Electric utilities; electric school bus projects. [SB-1380]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Electric utilities; electric school bus projects; report. Authorizes electric utilities to partner with school divisions to implement projects designed to encourage the proliferation of school buses that are fueled in whole or in part by electricity, along with associated charging and other infrastructure, for the purpose of transporting students and that may also serve as electric grid stabilization or peak-shaving resources. The bill provides that if an electric school bus project meets the requirements in the bill, then it is in the public interest
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SB-1380: Electric utilities; electric school bus projects.
Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Failed To Pass on 03/01/2021
Transit equity and modernization; Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study. [HJR-542]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Study; Department of Rail and Public Transportation; transit equity and modernization; report. Requests the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to conduct a two-year study of transit equity and modernization in the Commonwealth, with emphasis on transit services and engagement opportunities for underserved and underrepresented communities. Study; Department of Rail and Public Transportation; transit equity and modernization; report. Requests the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to conduct a two-year study of transit equity and
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HJR-542: Transit equity and modernization; Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Conference Report Agreed To By Senate on 02/27/2021
Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; created. [SB-1365]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Science ]
Data governance; Office of Data Governance and Analytics; Chief Data Officer; Virginia Data Commission; report. Creates the Office of Data Governance (the Office) in the Office of the Secretary of Administration, to be directed by the existing Chief Data Officer of the Commonwealth. The Office is charged with overseeing general data governance in the Commonwealth, as well as developing and managing the Commonwealth Data Trust, a multi-stakeholder data exchange and analytics platform. A multi-level governance structure is established to govern the
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SB-1365: Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; created.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0314) on 03/24/2021
Rare Disease Council and Rare Disease Council Fund; created, report. [HB-1995]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Science ]
[Disabilities ]
Rare Disease Council and Rare Disease Council Fund; report. Creates the Rare Disease Council for the purpose of (i) advising the Governor and the General Assembly on the needs of individuals with rare diseases in the Commonwealth; (ii) identifying challenges that such individuals face, including delays in obtaining a diagnosis or the receipt of a misdiagnosis, shortages of medical specialists who can provide treatment, and lack of access to therapies and medication used to treat rare diseases; (iii) funding research related to rare diseases and
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HB-1995: Rare Disease Council and Rare Disease Council Fund; created, report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0303) on 03/24/2021
COVID-19; JLARC to study the impact on Virginia's public schools, students, and school employees. [HJR-549]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Study; JLARC; impact of COVID-19 on Virginia's public schools, students, and school employees; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the impact of COVID-19 on Virginia's public schools, students, and school employees, including (i) examining and determining reasons for barriers to student success in virtual and hybrid models as well as the overall impact of COVID-19 face-to-face learning restrictions on previously existing student achievement gaps, student achievement, and student well-being, including any disproportionate
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HJR-549: COVID-19; JLARC to study the impact on Virginia's public schools, students, and school employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Rules on 02/23/2021
Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, etc. [SB-1406]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Marijuana; legalization; retail sales; penalties. Eliminates criminal penalties for simple possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by persons 21 years of age or older, modifies several other criminal penalties related to marijuana, and imposes limits on dissemination of criminal history record information related to certain marijuana offenses. The bill creates the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (the Authority), the Cannabis Oversight Commission, the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council, the Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board and Fund,
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SB-1406: Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Enacted, Chapter 550 (effective - See Bill) on 04/07/2021
Virginia Good Neighbor Next Door Program; VHDA shall report recommendations for creating Program. [HB-2072]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Virginia Housing Development Authority; recommendations for creation of Virginia Good Neighbor Next Door program. Requires the Virginia Housing Development Authority to report to the Governor, the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology, and the Virginia Housing Commission no later than July 1, 2022, on recommendations for the creation of a Virginia Good Neighbor Next Door program, similar to the Good Neighbor Next Door program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
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HB-2072: Virginia Good Neighbor Next Door Program; VHDA shall report recommendations for creating Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0415) on 03/30/2021
Paid family and medical leave; SCC's Bureau of Insurance to review and make recommendations, report. [SB-1219]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Bureau of Insurance; paid family leave; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance (the Bureau) to review and make policy recommendations to meet the goals identified in the "Paid Family and Medical Leave Study" published by the Offices of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade and the Chief Workforce Development Advisor in September 2020 as part of a statewide paid family and medical leave program to be administered by the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Bureau to convene a stakeholder group to participate in the process,
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SB-1219: Paid family and medical leave; SCC's Bureau of Insurance to review and make recommendations, report.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0512) on 03/31/2021
Virginia Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program; created, report. [HB-2118]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Air Quality ]
Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program; creation; work group report. Establishes the Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program for the purpose of (i) awarding grants on a competitive basis to public school divisions for (a) assisting with costs of replacing diesel school buses with electric school buses; (b) the implementation of recharging infrastructure or other infrastructure needed to charge or maintain such electric school buses; and (c) workforce development and training to support the maintenance, charging, and operation of such electric school
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HB-2118: Virginia Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program; created, report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0418) on 03/30/2021
Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximum allowable prize amounts. [HB-1843]
[Gaming ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximum allowable prize amounts. Increases the maximum allowable amount for a single bingo door prize from $50 to $250 and the maximum allowable cumulative door prizes in any one bingo session from $250 to $500. The bill allows up to 10 games per bingo session to feature a regular bingo or special bingo game prize of up to $200. The bill increases the prize for a single instant bingo, pull tab, or seal card from $1,000 to $2,000. Finally, the bill increases from $100 to $200 the allowable amount of increase
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HB-1843: Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximum allowable prize amounts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0491) on 03/31/2021
Affordable and market-rate housing; DHCD to evaluate growing demand. [HB-2053]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Department of Housing and Community Development; stakeholder advisory group; accessory dwelling units. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development (the Department) to convene a stakeholder advisory group to evaluate the construction of internal, attached, and detached accessory dwelling units as a strategy to address the Commonwealth's growing demand for affordable and market-rate housing. The bill requires the stakeholder advisory group to report its findings, including any legislative recommendations, to the Director of the Department,
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HB-2053: Affordable and market-rate housing; DHCD to evaluate growing demand.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0411) on 03/30/2021
Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established, report. [HB-2058]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established; report. Creates the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Advisory Board to create a unified vision regarding STEM education initiatives, language, and measures of success to promote a culture of collaboration for STEM programming in the Commonwealth. The Board shall develop the infrastructure for creating STEM Regional Hubs and naming STEM Champions in communities across the Commonwealth. Additionally, the Board shall report annually to the Governor and the General
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HB-2058: Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established, report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0291) on 03/18/2021
Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs and devices. [HB-2079]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Pharmacists; initiation of treatment; certain drugs and devices. Expands provisions governing the initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs and devices by pharmacists to allow the initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs, devices, and controlled paraphernalia to persons 18 years of age or older, in accordance with protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in collaboration with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health, and of (i) vaccines included on the Immunization Schedule
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HB-2079: Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs and devices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0214) on 03/18/2021
Confidentiality of juvenile court records; exceptions. [SB-1206]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Confidentiality of juvenile court records; exceptions. Provides that juvenile court service unit records and Department of Juvenile Justice records may be open for inspection to the Department of Social Services or any local department of social services that is providing services or care for, or has accepted a referral for family assessment or investigation and the provision of services regarding, a juvenile and these local agencies have entered into a formal agreement with the Department of Juvenile Justice to provide coordinated services to such
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SB-1206: Confidentiality of juvenile court records; exceptions.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0466) on 03/31/2021
Consumer Data Protection Act; personal data rights of consumer, etc. [SB-1392]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Consumer Data Protection Act. Establishes a framework for controlling and processing personal data in the Commonwealth. The bill applies to all persons that conduct business in the Commonwealth and either (i) control or process personal data of at least 100,000 consumers or (ii) derive over 50 percent of gross revenue from the sale of personal data and control or process personal data of at least 25,000 consumers. The bill outlines responsibilities and privacy protection standards for data controllers and processors. The bill does not apply to state
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SB-1392: Consumer Data Protection Act; personal data rights of consumer, etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 36 (effective - 1/1/23) on 03/02/2021
Criminal proceedings; consideration of mental condition and intellectual, etc. [HB-2047]
[Mental Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Disabilities ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Criminal proceedings; consideration of mental condition and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Permits the admission of evidence by the defendant concerning a defendant's mental condition at the time of an alleged offense, including expert testimony, if such evidence is relevant and is not evidence concerning an ultimate issue of fact and (i) tends to show the defendant did or did not have the intent required for the offense charged and (ii) is otherwise admissible pursuant to the general rules of evidence. The bill provides that to establish
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HB-2047: Criminal proceedings; consideration of mental condition and intellectual, etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0540) on 04/07/2021
Bicycles; traffic regulations, report. [HB-2262]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Traffic regulation; bicycles; report. Requires the driver of a motor vehicle to change lanes when overtaking a bicycle or certain other vehicles when the lane of travel is not wide enough for the overtaking motor vehicle to pass at least three feet to the left of the overtaken vehicle. The bill also removes the limitations on riding bicycles and certain other vehicles two abreast. The Department of State Police is directed to convene a work group to review issues related to allowing bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs, and to report any
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HB-2262: Bicycles; traffic regulations, report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0462) on 03/31/2021
Licensed certified midwives; clarifies definition, licensure, etc. [HB-1953]
[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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HB-1953: Licensed certified midwives; clarifies definition, licensure, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0200) on 03/18/2021
Pretrial data collection; VCSC to collect and disseminate on an annual basis. [HB-2110]
[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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HB-2110: Pretrial data collection; VCSC to collect and disseminate on an annual basis.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0111) on 03/12/2021
Juvenile offenders; youth justice diversion programs. [HB-2017]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Juvenile offenders; youth justice diversion programs. Authorizes any jurisdiction to establish a youth justice diversion program, defined in the bill as a diversionary program that (i) is monitored by a local youth justice diversion program advisory committee; (ii) uses juvenile volunteers as lawyers, jurors, and other court personnel; (iii) uses volunteer attorneys as judges; (iv) conducts peer trials, subject to the juvenile and domestic relations court's jurisdiction, of juveniles who are referred to the program by an intake officer; and (v)
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