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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Advanced registered medication aides; aides who administer drugs in certified nursing facilities. [HB-349]
Advanced registered medication aides; certified nursing facilities; work group; report. Requires advanced registered medication aides who administer drugs that would otherwise be self-administered to residents in a certified nursing facility licensed by the Department of Health to register with the Board of Nursing. Under the bill, an advanced registered medication aide who is registered to administer drugs to residents in a certified nursing facility shall also be eligible to administer drugs that would otherwise be self-administered to residents
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0284) on 04/02/2024
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Marriage & family therapists; Bd. of Counseling to amend regulations related to licensure. [HB-329]
Board of Counseling; licensure by endorsement for marriage and family therapists. Directs the Board of Counseling to amend its regulations related to the process for licensure by endorsement for marriage and family therapists. The bill removes requirements that applicants for licensure by endorsement provide evidence that they meet certain educational and experience requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Sickles
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0431) on 04/04/2024
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Provisional (Career Switcher) License; special education. [HB-269]
Board of Education; Provisional (Career Switcher) License; special education. Requires the Board of Education to amend its relevant regulation to permit any career switcher who seeks a teaching endorsement preK through grade 12, including any career switcher who seeks a teaching endorsement in special education, to pursue a Provisional (Career Switcher) License through the career switcher alternate route to licensure program in accordance with all of the requirements set forth in such regulation, provided that the individual completes at least 60
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Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0183) on 03/28/2024
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State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments, etc. [HB-278]
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: Rep. Dan Helmer
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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Geriatric prisoners; conditional release. [HB-308]
Conditional release of geriatric prisoners. Expands the list of offenses that prohibit a person from petitioning the Parole Board for conditional release as a geriatric prisoner.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Ballard
Left In Public Safety on 02/13/2024
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Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms in courthouses. [HB-243]
Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms in courthouses. Requires that paper copies of any standardized form developed and utilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission or by the Department of Magistrate Services in the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia for the filing of a complaint be made available to the public in the clerk's office in all state courts of the Commonwealth. The bill also requires that a sign be posted in all such courts, in a location accessible to the public,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Fernando Martinez
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board; increases membership. [HB-237]
Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board. Modifies aspects of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board by adding a fourth Secretary to the Board's membership, to be appointed by the Governor, and providing that the Secretary of Labor may be one of the Secretaries appointed to the Board. The bill also reduces the amount of matching funds required for any grant awarded from the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Fund by requiring such funds to be equal to at least half of the grant awarded until July 1, 2028. Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board. Modifies
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Austin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0276) on 04/02/2024
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Artificial intelligence; Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study advancements. [SJR-14]
Joint Commission on Technology and Science; study; advancements in artificial intelligence; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), including assessing (i) the impacts of deep fakes, data privacy implications, and misinformation; (ii) measures to ensure these technologies do not indirectly or directly lead to discrimination; (iii) strategies to promote equity in AI algorithms; and (iv) ways in which AI can be utilized to improve government operations and services, and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Suhas Subramanyam
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 02/07/2024
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American Revolution 250 Commission; amends membership and staffing. [SB-117]
American Revolution 250 Commission; membership and staffing. Amends the membership of the American Revolution 250 Commission to allow for the appointment of ex officio members who are directors of historic homes, historic sites, or National Park Service sites or former legislative members of the Commission. The bill also provides for staff of the Commission to serve as the Commission's fiscal agent.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0401) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia Gaming Commission, Joint Subcommittee studying feasibility of establishing; continued. [SJR-12]
Study; joint subcommittee; creation of Virginia Gaming Commission; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Feasibility of Establishing the Virginia Gaming Commission for two additional years, through November 30, 2025. Study; joint subcommittee; creation of Virginia Gaming Commission; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Feasibility of Establishing the Virginia Gaming Commission for two additional years, through November 30, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj12er) on 02/28/2024
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Free-Roaming Cat Management Plan; regulations. [HB-221]
Free-Roaming Cat Management Plan; regulations. Directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to promulgate regulations establishing minimum requirements for a Free-Roaming Cat Management Plan and establish a model plan for localities to reduce and control the population of free-roaming cats and the abandonment of cats for the purpose of reducing the negative impacts of free-roaming cats on public health, wildlife, and the cat population. The bill permits a locality to adopt such plan created by the Board and include in such plan any ordinances
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 02/13/2024
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MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements. [HB-212]
MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements. Requires the MEI Project Approval Commission to consider, prior to recommending approval of any major employment and investment (MEI) project, a board diversity disclosure statement submitted by the business seeking incentives. The Commission is required to consider (i) whether such statement specifies the number and percentage of diverse directors who identify as female or as representing a national, racial, ethnic, indigenous, or cultural minority in the country of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Impounding structures, certain; variances to general permit requirements. [HB-216]
Department of Conservation and Recreation; variances to general permit requirements for certain impounding structures; hazard potential classifications study; report. Requires the Soil and Water Conservation Board to develop a process by which an owner may submit a request only to the Department of Conservation and Recreation for a temporary or permanent variance to the general permit requirements for certain impounding structures for its review and consideration. The bill directs the Department to study issues relating to hazard potential classifications
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 02/13/2024
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Updating VA Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of VA Tribes, Commission on; extends sunset date. [HB-200]
Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes; sunset. Extends from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2026, the sunset date of the Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0275) on 04/02/2024
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Virginia Gaming Commission, Joint Subcommittee studying feasibility of establishing; continued. [HJR-10]
Study; joint subcommittee; creation of Virginia Gaming Commission; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Feasibility of Establishing the Virginia Gaming Commission for two additional years, through November 30, 2025. Study; joint subcommittee; creation of Virginia Gaming Commission; report. Continues the Joint Subcommittee to Study the Feasibility of Establishing the Virginia Gaming Commission for two additional years, through November 30, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Failed To Pass In House on 03/06/2024
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Social Work Advisory Board; established, report, sunset date. [HB-178]
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 McQuinn
Continued To 2025 With Substitute In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Emergency medical services for police dogs. [HB-137]
Emergency medical services regulations; police dogs. Requires the State Board of Health to promulgate regulations, in consultation with the State Veterinarian, to provide emergency treatment to police dogs injured in the line of duty and for the transportation of such police dogs by emergency medical services vehicles to veterinary care facilities equipped to provide emergency treatment to such dogs. Emergency medical services regulations; police dogs. Requires the State Board of Health to promulgate regulations, in consultation with the State
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ellen Campbell
Stricken From Docket By Health And Human Services (22-y 0-n) on 01/16/2024
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Virginia Minority Business Commission; established, report, sunset clause. [HB-132]
Virginia Minority Business Commission; report; sunset. Establishes the 13-member Virginia Minority Business Commission in the legislative branch of government for the purpose of promoting the growth and competitiveness of Virginia minority-owned businesses. The bill provides that the Commission sunsets on July 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Convirs-Fowler
Tabled In Rules (17-y 0-n) on 02/01/2024
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State Corporation Commission; annual report filing requirements. [HB-124]
State Corporation Commission; annual report filing requirements. Permits a person authorized by a domestic or foreign stock or nonstock corporation to sign the annual report of such corporation for purposes of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act and the Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Sullivan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0137) on 03/26/2024
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Hair styling; added as a profession that is regulated by the Board of Barbers and Cosmetology. [HB-129]
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; Board for Barbers and Cosmetology; hair styling license. Adds hair styling as a profession that is regulated by the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology. The bill defines "hair styling" as arranging, dressing, curling, waving, cutting, shaping, singeing, shaving, bleaching, coloring, relaxing, or straightening, or performing similar work upon, human hair, or a wig or hairpiece, by any means, including hands or mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Convirs-Fowler
Stricken From Docket By General Laws (21-y 0-n) on 01/23/2024