Land value; DHCD to study tax implications of local governing bodies implementing a tax. [HJR-40]
[Property Tax ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Study; Department of Housing and Community Development; Study; Department of Housing and Community Development; tax implications of implementing a land value tax; report. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to study tax implications of local governing bodies implementing a land value tax.
HJR-40: Land value; DHCD to study tax implications of local governing bodies implementing a tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Irene Shin
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
Environmental Justice Task Force; establishes, report. [HB-1000]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
Environmental Justice Task Force; report. Establishes the Environmental Justice Task Force for the purpose of furthering environmental justice in the Commonwealth, consisting of the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Secretary of Transportation, or their designees. The bill requires the Task Force to advise the Governor and state agencies of the Commonwealth on environmental justice issues, particularly as
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Large animal veterinarians; Board of Veterinary Medicine, et al., to study shortage. [HJR-43]
[Animals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Study; Board of Veterinary Medicine; shortage of large animal veterinarians; report. Directs the Board of Veterinary Medicine, in consultation with the State Veterinarian, to complete a two-year study of the shortage of large animal veterinarians, with technical assistance provided by relevant stakeholders, including a member of the House of Delegates and a member of the Senate of Virginia, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules, respectively. Study; Board of Veterinary Medicine; shortage of large
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HJR-43: Large animal veterinarians; Board of Veterinary Medicine, et al., to study shortage.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj43er) on 03/05/2024
Cannabis control; establishes a framework for creation of a retail marijuana market, penalties. [HB-698]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all marijuana licenses on September 1, 2024, but provides that no retail sales may occur prior to May 1, 2025.
HB-698: Cannabis control; establishes a framework for creation of a retail marijuana market, penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
Synthetic media; use in furtherance of crimes involving fraud, etc., report. [HB-697]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Synthetic media; penalty. Expands the applicability of provisions related to defamation, slander, and libel to include synthetic media, defined in the bill. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to use any synthetic media for the purpose of committing any criminal offense involving fraud, constituting a separate and distinct offense with punishment separate and apart from any punishment received for the commission of the primary criminal offense. The bill also authorizes the individual depicted in the synthetic media to bring a
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HB-697: Synthetic media; use in furtherance of crimes involving fraud, etc., report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nadarius Clark
Continued To 2025 In Courts Of Justice (11-y 2-n) on 02/19/2024
Elections; allows for any local or constitutional office to be conducted by ranked choice voting. [HB-658]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices; report. Allows elections for any local or constitutional office to be conducted by ranked choice voting. Under current law, only elections of members of a county board of supervisors or a city council are allowed to be conducted by ranked choice voting. The bill also clarifies requirements for conducting elections using ranked choice voting and requires results for elections conducted by ranked choice voting to be reported along with other results reported on election
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HB-658: Elections; allows for any local or constitutional office to be conducted by ranked choice voting.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joshua Cole
Continued To 2025 In Privileges And Elections By Voice Vote on 01/26/2024
Investor-owned electric utilities; SCC to study performance-based regulatory tools. [HJR-30]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
Study; State Corporation Commission; electric utilities; performance-based regulatory tools; competitive service providers; report. Requests the State Corporation Commission, in consultation with the Department of Energy, to study performance-based regulatory tools for investor-owned electric utilities and the impact of competitive service providers in the Commonwealth. Study; State Corporation Commission; electric utilities; performance-based regulatory tools; competitive service providers; report. Requests the State Corporation Commission, in
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HJR-30: Investor-owned electric utilities; SCC to study performance-based regulatory tools.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Failed To Pass In House on 03/06/2024
Temporary detention; certified evaluators, report. [HB-608]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Temporary detention; certified evaluators; report. Authorizes hospitals with a psychiatric emergency department to employ certain trained individuals to perform evaluations to determine whether a person meets the criteria for temporary detention for behavioral health treatment. The bill defines psychiatric emergency department as an emergency department of a hospital licensed by the Department of Health that is physically attached to a hospital with adult and adolescent inpatient psychiatric beds and adult detoxification beds licensed by the Department
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PFAS Expert Advisory Committee; established, monitoring sources. [SB-243]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
Department of Environmental Quality; Department of Health; PFAS; identification; monitoring; PFAS Expert Advisory Council established; report. Requires, for every public water system, as defined in the bill, the Department of Health (VDH) to assist the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) by transferring to the Department quarterly all validated monitoring results available to VDH that indicate PFAS maximum containment level, as defined in the bill, exceedances. In such circumstances, the bill provides that the Department is required
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Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention, Advisory Council on; placement of Council. [SB-229]
[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Health Commissioner; work group; recommendations on Advisory Council on Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention. Directs the State Health Commissioner to establish a work group to examine the feasibility of and make recommendations for the placement and infrastructure of an Advisory Council on Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention. Health Commissioner; work group; recommendations on Advisory Council on Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention. Directs the State Health Commissioner to establish a work group
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SB-229: Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention, Advisory Council on; placement of Council.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/23/2024
Insurance; annual actual loss ratio report by dental carriers. [SB-257]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Insurance; dental carriers; annual report. Requires each dental carrier, beginning in 2025, to annually, on or before April 30, file with the State Corporation Commission a report that includes the actual loss ratio, defined in the bill, for the preceding calendar year and any such other information as the Commission may require. The bill requires the Commission to post such reports on its website. The bill requires the Bureau of Insurance to evaluate the effectiveness of informing the public on the information being reported and to make recommendations,
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SB-257: Insurance; annual actual loss ratio report by dental carriers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0345) on 04/02/2024
Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches. [SB-300]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Data Privacy ]
Voter registration; list maintenance activities; cancellation procedures; required record matches; required identification information; data standards. Requires certain, specified identification information to be included on the lists received by the Department of Elections for list maintenance purposes and requires the Department, upon receiving any such list, to do an initial comparison of the information included on such list with the list of registered voters and determine the confidence score for any match. Matches with a confidence score of
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SB-300: Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches.
Sponsored by: Sen. Aaron Rouse
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP. [SB-220]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Special education and related services. Makes several changes relating to special education and related services for children with disabilities in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth, including requiring (i) the Department of Education to (a) develop, establish, review and update as necessary at least once every five years, and make available to each local school board an IEP writing, facilitation, tracking, and transfer system to be referred to as the Virginia IEP that includes, at a minimum, an IEP template component and
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SB-220: Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0502) on 04/04/2024
Violence prevention services benefits; DMAS to investigate programs in other states. [SB-311]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Board of Medical Assistance Services; investigate violence prevention services benefit programs. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) to (i) investigate violence prevention services benefits in other states, including evidence-based, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive preventative services provided to reduce the incidence of violent injury or reinjury, trauma, and related harms and to promote trauma recovery, stabilization, and improved health outcomes; (ii) evaluate best practices for the establishment and application
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SB-311: Violence prevention services benefits; DMAS to investigate programs in other states.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Tabled In Appropriations (22-y 0-n) on 02/28/2024
Phase I and Phase II Utilities; SCC to study feasibility of an energy upgrade program. [SB-276]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Energy upgrade programs; Phase I and Phase II Utilities; State Corporation Commission to study feasibility; work group; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to convene a work group to study the feasibility of the implementation of an energy upgrade program for eligible customers opting to participate by each Phase I and Phase II Utility, which program would permit such utility to (i) install one or more energy projects, as defined in the bill, at a participant's location and (ii) collect a special rate, as defined in the bill, to repay
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SB-276: Phase I and Phase II Utilities; SCC to study feasibility of an energy upgrade program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ghazala Hashmi
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
Highway use fee; DMV to convene work group to determine tiered flat rate system, report. [SB-226]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Taxes ]
Department of Motor Vehicles; highway use fee; tiered flat rate system; work group; report. Directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to convene a work group to determine the feasibility of implementing a tiered flat rate system to accurately determine the correct amount of highway use fee to be charged at the point of sale of a motor vehicle. The bill directs the work group to complete its work and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate and House Committees on Transportation no later than November 15, 2024.
SB-226: Highway use fee; DMV to convene work group to determine tiered flat rate system, report.
Sponsored by: Sen. Travis Hackworth
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/28/2024
Shared solar programs; SCC to establish by regulation, etc. [SB-255]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Shared solar programs; American Electric Power; minimum bill; capacity. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation a shared solar program, as defined in the bill, through which customers of American Electric Power may purchase electric power through a subscription in a shared solar facility, as defined in the bill. The bill requires the Commission to establish a minimum bill, which shall include the costs of all utility infrastructure and services used to provide electric service and administrative costs of the shared solar
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SB-255: Shared solar programs; SCC to establish by regulation, etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0765) on 04/08/2024
Va. Public Procurement Act; preference for goods produced in Virginia, U.S., & Va. resident bidders. [SB-260]
[Trade ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; Virginia resident preference. Provides preference as it relates to procurement for a bidder who is a resident of Virginia and then a bidder whose goods are produced in the United States. For the procurement of goods by manufacturers, when the lowest responsive and responsible bidder is not a resident of Virginia and the bid of any Virginia resident is within 10 percent of such bid, the bill gives the lowest responsive and responsible bidder that is a Virginia resident the option to match the price of the lowest responsive
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SB-260: Va. Public Procurement Act; preference for goods produced in Virginia, U.S., & Va. resident bidders.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0782) on 04/17/2024
Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established, drug cost affordability review, report. [SB-274]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prescription Drug Affordability Board established; drug cost affordability review. Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products. The bill requires the Board to meet in open session at least four times annually, with certain exceptions and requirements enumerated in the bill. Members of the Board are required to disclose any conflicts of interest, as described in the bill. The
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SB-274: Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established, drug cost affordability review, report.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
Contractors, Board for; required regulations and disclosures. [SB-313]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Board for Contractors; required regulations and disclosures. Board for Contractors; required regulations and disclosures. Requires the Board for Contractors to adopt regulations requiring all Class A, B, and C residential contractors, excluding subcontractors to the contracting parties and those who engage in routine maintenance or service contracts, to use legible written contracts that include certain terms and conditions. The bill directs the Board to require a statement of protections be provided by the contractor to the homeowner, consumer,
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SB-313: Contractors, Board for; required regulations and disclosures.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024