Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Unpaved secondary highway funds; improvements, enhanced maintenances, report. [HB-1233]
Unpaved secondary highway funds; improvements; report. Provides that improvements to nonsurface treated secondary highways may, at the discretion of the locality, include changes other than paving, including enhanced maintenance and capital improvements to such highway. The bill directs the Department of Transportation to review and consider methods of improving unpaved secondary highways other than paving such highways and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation by November 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Geary Higgins
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Certified registered nurse anesthetists; supervision during an operation or procedure. [SB-33]
Supervision of certified registered nurse anesthetists; work group; report. Clarifies that supervision of a certified registered nurse anesthetist requires that a licensed doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or dentistry is present during an operation or procedure or is immediately available to respond and provide patient care as needed. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, in collaboration with the Board of Medicine, Board of Nursing, and Department of Health Professions, to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Left In Health And Human Services on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Dulles Toll Road & Dulles Greenway; DOT to review tolls, fines, and penalties. [HB-923]
Department of Transportation; Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Greenway; report. Directs the Department of Transportation to review the tolls, fines, and penalties assessed on the Dulles Toll Road and the Dulles Greenway.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kannan Srinivasan
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Dillon Rule; joint subcommittee to study. [HJR-24]
Study; joint subcommittee; Dillon Rule; report. Creates a 13-member joint subcommittee for a one-year study of the Dillon Rule and its impact on Virginia's localities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Helmer
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Secretariat of Rural Affairs; JLARC to study need for and feasibility of creating position. [SJR-21]
Study; JLARC; creation of Secretariat of Rural Affairs; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the need for and feasibility of creating a Secretariat of Rural Affairs in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Higher ed. institutions, baccalaureate public; SCHEV to study $10,000 tuition per year degree. [HJR-61]
Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; $10,000 per year baccalaureate degree; report. Requests that the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (i) study the feasibility of implementing the option for students to pay $10,000 annually for tuition and mandatory fees to earn a degree at a baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth by surveying each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to determine the likely impact of such an option on enrollment, revenue, costs, services, staffing,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Runion
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Synthetic media; use in furtherance of crimes involving fraud, etc., report. [HB-697]
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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Sponsored by: Rep. Nadarius Clark
Left In Courts Of Justice on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Public drinking water; Commissioner of Health's work group to study occurrence of microplastics. [HB-33]
Commissioner of Health; work group to study the occurrence of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water; report. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group to study the occurrence of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water and develop recommendations for the reduction of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Income tax, state; contributions to Virginia College Savings Plan accounts, report. [HB-240]
Income tax; contributions to Virginia College Savings Plan accounts; report. Increases the maximum individual income tax deduction for amounts paid or contributed to a prepaid tuition contract or college savings trust account entered into with the Virginia College Savings Plan from $4,000 to $7,500 in taxable year 2024, $11,000 in taxable year 2025, and $15,000 for taxable year 2026 and thereafter. Such amount shall be adjusted for changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) beginning in taxable year 2024. The deduction
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Highway use fee; DMV to convene work group to determine tiered flat rate system, report. [SB-226]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Travis Hackworth
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Public schools; Jt. Com. on Health Care to study impact of cell phone possession & use on students. [HJR-34]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; impacts of cell phone possession and use on students in public schools; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the impacts of cell phone possession and use in public schools on student learning outcomes, including the quality of learning and the ability of students to retain and recall information, student attention and focus, and student mental and behavioral health.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle Lopes-Maldonado
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures, Task Force on. [HB-286]
Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures; report. Directs the State Health Commissioner to reestablish the Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures for the purpose of evaluating maternal health data collection processes to guide policies in the Commonwealth to improve maternal care, quality, and outcomes for all birthing people in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Task Force to report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 of each year regarding its activities. This bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Breakthrough Therapies for Veteran Suicide Prevention, Advisory Council on; placement of Council. [SB-229]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Fair school funding reform; joint committee of various House and Senate committees to study. [HJR-67]
Study; joint committee of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health to study fair school funding reform; report. Establishes a joint committee consisting of five members of the House Committee on Education and three members of the Senate Committee on Education and Health to study fair school funding reform by, among other things, utilizing the recommendations from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission in its July 2023 report, "Virginia's K-12 Funding Formula," and any stakeholder input and feedback
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Firefighters and emergency medical services personnel; recruitment and professional development. [HB-1049]
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; work group to study recruitment and professional development of firefighters and emergency medical services personnel; report. Requires the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, to convene a work group to (i) study the recruitment and professional development of firefighters and emergency medical services personnel, (ii) make recommendations to ensure the uniformity of training for firefighters and emergency medical services
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Sponsored by: Rep. Amanda Batten
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Mattress stewardship program; established, report, civil penalty. [HB-745]
Mattress stewardship program established; civil penalty. Prohibits the disposal of a mattress, as defined in the bill, in a landfill or an incinerator beginning January 1, 2028, and requires producers of mattresses sold at retail in the Commonwealth or a representative organization acting on a producer's behalf to submit a plan for the establishment of a mattress stewardship program. Such mattress stewardship program plan shall establish an assessment for all mattresses sold in the Commonwealth and a network of convenient and free collection sites
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Highway Corporation Act of 1988; quarterly reports. [HB-915]
Highway Corporation Act of 1988; reports. Requires a roadway operator under the Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to quarterly file with the State Corporation Commission, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation a complete financial report and provide any additional current and historical financial information as requested by any of the same such entities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kannan Srinivasan
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Unaccompanied minor housing program; DSS & DHCD to study implementation of program. [HB-587]
Study; Department of Social Services; Department of Housing and Community Development; unaccompanied minor housing program; report. Directs the Department of Social Services and the Department of Housing and Community Development to convene a work group to study the implementation of an unaccompanied minor housing program. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the relevant committees of the General Assembly no later than December 1, 2024.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, public; SCHEV to study guaranteed first-year admission policy. [HJR-21]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Veterans' Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program; created, report. [SB-113]
Department of Veterans Services; Veteran's Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program. Creates, within the Department of Veterans Services, the Veteran's Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program (the Program) through which the Department shall collaborate with Virginia Commonwealth University to recruit veterans to participate in undergraduate-level and graduate-level cohorts to assist such veterans in pursuing educational pathways to employment with the Commonwealth. The Department shall report annually to the General Assembly by November
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024