Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia First Manufacturing Incentive Program; Manufacturing Development Commission to create. [SB-302]
Virginia First Manufacturing Incentive Program. Directs the Manufacturing Development Commission (the Commission) to develop a budget and business plan to establish a Virginia First Manufacturing Incentive Program (the Program). The bill provides that the business plan shall identify existing manufacturers in the Commonwealth that are potential candidates for reshoring, near-shoring, or in-shoring manufacturing jobs and capital investments. The bill directs that the Program focus on expanding and recruiting manufacturing operations that produce
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Early childhood care and education; comprehensive review of certain findings and recommendations. [HB-535]
Division of Early Childhood Care and Education; Department of Education; comprehensive review of certain findings and recommendations relating to the quality of early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth; report. Requires the Division of Early Childhood Care and Education of the Department of Education, in consultation with the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and such other stakeholders as it deems appropriate, to (i) conduct a comprehensive review of the findings and recommendations contained in the 2017 report of the Joint Legislative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Education on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Roadway & pedestrian improvements in Gainesville; VDOT to study implementation in Prince Wm. County. [SJR-19]
Study; Department of Transportation; roadway and pedestrian improvements in Gainesville; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of implementing certain roadway and pedestrian improvements in Gainesville in Prince William County, particularly along Somerset Crossing Drive.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
JLARC; Department of Human Resource Management's Grievance Procedure Manual, report. [HB-1537]
JLARC; Department of Human Resource Management; Grievance Procedure Manual; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to conduct a review of the Department of Human Resource Management's Grievance Procedure Manual as it relates to the Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice. The bill requires that JLARC evaluate the effectiveness of such procedures and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology and the House Committee on General
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Sponsored by: Rep. Shelly Simonds
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Trauma-informed training and education; work group to study. [HB-1492]
Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia; work group to study trauma-informed training and education; report. Directs the Office of the Executive Secretary to convene a work group to make recommendations on the development, adoption, and implementation of trauma-informed training and education for judges, magistrates, and court personnel. The bill requires the work group to submit its recommendations by December 1, 2024, to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Convirs-Fowler
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Comprehensive community colleges; funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs. [HJR-29]
Study; Board of Workforce Development; adequacy of the funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs; work group; report. Requests the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to study the current funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs offered at comprehensive community colleges in order to identify areas of inadequacy and make recommendations on options for reforming the funding model to address those inadequacies and improve the sustainability of offering and providing noncredit workforce credential programs to ensure
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Sponsored by: Rep. Shelly Simonds
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. [SB-418]
Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. Establishes the Virginia Museum of Transportation as a public entity and educational institution under the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Museum is governed by a 15-member board of trustees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; guidance to small businesses. [HB-897]
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; guidance to small businesses; identification of enforcement actions; work group; report. Requires the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to develop and provide guidance to businesses with newly approved permits and established businesses regarding responsibilities and requirements for maintaining such business that includes information identifying any regularly occurring required report to a state agency and any associated fees, penalties, or waivers. The bill requires each state
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Sponsored by: Rep. William Green
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team; created, penalty, report. [SB-140]
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
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Substantial risk orders; recommendations for issuance. [HB-927]
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Resources; work group; report. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to study and make recommendations on procedures for requiring health care providers or facilities to report to a law-enforcement officer in order to initiate procedures for the issuance of a substantial risk order. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor
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Sponsored by: Rep. Irene Shin
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
State park; DCR to study feasibility of establishing in Washington County. [HJR-82]
Study; Department of Conservation and Recreation; state park in Washington County; report. Requests the Department of Conservation and Recreation to study the feasibility of establishing a state park in Washington County at the Mendota Trail and Abrams Falls located within the Holston River Watersheds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Drugs; JLARC to study scope and cost of penalizing possession as a felony. [SJR-26]
Study; JLARC; scope and cost of penalizing possession of drugs as a felony. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the scope and cost of the current laws in the Commonwealth penalizing possession of drugs as a felony.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stella Pekarsky
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Pharmaceutical Services, Office of; establishes in Department of General Services, report. [HB-1348]
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: Rep. Destiny LeVere Bolling
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Emergency medical services personnel; career fatigue and wellness program, report. [HB-1259]
Department of Health; emergency medical services personnel; career fatigue and wellness program; report. Directs the Department of Health to convene a work group to study the viability of establishing or contracting for a professional program for emergency medical services personnel, both professional and volunteer, that addresses career fatigue and wellness, including the costs of such program and recommendations for funding. The bill requires the Department to report its findings to the Governor and relevant committees of the General Assembly
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Sponsored by: Rep. Irene Shin
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Clean energy; Dept. of Energy to study barriers for local governments to purchase. [HJR-36]
Study; Department of Energy; local governments; purchases of clean energy; report. Requests the Department of Energy to study the barriers for local governments to directly purchase clean energy or to facilitate the purchase of clean energy by their constituents. In conducting its study, the Department shall consider existing ways for local governments to purchase clean energy and promote access to clean energy for their constituents, evaluate barriers and develop recommendations relating to reducing such barriers for local governments to purchase
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Sponsored by: Rep. Briana Sewell
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Behavioral health and nursing; revision of policies that hinder, etc., health care workforce. [HB-1293]
Behavioral health; nursing; work group; report. Directs the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority to convene a work group to identify and propose revisions to current regulations and policies that hinder the development, retention, and productivity of the health care workforce in behavioral health and nursing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Skilled nursing, long-term care, and community care facilities; JLARC to study capacity & condition. [HJR-22]
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
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Commonwealth Comprehensive Gun Safety Program; established, etc. [HB-270]
Sale, transfer, etc., of certain firearms and firearm magazines; Virginia Firearm Buy-Back Program and Fund established; penalties. Provides that, unless otherwise prohibited by law, any person may import, sell, transfer, manufacture, or purchase an authorized rifle, defined in the bill, in accordance with the relevant provisions of law. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, or purchase a restricted rifle or large-capacity firearm magazine, both defined in the bill, with certain exceptions. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Reid
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Atlantic menhaden; VIMS, et al., to study ecology, fishery impacts, and economic importance. [HB-19]
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Marine Resources Commission; study of ecology, fishery impacts, and economic importance of Atlantic menhaden; report. Directs the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in collaboration with the Marine Resources Commission and certain stakeholders, as provided in the bill, to conduct a three-year study of the ecology, fishery impacts, and economic importance of the Atlantic menhaden population in the waters of the Commonwealth. The bill requires VIMS to provide a report on its findings and recommendations
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Conservatorship; Judicial Council of Virginia to convene work group to study. [HB-512]
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
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024