Commissions Boards And Institutions Generally
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Artificial Intelligence, Commission on; established, report, sunset provision. [SB-621]
Commission on Artificial Intelligence; report; sunset. Creates the Commission on Artificial Intelligence to advise the Governor on issues related to artificial intelligence and make advisory recommendations based on its findings. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Incorporated By Finance And Appropriations on 01/31/2024
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Behavioral health technicians, etc.; scope of practice, supervision, and qualifications. [SB-403]
Behavioral health technicians; behavioral health technician assistants; qualified mental health professionals; qualified mental health professional-trainees; scope of practice, supervision, and qualifications. Adds behavioral health technicians and behavioral health technician assistants to the professions governed by the Board of Counseling. The bill also establishes qualification, scope of practice, and supervision requirements for qualified mental health professionals and qualified mental health professional-trainees. The bill directs the Board
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0595) on 04/05/2024
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Health Insurance Reform Commission; assessment of certain legislation, report. [HB-1210]
Health Insurance Reform Commission; assessment of certain legislation. Requires the Health Insurance Reform Commission, whenever the Chairman of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce or the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor requests that the Commission assess a legislative measure containing a mandated health insurance benefit or provider, to complete its assessment and submit a report for each such request within 24 months.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0219) on 03/28/2024
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Nursing faculty; Board of Nursing to amend regulations to educational requirements. [HB-1290]
Board of Nursing; nursing faculty educational requirements. Directs the Board of Nursing to add or remove certain educational requirements for members of the nursing faculty in specified nursing education programs. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
Left In Health And Human Services on 02/13/2024
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Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; court records, online access to case management systems. [HB-1228]
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission; court records; online access to case management systems. Provides that if a clerk of the circuit court provides secure remote access to nonconfidential court records, the clerk shall, by a signed agreement with the Director of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission, provide secure remote access to such records to staff of the Commission. The bill clarifies that a clerk is not prohibited from providing online access to a case management system to any person designated by law to prepare sentencing guidelines.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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Veterinary Medicine, Board of; powers and duties, satellite offices. [HB-1306]
Board of Veterinary Medicine; powers and duties; satellite offices. Permits the Board of Veterinary Medicine to regulate, inspect, and register all satellite offices where veterinary medicine is practiced. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Read Third Time And Defeated By House (45-y53 -n) on 02/13/2024
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Medicine, Board of; temporary licensure of physicians licensed in a foreign country. [HB-995]
Board of Medicine; temporary licensure of physicians licensed in a foreign country. Permits the Board of Medicine to issue a provisional license to a physician licensed in a foreign country for no more than two years, then a subsequent renewable two-year license if the physician practices in a medically underserved area. After two years of practice under the renewable license in a medically underserved area, a physician licensed in a foreign country is eligible to apply for a full, unrestricted license to practice medicine. The bill specifies that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Tran
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0464) on 04/04/2024
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Legislature Modernization, Commission on; established, report. [HB-1031]
Commission on Legislature Modernization; report. Establishes the Commission on Legislature Modernization in the legislative branch for the purpose of studying the operation and functionality of the General Assembly and identifying ways to make the legislature more effective, efficient, responsive, reflective, and transparent on behalf of all Virginians. The Commission will consist of 17 members, which shall include 9 legislators, 6 nonlegislative citizen members, and 2 ex officio members. The Commission shall be convened for a period of two years,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, Virginia Board for; dust sampling technicians, renovators. [HB-1005]
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: Rep. David Owen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0093) on 03/14/2024
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Northern Virginia Transportation Commission; membership. [HB-1173]
Northern Virginia Transportation Commission; membership. Requires, rather than permits, the four members of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates to be members of the House of Delegates.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Sickles
Incorporated By Transportation on 02/01/2024
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Technology and Science, Joint Commission on; authority to appoint, employ, and remove staff. [HB-1199]
Joint Commission on Technology and Science; staff; authority to appoint, employ, and remove. Authorizes the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS) to appoint, employ, and remove an executive director and such other persons as it deems necessary and determine their duties and fix their salaries or compensation within the amounts appropriated therefor. The bill removes the provision that directs the Division of Legislative Services to provide staff support to JCOTS. Joint Commission on Technology and Science; staff; authority to appoint,
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Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0739) on 04/08/2024
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Voting equipment and systems; State Board approval process, printed receipt for cast ballot. [HB-907]
Elections; voting equipment and systems; State Board approval process; printed receipt for cast ballot. Requires voting systems approved by the State Board of Elections to produce a printed receipt for each voter who has cast a ballot that shows the date and time the voter's ballot was cast, the voter's number corresponding to the order in which ballots were cast, and a list of all the voter's selections on the ballot as recorded by the voting system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Walker
Continued To 2025 In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 02/02/2024
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State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments, etc. [SB-333]
State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments; genetic material misuse; penalty. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance for coverage of fertility preservation for individuals diagnosed with cancer who need treatment for that cancer that may cause a substantial risk of sterility or iatrogenic infertility, as defined in the bill, including surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy. The bill also establishes
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Sponsored by: Sen. Saddam Salim
Continued To 2025 In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 02/08/2024
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Contractors, Board for; offering exams, language counterparts. [HB-1190]
Board for Contractors; offering or approving exams; language counterparts. Provides that any exam offered by the Board for Contractors that averaged over 50 administrations per year over the preceding four-year period shall be made available in any language that meets the threshold for having election materials printed in that language pursuant to the federal Voting Rights Act. Board for Contractors; offering or approving exams; language counterparts. Provides that any exam offered by the Board for Contractors that averaged over 50 administrations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Thomas
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Unconscious bias and cultural competency; Bd. of Medicine shall require continuing education, etc. [HB-1130]
Board of Medicine; continuing education; unconscious bias and cultural competency. Directs the Board of Medicine to require unconscious bias and cultural competency training as part of the continuing education requirements for renewal of licensure. The bill specifies requirements for the training and requires the Board of Medicine to report on the training to the Department of Health and the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative.
Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
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Motor Vehicle Dealer Board; authorizes Bd. to establish cost of an examination of licensee records. [HB-1107]
Motor Vehicle Dealer Board; examination costs. Authorizes the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board to establish the cost of an examination of licensee records, which existing law requires the licensee to pay if such examination shows a violation of law or order of the Board. The bill removes the authority of the Board to recover such costs in a court of competent jurisdiction and provides that failure to pay such examination costs may be grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking a license or certificate of dealer registration or qualification.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Wyatt
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0086) on 03/14/2024
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Public schools; Jt. Com. on Health Care to study impact of cell phone possession & use on students. [HJR-34]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; impacts of cell phone possession and use on students in public schools; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the impacts of cell phone possession and use in public schools on student learning outcomes, including the quality of learning and the ability of students to retain and recall information, student attention and focus, and student mental and behavioral health.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle Lopes-Maldonado
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Teachers; renewable licenses, requirements, assessments. [HB-731]
Teachers; renewable licenses; requirements; assessments. Requires the Board of Education to eliminate the requirement for any individual to take and receive a passing score on the Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment as a condition of the initial award or renewal of a renewable license as a teacher in the Commonwealth. Teachers; renewable licenses; requirements; assessments. Requires the Board of Education to eliminate the requirement for any individual to take and receive a passing score on the Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Briana Sewell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0729) on 04/08/2024
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Dandy Point Landing; Marine Resources Commission to use photo monitoring system at facility. [HB-1151]
Marine Resources Commission; use of a photo monitoring system; Dandy Point Landing. Allows the Marine Resources Commission to place and operate a photo monitoring device, as defined in the bill, at Dandy Point Landing facility in the City of Hampton for the purpose of safety monitoring on state-owned property.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aijalon Cordoza
Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 02/13/2024
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Virginia Waste Management Board; open burning of solid wastes, transportation of vegetative waste. [SB-342]
Virginia Waste Management Board; transportation and open burning of vegetative waste. Requires the Virginia Waste Management Board to amend regulations to allow for vegetative waste to be transported to another location for open burning if it is impractical or unsafe to destroy such waste on the premises of private property. Virginia Waste Management Board; transportation and open burning of vegetative waste. Requires the Virginia Waste Management Board to amend regulations to allow for vegetative waste to be transported to another location for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0235) on 03/28/2024