Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2021 Special I
Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine. [HB-1879]
[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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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0281) on 03/18/2021
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Special education; Department of and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures. [HB-2299]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Department of Education and Board of Education; special education. Requires the Department of Education and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures and effect numerous modifications to existing policies and procedures to improve the administration and oversight of special education in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0451) on 03/30/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Funding local health departments; cooperative local health budget, report. [HB-1963]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Cooperative local health budget; report. Provides that funding for local health departments shall consist of such state funds as may be allocated for the operation of the local health department together with local matching funds and estimated self-generated local service revenues, the total amount of which shall constitute the cooperative local health budget available to a local department of health, and that the amount of local matching funds for which a county or city is responsible shall be based on the county's or city's revenue generation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0203) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Criminal records; sealing of records, Sealing Fee Fund created, penalties, report. [HB-2113]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Sealing of criminal records; penalties. Establishes a process for the automatic sealing of police and court records, defined in the bill, for certain convictions, deferred dispositions, and acquittals and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed. The bill also allows a person to petition for the sealing of police and court records relating to certain convictions. The bill has staggered delayed effective dates in order to develop systems for implementing the provisions of the bill. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Enacted, Chapter 542 (effective - See Bill) on 04/07/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
JLARC; costs of education, report. [SJR-294]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Study; JLARC; costs of education; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the true cost of education in the Commonwealth and provide an accurate assessment of the costs to implement the Standards of Quality. Study; JLARC; costs of education; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the true cost of education in the Commonwealth and provide an accurate assessment of the costs to implement the Standards of Quality.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj294er) on 02/24/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Standards of Learning; reduces total number & type of required assessments to minimum requirements. [SB-1401]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Standards of Learning assessments; reduction; report. Reduces the total number and type of required Standards of Learning assessments to the minimum requirements established by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. The bill requires the Department of Education to annually report on the estimated projected and actual savings from the implementation of the bill and report the amount of such savings to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Left In Education on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program; established, report. [HB-1980]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program established. Establishes the Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program, whereby Longwood University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, the Virginia Military Institute, and The College of William and Mary in Virginia, with any source of funds other than state funds or tuition or fee increases, are required to annually (i) identify and memorialize, to the extent possible, all enslaved individuals who labored on former and current
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0442) on 03/30/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Post-conviction relief; previously admitted scientific evidence, report. [SB-1105]
[Science ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Post-conviction relief; previously admitted scientific evidence; report. Provides that a person who was convicted of a felony offense, or who was adjudicated delinquent of an offense that would have been a felony offense if committed by an adult, may petition the Court of Appeals to have his conviction vacated. The petition shall allege (i) the offense for which the petitioner was convicted or adjudicated delinquent; (ii) that the petitioner did not commit the offense for which the petitioner was convicted or adjudicated delinquent; (iii) an exact
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Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Left In Appropriations on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Opioid Abatement Authority; established, Fund created, report, membership. [SB-1469]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
Opioid Abatement Authority; established, report. Establishes the Opioid Abatement Authority. The Authority, with the assistance of the Office of the Attorney General, would administer the Opioid Abatement Fund, which would receive moneys from settlements, judgments, verdicts, and other court orders relating to claims regarding the manufacturing, marketing, distribution, or sale of opioids and any other funds received on the Fund's behalf that would be used to provide grants and loans to Virginia agencies and certain localities for the purpose of
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0307) on 03/24/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Charitable gaming; conduct of instant bingo, network bingo, pull tabs, and seal cards. [SB-1127]
[Gaming ]
[Agriculture ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Charitable gaming; permit requirement; permissible locations; suspensions and revocations. Modifies the list of organizations that may conduct charitable gaming and requires such organizations, other than organizations conducting raffles that reasonably expect to realize gross receipts from such raffles of $40,000 or less in any 12-month period, to obtain a permit from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; however, the bill exempts certain organizations from the permit application and audit fees. The bill specifies the locations at
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0520) on 04/07/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Virginia Digital Equity Pilot Program and Fund; established, report, sunset date. [SB-1462]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
[Social Security ]
[Community Development ]
Virginia Digital Equity Pilot Program and Fund. Requires the Department of Social Services to establish a pilot program to provide a fixed reimbursement for the costs of broadband services to households currently participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2024. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. Virginia Digital Equity Pilot Program and Fund. Requires the Department of Social Services to establish a pilot program to provide a fixed
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
Left In Appropriations on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Early Psychosis Intervention and Coordinated Specialty Care Program Advisory Board; established. [SB-1427]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Early Psychosis Intervention and Coordinated Specialty Care Program Advisory Board established. Establishes the Early Psychosis Intervention and Coordinated Specialty Care Program Advisory Board for the purpose of assisting the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in expanding the provision of high-quality, evidence-based early psychosis and mood disorder detection and intervention services. Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Early Psychosis
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Morrissey
Left In Appropriations on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Behavioral health; assessments in local correctional facilities, report. [HB-1874]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Behavioral health services in local correctional facilities. Requires the Board of Local and Regional Jails (the Board) to include in its minimum standards for behavioral health services in local correction facilities requirements for (i) referral of individuals committed to local correctional facilities for whom a behavioral health screening indicates reason to believe the person may have mental illness to a behavioral health service provider for a behavioral health assessment and (ii) in cases in which there is reason to believe an individual
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Levine
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0179) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Online portal for tax practitioners; Department of Taxation shall analyze prospect of establishing. [HB-2060]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Online portal for tax practitioners analysis. Directs the Department of Taxation to analyze the prospect of establishing an online portal allowing access to taxpayer information for tax practitioners who possess a valid Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative form for each client for whom such tax practitioner seeks to access such taxpayer information. The Department shall examine similar systems from the Internal Revenue Service or other states and also analyze cybersecurity concerns in such systems. The bill requires a report to the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0414) on 03/30/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board; established, report. [HB-2130]
[Human Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Economic Development ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board. Establishes the Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board to advise the Governor regarding the economic, professional, cultural, educational, and governmental links between the Commonwealth and the LGBTQ+ community in Virginia and sets out the powers and duties of the Board. The Board shall be composed of 21 nonlegislative citizen members, at least 15 of whom shall identify as LGBTQ+, to be appointed by the Governor, and the Secretaries of the Commonwealth, Commerce and Trade, Education, Health and Human Resources, and Public
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0169) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
State-Facilitated IRA Savings Program; established, membership, report. [HB-2174]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
State-facilitated IRA savings program; establishment. Directs the governing board of the Virginia College Savings Plan (the Board) to establish a state-facilitated individual retirement account (IRA) savings program (the Program). The Board shall administer the Program and develop requirements, procedures, and guidelines for the Program, including default contribution rates, procedures for enrollment and withdrawal, and procedures for noncompliance. Moneys in the Program shall be invested in a manner deemed appropriate by the Board. State-facilitated
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Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Torian
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0556) on 04/15/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Child care providers; background checks, portability. [HB-2086]
[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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Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0510) on 03/31/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Crosswalk design; Commissioner of Highways to convene work group to determine model policies. [HB-1841]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Commissioner of Highways; crosswalk design. Directs the Commissioner of Highways to convene a working group to determine whether there should be model policies for crosswalk design and installation and, if so, establish recommendations for such model policies. The bill directs the working group to monitor and provide input to the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration as updates to crosswalk designs in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways are considered. The working group shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0130) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Interagency Environmental Justice Working Group; established, report. [SB-1318]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Environmental justice; interagency working group; report. Establishes the Interagency Environmental Justice Working Group as an advisory council in the executive branch of state government to further environmental justice in the Commonwealth and directs each of the Governor's Secretaries to designate at least one environmental justice coordinator to represent the secretariat as a member of the Working Group. The bill provides that the Working Group shall expire on July 1, 2031. Environmental justice; interagency working group; report. Establishes
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Failed To Pass on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Mines and Mining and Virginia Energy Plan; revision of Titles 45.1 and 67. [SB-1453]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
Revision of Titles 45.1 and 67. Creates proposed Title 45.2 (Mines, Minerals, and Energy) as a revision of existing Title 45.1 (Mines and Mining) and existing Title 67 (Virginia Energy Plan). Proposed Title 45.2 consists of 21 chapters divided into five subtitles: Subtitle I (Administration), Subtitle II (Coal Mining), Subtitle III (Mineral Mines), Subtitle IV (Gas and Oil), and Subtitle V (Other Sources of Energy; Energy Policy). The bill organizes the laws in a more logical manner, removes obsolete and duplicative provisions, and improves the
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0387) on 03/25/2021