; behavioral health and crisis response services; civil admissions laws and processes; work group; report. Directs the Behavioral Health Commission to convene a work group to study how to effectively align current civil admissions laws and processes with new behavioral health and crisis response services and resources in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Behavioral Health Commission to make recommendations for any statutory, regulatory, licensing, training, and reimbursement changes related to Virginia's current
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0601) on 04/05/2024
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Crisis receiving centers and crisis stabilization units; use of seclusion, report. [SB-569]
State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; regulations; crisis receiving centers; appropriate and safe use of seclusion; work group; report. Directs the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend its regulations to ensure that its licensing and human rights regulations support high-quality crisis services, including by authorizing the appropriate and safe use of seclusion in crisis receiving centers and crisis stabilization units. The bill exempts the Board's initial adoption of such regulations from the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0795) on 04/17/2024
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Elections; ranked choice voting, locally elected offices. [SB-428]
Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices; report. Clarifies the requirements for conducting elections using ranked choice voting and requires the results for elections conducted by ranked choice voting to be reported along with other results reported on election night, except that such results must clearly be identified as preliminary and based on the first rankings in a ranked choice voting election. The bill provides that final tabulation for an election is required to be conducted on the same day as other
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam 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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Environmental Resources, Board of; created. [SB-446]
State Air Pollution Control Board, State Water Control Board, and Virginia Waste Management Board consolidated; Board of Environmental Resources established. Consolidates the State Air Pollution Control Board, State Water Control Board, and Virginia Waste Management Board and transfers the duties of such boards into a new Board of Environmental Resources. The bill establishes membership, term, meeting, and recording requirements for the Board and also establishes the position, powers, and duties of the Executive Director of the Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Continued To 2025 In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources (15-y 0-n) on 01/23/2024
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Comprehensive community colleges; funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs. [SJR-20]
Study; Board of Workforce Development; adequacy of the funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs; work group; report. Requests the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to study the current funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs offered at comprehensive community colleges in order to identify areas of inadequacy and make recommendations on options for reforming the funding model to address those inadequacies and improve the sustainability of offering and providing noncredit workforce credential programs to ensure
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (12-y 3-n) on 02/12/2024
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Education, Board of; through-year growth assessment system, alternatives during 2024-2026. [SB-435]
Board of Education; through-year growth assessment system; alternatives during 2024-2026 school years. Requires the Board of Education to permit school boards to administer, during the 2024-2026 school years, assessments as alternatives to the through-year growth assessment system established by the Board, provided that any such alternative assessment is aligned to the Standards of Learning.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Suetterlein
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0122) on 03/20/2024
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Arts, Virginia Commission for the; reduces membership. [SB-530]
Virginia Commission for the Arts; membership. Reduces the membership of the Virginia Commission for the Arts from 13 to nine members and requires at least one member to be appointed from each of the eight superintendent's regions. Current law requires at least one but no more than two members to be appointed from each congressional district in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emily Brewer
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0248) on 03/28/2024
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Pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access; regulations. [SB-607]
Board of Pharmacy; regulations related to pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations related to pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. Board of Pharmacy; regulations related to pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations related to pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ryan McDougle
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0408) on 04/04/2024
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Distressed localities, certain; TAX, et al., to assess tax relief. [SB-564]
Individual income tax subtraction; income earned in certain localities. Directs the Department of Taxation and the Commission on Local Government to assess the need for income tax relief in double distressed localities in the Commonwealth that have experienced significant loss of population since 2013. The Department and the Commission must report on their recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2024. Individual income
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0599) on 04/05/2024
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Artificial intelligence by public bodies; Joint Commission on Technology & Science to examine use. [SB-487]
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 Aird
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0678) on 04/08/2024