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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Controlled substances; possession of an item containing residue of a substance, penalty. [HB-455]
Possession of an item containing residue of a controlled substance; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for the offense of possession of an item containing residue of a controlled substance. The bill provides that upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth, a charge for possession of a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II of the Drug Control Act may be reduced to unlawful possession of an item containing residue of a controlled substance. Currently, possession of any amount of such controlled substance is a Class 5 felony.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Katrina Callsen
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Professional counselors; Board of Counseling to recognize NCE as a valid examination for licensure. [HB-426]
Board of Counseling; licensure of professional counselors without examination. Directs the Board of Counseling to recognize the National Counselor Examination as a valid examination for licensure as a professional counselor in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Board of Counseling; licensure of professional counselors without examination. Directs the Board of Counseling to recognize the National Counselor Examination as a valid examination for licensure as a professional counselor in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Cole
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0443) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Advance directive; revocation of directive upon filing of divorce or annulment of marriage, etc. [HB-436]
Revocation of advance directive; divorce or annulment; custody or visitation. Provides that the authority of an agent to make health care decisions pursuant to an advance directive shall be revoked upon the filing of either (i) an action for the divorce or annulment of the marriage between the declarant of such advance directive and the agent or (ii) a petition for custody or visitation of a child or children born of such declarant and such agent. The provisions of the bill apply to advance directives executed on or after July 1, 2024. Revocation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jonathan Arnold
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0081) on 03/14/2024
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Modify agency reporting requirements on licensure, certification, job placements, and the labor market. [HB-1058]
Modify agency reporting requirements on licensure, certification, job placements, and the labor market.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Signed By The Governor On February 13, 2024 H.j. 314 on 02/13/2024
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Create uniform procedures for consideration of criminal histories and convictions in professional or occupational licensure. [SB-57]
Create uniform procedures for consideration of criminal histories and convictions in professional or occupational licensure.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Signed By The Governor On February 12, 2024 S.j. 292 on 02/12/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
PA Licensure Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to Compact. [HB-324]
PA Licensure Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the PA Licensure Compact. The Compact permits eligible physician assistants to practice in Compact-participating states, provided that they are licensed in at least one participating state. The Compact has been passed in three states and takes effect when it is enacted by a seventh participating state or upon the effective date of the bill, whichever is later. PA Licensure Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the PA Licensure Compact. The Compact permits eligible
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Glass
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0439) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Naloxone or other opioid antagonists; possession by state agencies, guidelines for private employer. [HB-342]
Naloxone or other opioid antagonists; possession and administration by state agencies. Requires state agencies to possess naloxone or other opioid antagonists used for overdose reversal to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose and permits employees of any state agency to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists. The bill also directs the Department of Health to post on its website informational resources relating to the use of naloxone and other opioid antagonists
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0440) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Interstate Massage Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to Compact. [HB-323]
Interstate Massage Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Interstate Massage Compact. The Compact allows massage therapists who (i) possess an active, unencumbered license in the compact member state in which they reside; (ii) have completed at least 625 hours of massage therapy education; (iii) have passed the national licensing examination; and (iv) have no disqualifying criminal history to be granted a multistate license that authorizes them to practice in all compact member states. The Compact takes effect when it is enacted
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Glass
Continued To 2025 In Health And Human Services By Voice Vote on 02/08/2024
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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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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Attorney fees; judgments, compensation, or monetary awards related to veterans. [HB-272]
Attorney fees; judgments, compensation, or monetary awards related to veterans. Prohibits an attorney from charging, demanding, receiving, or collecting for services rendered fees in excess of 10 percent of any judgment, compensation, or monetary award granted to a veteran or the family member of a veteran, or the legal representative of such individual, related to the veteran's service in the Armed Forces of the United States or the Virginia National Guard, including any judgment, compensation, or monetary award granted pursuant to the Camp Lejeune
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Reid
Stricken From Docket By Courts Of Justice (22-y 0-n) on 01/19/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Drug manufacturers; permitting and registration, certain conditions related to 340B-covered drugs. [SB-119]
Drug manufacturers; permitting and registration; certain conditions related to 340B-covered drugs. Requires a drug manufacturer, as a condition of obtaining a permit or as a condition of registration or renewal of registration, to certify that it does not limit the number of contract pharmacies or covered entities, as defined in relevant law, to which it ships 340B-covered drugs and that it does not impose requirements, exclusions, reimbursement terms, or other conditions on a contract pharmacy or covered entity that differ from those applied to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Compact. [HB-225]
Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. The Compact increases public access to dental services by permitting eligible licensed dentists and dental hygienists to practice in Compact participating states, provided that they are licensed in at least one participating state. The Compact has been passed in three states and takes effect when it is enacted by a seventh participating state or upon the effective date of the bill, whichever is later.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Sickles
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 101 (effective - See Bill) on 03/20/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Hysterectomies and oophorectomies; DHP shall review informed consent requirements. [HB-217]
Physicians; informed consent; disclosure of certain information prior to hysterectomy or oophorectomy. Requires physicians to obtain informed consent from a patient prior to performing a hysterectomy or oophorectomy. Prior to obtaining informed consent, physicians must inform the patient of the patient's freedom to withhold or withdraw consent, refer the patient to the Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS) Foundation, and provide the patient with anatomical diagrams relevant to the procedure. The bill allows physicians to forgo
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Left In Health And Human Services on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Electronic execution of estate planning documents; codifies Uniform Electronic Wills Act. [HB-210]
Electronic execution of estate planning documents; Uniform Electronic Wills Act. Permits trusts, advance medical directives, and refusals to make anatomical gifts to be signed and notarized, as appropriate, by electronic means. The bill also codifies the Uniform Electronic Wills Act, which permits a testator to execute a will by electronic means. The Act requires that the will be signed by two witnesses who are in the physical or electronic presence of the testator and acknowledged by the testator and attesting witnesses in the physical or electronic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Fernando Martinez
Defeated By Senate (19-y 20-n) on 02/27/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedules I, II, IV, and V of Act. [SB-111]
Drug Control Act; Schedule I; Schedule II; Schedule IV; Schedule V. Adds certain chemicals to Schedules I, II, IV, and V of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Peake
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0228) on 03/28/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Common interest communities; residents providing certain services exemption. [HB-214]
Common interest communities; residents providing certain services exemption. Provides that a resident of a common interest community association who provides bookkeeping, billing, or recordkeeping services for such community for compensation shall be presumed to be an independent contractor. The bill also exempts common interest community associations from the definition of "employer" where a resident provides such services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0839) on 05/17/2024
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Establish a criminal background check requirement for licensure as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant. [SB-40]
Establish a criminal background check requirement for licensure as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Signed By The Governor On February 21, 2024 S.j. 370 on 02/21/2024
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Amend requirements for cosmetology apprenticeships. [HB-1054]
Amend requirements for cosmetology apprenticeships.
Sponsored by: Rep. Al Novstrup
Scheduled For Hearing on 01/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Advance Health Care Planning Registry; amendment of regulations. [HB-188]
Advance Health Care Planning Registry; amendment of regulations. Amends the list of documents that may be submitted to the Advance Health Care Directive Registry to include any other document that supports advance health care planning. The bill also changes the name of the Advance Health Care Directive Registry to the Advance Health Care Planning Registry. The bill directs the Department of Health to amend certain Advance Health Care Planning Registry regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0274) on 04/02/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Decreasing probation period; establishes criteria for mandatory reduction. [SB-80]
Decreasing probation period; criteria for mandatory reduction; report. Establishes criteria for which a defendant's supervised probation period shall be reduced, including completing qualifying educational activities, maintaining verifiable employment, and complying with or completing any state-certified or state-approved mental health or substance abuse treatment program. The bill provides that a court may decrease a defendant's probation period if warranted by the defendant's conduct and in the interests of justice and may do so without a hearing.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024