Pretrial data collection; VCSC to collect and disseminate on an annual basis. [SB-1391]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Pretrial data collection. Requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to collect and disseminate, on an annual basis, statewide and locality-level data related to adults charged with criminal offenses punishable by confinement in jail or a term of imprisonment. The bill provides that any personal or case identifying information within the data shall not be subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and shall not be made publicly available. The bill does not require that the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission submit such annual
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SB-1391: Pretrial data collection; VCSC to collect and disseminate on an annual basis.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0112) on 03/12/2021
Coal tax credits; sunset date. [HB-1899]
[Taxes ]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Economic Development ]
Sunset of coal tax credits. Sunsets the Coal Employment and Production Incentive Tax Credit and Coalfield Employment Enhancement Tax Credit after tax year 2021 and prohibits the allocation of such credits on and after January 1, 2022. The bill provides that if Coal Employment and Production Incentive tax credits were earned prior to January 1, 2022, the credit holder may claim the credits in subsequent tax years pursuant to the applicable carryover requirements of current law; however, such credit holders would be limited to claiming $1 million
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HB-1899: Coal tax credits; sunset date.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0553) on 04/15/2021
Local cigarette taxes; regional cigarette tax boards. [SB-1326]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Local cigarette taxes; regional cigarette tax boards. States that it is the policy of the Commonwealth, where practical, to encourage local cigarette stamping and tax collection to be accomplished through regional cigarette tax boards, defined in the bill. The bill directs the Department of Taxation to establish a task force to develop methods for modernizing the local cigarette tax collection system and provide assistance as appropriate to localities seeking to form new regional cigarette tax boards. Local cigarette taxes; regional cigarette tax
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SB-1326: Local cigarette taxes; regional cigarette tax boards.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0061) on 03/11/2021
Court of Appeals; expands jurisdiction, increases from 11 to 17 number of judges on Court. [SB-1261]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Court of Appeals; jurisdiction; number of judges. Expands the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals of Virginia by providing for an appeal of right in every civil case and provides that the granting of further appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia shall be within the discretion of the Supreme Court. The bill provides for an appeal of right in criminal cases by a defendant, but leaves unchanged the current requirement that in criminal cases the Commonwealth must petition the Court of Appeals for granting of an appeal. The bill increases from 11
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SB-1261: Court of Appeals; expands jurisdiction, increases from 11 to 17 number of judges on Court.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0489) on 03/31/2021
Criminal justice, behavioral health, & other records; DBHDS to study feasibility of secure database. [HJR-578]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Mental Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
Study; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; database of criminal justice, behavioral health, and other human services records; report. Requests the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish a work group to study the feasibility of developing a secure, de-identified, renewable, and relational database of criminal justice, behavioral health, and other human services records to facilitate development of more effective interventions.
HJR-578: Criminal justice, behavioral health, & other records; DBHDS to study feasibility of secure database.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Agreed To By Senate By Voice Vote on 02/23/2021
Higher educational institutions, public; governing boards, meetings, input, and disclosures. [HB-2120]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Public institutions of higher education; governing boards; meetings, input, and disclosures. Requires the governing board of each public institution of higher education to establish and maintain on the institution's website (i) a listing of all board members, including the name of the Governor who made each appointment and the date of each appointment; (ii) a listing of all committees created by the board and the membership of each committee; (iii) a schedule of all upcoming meetings of the full board and its committees and instructions for the
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Telemedicine; coverage of telehealth services by an insurer, etc. [HB-1987]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
Telemedicine. Requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance to provide for payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring services provided via telemedicine for certain high-risk patients, makes clear that nothing shall preclude health insurance carriers from providing coverage for services delivered through real-time audio-only telephone that are not telemedicine, and clarifies rules around the prescribing of Schedule II through VI drugs via telemedicine, including establishing a practitioner-patient
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HB-1987: Telemedicine; coverage of telehealth services by an insurer, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0301) on 03/24/2021
Invasive plant species; DCR, et al., to study the sale and use of species. [HJR-527]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Food ]
[Water ]
Study; Department of Conservation and Recreation and Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; invasive plant species work group; report. Requests the Department of Conservation and Recreation, jointly with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, to establish a work group to study the sale and use of invasive plant species. The resolution requests that the departments work with several state agencies, conservation nonprofits, plant industry and agriculture groups, local government associations, and other stakeholders
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HJR-527: Invasive plant species; DCR, et al., to study the sale and use of species.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj527er) on 02/18/2021
Assisted living and auxiliary grants; Joint Commission on Health Care to study available data. [SJR-293]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Human Services ]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; assisted living and auxiliary grants; report. Requests the Joint Commission on Health Care to study available data regarding assisted living and auxiliary grants and develop a blueprint for implementing recommendations that will allow the Commonwealth to provide a more realistic system of addressing housing and care needs. Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; assisted living and auxiliary grants; report. Requests the Joint Commission on Health Care to study available data regarding assisted living and
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SJR-293: Assisted living and auxiliary grants; Joint Commission on Health Care to study available data.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lionell Spruill
Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj293er) on 02/24/2021
Data centers; sales and use tax exemption, clarifies "distressed locality," report. [HB-2273]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Sales and use tax exemption for data centers. Reduces the job creation requirement to qualify for the sales and use tax exemption for data centers in a distressed locality from 25 to 10 jobs and reduces the required capital investment from $150 million to $70 million for such data centers. The bill also redefines what criteria are used to identify a distressed locality; under the bill, a locality qualifies as distressed if it has an unemployment rate that is greater than the statewide unemployment rate and a poverty rate that exceeds the statewide
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HB-2273: Data centers; sales and use tax exemption, clarifies "distressed locality," report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0367) on 03/25/2021
Trees; replacement and conservation during development, effective clause. [HB-2042]
[Environmental ]
[Agriculture ]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
[Climate Change ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
Replacement and conservation of trees during development; work group. Gives a locality the ability to exceed general requirements in its tree replacement and conservation ordinances in specific circumstances, including development that impacts stormwater permit requirements, recurrent flooding, formerly redlined areas, and comprehensive plan compliance. The bill also directs the Secretary of Natural Resources and Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to convene a stakeholder work group for the purpose of developing and providing recommendations
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HB-2042: Trees; replacement and conservation during development, effective clause.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0089) on 03/12/2021
Licensed certified midwives; clarifies definition, licensure, etc. [SB-1320]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
Licensed certified midwives; licensure; practice. Defines "practice of licensed certified midwifery," directs the Boards of Medicine and Nursing to establish criteria for the licensure and renewal of a license as a certified midwife, and requires licensed certified midwives to practice in consultation with a licensed physician in accordance with a practice agreement. The bill also directs the Department of Health Professions to convene a work group to study the licensure and regulation of certified nurse midwives, certified midwives, and certified
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SB-1320: Licensed certified midwives; clarifies definition, licensure, etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0201) on 03/18/2021
Percentage of Income Payment Program and Fund; DHCD & DSS to adopt rules, etc., for adoption. [HB-2330]
[Energy ]
[Public Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program. Requires the Department of Social Services (the Department), in consultation with, as it deems necessary, the Department of Housing and Community Development, to adopt rules or establish guidelines for the adoption, implementation, and general administration of the Percentage of Income Payment Program (PIPP) and the Percentage of Income Payment Fund (Fund). The bill requires the PIPP to commence no later than one year after the Department publishes such rules or guidelines. The bill establishes
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HB-2330: Percentage of Income Payment Program and Fund; DHCD & DSS to adopt rules, etc., for adoption.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0308) on 03/24/2021
Conservation and Recreation, Department of; leasing of land. [HB-1833]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Recreation ]
Department of Conservation and Recreation; leasing of land. Changes the process by which the Department of Conservation and Recreation may lease certain lands from one that is subject to the consent and approval of the Governor and the General Assembly to one that is subject to the written recommendation of the Department of General Services to the Governor and the written approval of the Governor, and excludes the sale of such land from such process. The bill also authorizes only certain activities for which the Department may lease land and requires
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HB-1833: Conservation and Recreation, Department of; leasing of land.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0400) on 03/30/2021
Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program; established, report. [HB-1925]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Mining ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program; handbook. Establishes the Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program (the Fund and Program). The bill provides that no allocation of funds shall be made to the Fund or Program unless federal funds are available to cover the cost of such allocation. The Fund and Program shall be administered by the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy for the purpose of awarding grants to renewable energy projects that are located on brownfields or previously
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HB-1925: Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program; established, report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0141) on 03/18/2021
Child care providers; background checks, portability. [SB-1316]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Child care providers; background check portability; subsidy pilot program; report. Exempts prospective employees and volunteers of certain child care providers from statutory background check requirements where the individual completed a background check within the previous five years, provided that (i) such background check was conducted after July 1, 2017; (ii) the results of such background check indicated that the individual had not been convicted of any barrier crime and was not the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect;
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SB-1316: Child care providers; background checks, portability.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0251) on 03/18/2021
State parks; DCR to develop recommendations for funding, report. [HB-1804]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Recreation ]
State parks; Department of Conservation and Recreation; recommendations for funding. Directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation to develop recommendations for dedicated sources of funding for state parks that will be relatively stable from year to year. The Department shall submit its recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Finance and
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HB-1804: State parks; DCR to develop recommendations for funding, report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0348) on 03/25/2021
Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program; created and established, report. [SB-1405]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Student Loans ]
Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program established. Establishes the Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and requires the Virginia Community College System to establish the G3 Program for the purpose of providing financial assistance from the Fund to certain low-income and middle-income Virginia students who are enrolled in an educational program at an associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education that leads to an occupation in a high-demand field. The bill contains provisions for student eligibility, financial
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SB-1405: Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program; created and established, report.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0398) on 03/29/2021
Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine. [SB-1299]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption. Allows distillers that have been appointed as agents of the Board of Directors (the Board) of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (the Authority), mixed beverage restaurant licensees, and limited mixed beverage restaurant licensees to sell mixed beverages for off-premises consumption and deliver such mixed beverages to consumers subject to requirements set forth in the bill. The bill allows the Board to summarily revoke
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SB-1299: Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine.
Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0282) on 03/18/2021
Standards of Learning; reading & mathematics assessments for students in grades three through eight. [SB-1357]
[Education ]
Standards of Learning assessments; reading and mathematics; grades three through eight; individual student growth. Requires the Board of Education to establish, in lieu of a one-time end-of-year assessment and for the purpose of providing measures of individual student growth over the course of the school year, a through-year growth assessment system, aligned with the Standards of Learning, for the administration of reading and mathematics assessments in grades three through eight. The bill requires such through-year growth assessment system to
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SB-1357: Standards of Learning; reading & mathematics assessments for students in grades three through eight.
Sponsored by: Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0444) on 03/30/2021