Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Conservatorship; Judicial Council of Virginia to convene work group to study. [HB-512]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Judicial Council of Virginia; work group to study conservatorship; report. Directs the Judicial Council of Virginia to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to study issues relating to conservatorship in the Commonwealth and to develop recommendations for a best practices model. The bill requires the work group to submit its findings and recommendations by November 1, 2024, to the Chairmen of the House Committee for Courts of Justice and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsored by: Rep. Laura Jane Cohen
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/07/2024
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Home Visiting Program; established, report. [HB-537]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Home Visiting Program established; report. Establishes the Home Visiting Program within the Department of Social Services to support pregnant people and parents with young children who face greater risks and barriers to achieving positive maternal and child health outcomes. The bill directs the Department to operate in accordance with the Virginia Plan for Home Visiting established by Early Impact Virginia, a consortium of government and private entities. The purpose of the Program is to (i) promote the health and well-being of pregnant people and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Shelly Simonds
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Students with disabilities; SCHEV to study process used to determine eligibility for accommodations. [HB-509]
[Education ]
[Disabilities ]
[Student Loans ]
[Children and Youth ]
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; policies for establishing eligibility for accommodations; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with representatives of public institutions of higher education, disability advocacy organizations, students enrolled at public institutions of higher education, higher education disability accommodation professionals, and a subject matter expert, to (i) study the processes by which each public institution of higher education
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0444) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Skilled nursing, long-term care, and community care facilities; JLARC to study capacity & condition. [HJR-22]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
Study; JLARC; skilled nursing, long-term care, and community care facilities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the capacity and condition of skilled nursing, long-term care, and community care facilities within the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Walker
Continued To 2025 With Substitute In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; SCHEV to study guaranteed first-year admission policy. [HJR-21]
[Education ]
Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth; guaranteed first-year admission; report. Requests the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to study the feasibility of implementing a guaranteed first-year admission policy at each public institution of higher education for certain high school graduates in the Commonwealth and report its findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Study; State Council of Higher
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcus Simon
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Large animal veterinarians; Board of Veterinary Medicine, et al., to study shortage. [SJR-15]
[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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Sponsored by: Sen. Suhas Subramanyam
Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj15er) on 03/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Pharmaceutical Services, Office of; establishes in Department of General Services, report. [SB-122]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Department of General Services; Office of Pharmaceutical Services; report. Establishes in the Department of General Services an Office of Pharmaceutical Services to develop and execute a plan to consolidate state agency prescription drug purchasing and pharmacy benefit management programs to increase efficiency in prescription drug purchasing and constrain spending on prescription drugs. The bill directs the Department to provide to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim report on the development of the plan by November 1, 2024, and a
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Sponsored by: Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (13-y 1-n) on 02/12/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Health Insurance Reform Commission; assessment of certain legislation, report. [SB-132]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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: Sen. Chris Head
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0036) on 03/08/2024
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Public school teachers; licensure requirements, issuance of a one-year local eligibility license. [SB-142]
[Education ]
Public school teachers; licensure requirements; one-year local eligibility license; alternate routes and flexibility. Requires the Board of Education to include in its teacher licensure regulations provisions authorizing each school board, upon recommendation of the division superintendent or the school board and in accordance with the criteria set forth in the bill, to issue a one-year, nonrenewable local eligibility license that is only valid within the issuing school division to any individual who (i) received a baccalaureate degree from a regionally
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0845) on 05/17/2024
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Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; created, penalty, report. [SB-140]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team established; penalty; report. Establishes the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team to develop and implement procedures to ensure that fetal and infant deaths occurring in the Commonwealth are analyzed in a systematic way. The bill requires the Team to compile triennial statistical data regarding fetal and infant deaths and to make such data available to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Department of Health. The bill provides that information and records obtained or created by the Team and portions
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 02/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Early childhood care and education system; need- and demand-based funding. [HB-419]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Early childhood care and education system; need-based and demand-based funding. Requires, for the purpose of addressing family demand and preferences for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education services, state general funds to be provided to support the provision of services to families for early childhood care and education, as specified in the general appropriation act. The bill requires the Department of Education to report each year by November 15 on the projected general funds needed for the upcoming two fiscal years based
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0722) on 04/08/2024
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Commonwealth Trespass Towing Rate-Setting Advisory Panel; established. [HB-421]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Towing fees; Commonwealth Trespass Towing Rate-Setting Advisory Panel established. Creates the Commonwealth Trespass Towing Rate-Setting Advisory Panel to advise the General Assembly and the Governor on statewide trespass towing fees and related ancillary fees. The bill increases from $150 to $190 the maximum statewide hookup and initial towing fee of any passenger car, from $30 to $65 the maximum ancillary fee for towing a vehicle between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., and from $30 to $35 the maximum ancillary fee for towing a vehicle on a Saturday,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Left In Transportation on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Decreasing probation period; establishes criteria for mandatory reduction. [HB-457]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
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: Rep. Jackie Glass
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Capital murder; authorizes death penalty. [HB-394]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Capital murder; death penalty. Authorizes punishment by death for capital murder. The bill also provides that the Supreme Court of Virginia shall give priority to the review of cases in which the sentence of death has been imposed over other cases pending in the Court, and that the provisions of the bill are severable.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Griffin
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
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Virginia Minority Business Commission; established, membership, report, sunset date. [HB-374]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
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, 2028. 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0527) on 04/05/2024
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Sexual misconduct policies; SCHEV to convene task force on combating violence, civil penalty. [HB-369]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Institutions of higher education; sexual misconduct policies; civil penalty. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to appoint and convene a task force on combating sexual violence for the purpose of developing a base sexual misconduct campus climate survey to be distributed to institutions of higher education no less than annually. The bill defines "institution of higher education" as any public institution of higher education or any private institution of higher education. The bill permits each institution of higher education
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Helmer
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Parking Lot Solar Development Pilot Program and Fund; established, report. [HB-367]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Parking Lot Solar Development Program and Fund; report. Directs Parking Lot Solar Development Program and Fund; report. Directs the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, to establish by January 1, 2025, a Parking Lot Solar Development Program for the purpose of encouraging development of distributed parking lot solar projects up to one megawatt in size in the Commonwealth. The bill also creates the Parking Lot Solar Development Fund for the purposes of (i) funding solar renewable energy credit values
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Sponsored by: Rep. Shelly Simonds
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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Uniform Statewide Building Code; Board of HCD to convene advisory group to evaluate. [HB-368]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Board of Housing and Community Development; stakeholder advisory group; report. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development (the Board) to convene a stakeholder advisory group including fire code officials to evaluate and recommend revisions to the Uniform Statewide Building Code to permit Group R-2 occupancies to be served by a single exit, provided that the building has not more than six stories above grade plane. The bill requires the stakeholder advisory group to submit its findings and recommendations to the Board and to the Chairmen
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0384) on 04/04/2024
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Regional workforce development and child care initiative; implementation in Southwest Va. [HB-365]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Community Development ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Science ]
[Economic Development ]
Department of Education and Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; work group; regional workforce development and child care initiative in Southwest Virginia; report. Requires the Department of Education and the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to jointly establish and appoint such members as such departments deem appropriate to a work group to monitor the implementation of the regional workforce development and child care initiative being implemented by the United Way of Southwest Virginia, the Wellspring Foundation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Helmer
Left In Rules on 02/13/2024
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Tidal and nontidal wetlands; DEQ to establish work group to develop strategies to protect, report. [HB-357]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
Department of Environmental Quality; protection of existing tidal and nontidal wetlands; wetland restoration and creation; work group; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to establish a work group to develop (i) strategies for protecting the existing tidal and nontidal wetlands of the Commonwealth and (ii) plans for wetland restoration and creation to address losses and adverse impacts from human activities and climate change. The bill specifies that such work group shall include certain relevant stakeholders and will focus on
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Bulova
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024