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Election reform. [HB-393]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
Elections; election reform. Requires Elections; election reform. Requires that the general register of each locality publish on the official website of the locality (i) monthly, a list of all registered voters added to or removed from each precinct in the locality including a reason for each change; (ii) on the first day on which the registration records are closed for any election, a list of all the qualified voters registered to vote in each precinct participating in the election; (iii) after the election, a list of all persons who voted for each
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Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy P. Griffin
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/13/2024
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Election of certain governing bodies; conversion to single-member districts. [HB-409]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Election of certain governing bodies; conversion to single-member districts. Allows the governing body of a locality that has been subject to a court order imposing a remedial election system under voting rights laws to adopt an ordinance to convert one or more at-large members of such body to single-member districts. The bill provides that members of such governing body in office on the effective date of such ordinance shall complete their terms of office.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alex Q. Askew
Failed To Report (defeated) In Privileges And Elections (11-y 11-n) on 02/09/2024
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Electric vehicle charging facilities; infrastructure necessary to support installation. [HB-405]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Housing ]
[Construction ]
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Commission on Electric Utility Regulation; evaluation of infrastructure necessary for electric vehicle charging facilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission and the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide technical assistance to the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation (the Commission) if the Commission evaluates the design and deployment of the electrical distribution infrastructure necessary to support the installation of electric vehicle charging facilities in new developments consisting of single-family and multifamily
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian E. Watts
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Vacancies in elected local offices; timeliness of special election to fill vacancy. [HB-417]
[Elections ]
[Community Development ]
Vacancies in elected local offices; timeliness of special election to fill vacancy. Provides that when a vacancy occurs in an elected local office that is subject to a ward-based or district-based residency requirement, the election to fill such vacancy shall be ordered and held within 365 days of the vacancy occurring.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler
Failed To Report (defeated) In Privileges And Elections (11-y 11-n) on 02/09/2024
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Zoning; traffic impact statements. [HB-377]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
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Zoning; traffic impact statements. Prohibits a locality from requiring a local traffic impact statement as a condition for approval of a rezoning application that involves a multifamily residential use of fewer than 50 residential units.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Owen
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Developer performance guarantees; clarifies existing provisions related to periodic partial release. [HB-378]
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[Real Estate ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
Release of developer performance guarantees. Clarifies that existing provisions related to the periodic partial and final release of developer performance guarantees also applies to performance guarantees for erosion and sediment control measures, stormwater management facilities, and fill and borrow areas.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Owen
Read Third Time And Defeated By House (47-y 52-n) on 02/13/2024
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Local government; water-filled fire sprinkler systems. [HB-364]
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[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
Local government; water-filled fire sprinkler systems. Permits a locality to allow the installation of automatic water-filled or wet-pipe fire sprinkler systems in new townhome construction. The bill provides that such ordinance shall require the installation be completed in compliance with standards, requirements, and specifications for the installation of an automatic water-filled or wet-pipe fire sprinkler system as prescribed by the National Fire Protection Association's NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems. An automatic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Fernando J. Martinez
Left In General Laws on 02/13/2024
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Municipal elections; city or town allowed to hold its elections on first Tuesday in May. [HB-345]
[Elections ]
Timing of local elections. Allows a city or town by majority vote of the local governing body to hold its municipal elections on the first Tuesday in May for terms to commence July 1, in which case the terms of council members shall be extended by six months in order to implement the transition. Currently, cities and towns must hold their municipal elections at the time of the November general election.
Sponsored by: Rep. Baxter Ennis
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Firearms instructors & safety prog.; removes reference to NRA & U.S. Concealed Carry Assoc. in Code. [HB-319]
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[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Firearms instructors and safety programs; National Rifle Association and United States Concealed Carry Association. Removes references to the National Rifle Association (the NRA) and the United States Concealed Carry Association from the Code that allow the organizations to certify ranges and instructors and for courses offered by them to serve as proof of demonstrated competence in firearms safety and training for the purpose of obtaining a concealed handgun permit or receiving training as a minor in the use of pneumatic guns. The bill also repeals
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan I. Helmer
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/07/2024
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Boiler and pressure vessel operators; certification by localities. [HB-334]
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[Public Safety ]
Certification of boiler and pressure vessel operators by localities. Repeals an existing statute that allows localities by ordinance to require certification of boiler and pressure vessel operators.
Sponsored by: Rep. William D. Wiley
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Siting of data centers; locality may perform site assessment before approval. [HB-338]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Water ]
[Air Quality ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
Siting of data centers; site assessment. Allows a locality, prior to any approval for the siting of a data center, to perform a site assessment to examine the effect of the data center on water usage and carbon emissions within the locality. Siting of data centers; site assessment. Allows a locality, prior to any approval for the siting of a data center, to perform a site assessment to examine the effect of the data center on water usage and carbon emissions within the locality.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael J. Webert
Continued To 2025 In General Laws And Technology (9-y 3-n 3-a) on 02/28/2024
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Siting of data centers; impacts on resources and historically significant sites. [HB-337]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Community Development ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Data Privacy ]
Siting of data centers; impacts on resources and historically significant sites. Provides that any local government land use application required for the siting of a data center shall only be approved in areas where the data center will (i) have a minimal impact on historic, agricultural, and cultural resources and (ii) not be within one-half mile of a national park, state park, or other historically significant site.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua E. Thomas
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Private waste companies; displacement. [HB-344]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Displacement of private waste companies. Reduces from five years to one year the period of time a locality must provide notice to a private waste company before the locality engages in the actual provision of the waste service that displaces the company.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Chad Green
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Tobacco Indemnification & Community Revitalization & VA Tobacco Region Revolving Funds; eligibility. [HB-297]
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[Community Development ]
Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund; Tobacco Region Revolving Fund; eligible localities; Planning District 4. Adds Planning District 4 (New River Valley Region) to a group of localities that is eligible to receive funds from the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund and the Virginia Tobacco Region Revolving Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason S. Ballard
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Child day programs; use of office buildings, waiver of zoning requirements. [HB-281]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Education ]
[Community Development ]
Early childhood care and education; child day programs; use of office buildings; waiver of zoning requirements. Permits any locality to by ordinance provide for the waiver of any requirements for zoning permits for the operation of a child day program in an office building, as defined by the bill, provided that such facility satisfies the requirements for state licensure as a child day program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia S. Price
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 185 (effective 7/1/24) on 03/28/2024
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License tax; retired police or military dogs, exemption. [HB-299]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Military ]
[Taxes ]
License tax; retired police or military dogs; exemption. Allows a locality by ordinance to exempt any dog that served as a police or law-enforcement dog or military working dog from the license tax on the ownership of dogs. Such ordinance must include a verification process for the vaccination records of such a dog. License tax; retired police or military dogs; exemption. Allows a locality by ordinance to exempt any dog that served as a police or law-enforcement dog or military working dog from the license tax on the ownership of dogs. Such ordinance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason S. Ballard
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 187 (effective 7/1/24) on 03/28/2024
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Virginia Public Procurement Act; submissions of bids or proposals on electronic procurement system. [HB-311]
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[Telecommunications ]
[Small Business ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; local public bodies; electronic submissions of bids or proposals. Mandates that all local public bodies provide an option to submit bids or proposals for procurement contracts through the Commonwealth's statewide electronic procurement system, known as eVA, or other electronic means. Current law only encourages local public bodies to use eVA for such submissions. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. Virginia Public Procurement Act; local public bodies; electronic submissions of bids or proposals.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick A. Hope
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0438) on 04/04/2024
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Disposal of unclaimed property in possession of sheriff or police; notice of public display and sale [HB-293]
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[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
Disposal of unclaimed property in possession of sheriff or police; notice of public display and sale. Allows a law-enforcement agency to publish the required notice that there will be a public display and sale of certain unclaimed personal property that has been in the possession of such law-enforcement agency and remained unclaimed for more than 60 days on the law-enforcement agency's official website or any related social media platforms once a week for two successive weeks. Under current law, such notice may only be published in a newspaper of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason S. Ballard
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Regional gas tax; allocating revenues from tax to certain localities for improving secondary roads. [HB-305]
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[Taxes ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Regional gas tax revenues. Provides that in allocating revenues from the regional fuels tax in localities not a part of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission, the Interstate 81 Corridor, or the Central Virginia Transportation Authority, the Commonwealth Transportation Board shall seek to award 50 percent of the revenues generated in each construction district for projects improving or maintaining secondary roads.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason S. Ballard
Stricken From Docket By Transportation (20-y 0-n) on 01/25/2024
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Proper maintenance of property; adds violation of one or more local ordinances to existing prov. [HB-301]
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[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
Local enforcement of property maintenance. Adds the violation of one or more local ordinances related to the proper maintenance of property to existing provisions that allow a locality to require a property owner to remove, repair, or secure a building, wall, or other structure that might endanger the public health or safety of other residents of such locality as a reason for requiring such maintenance. The bill also allows the locality through its own agents or employees to take such actions after proper notice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason S. Ballard
Failed To Report (defeated) In Counties, Cities And Towns (10-y 12-n) on 02/02/2024