Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2021 Special I
Waste Diversion & Recycling Task Force; Department of Environmental Quality to continue Task Force. [SB-1319]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
Waste Diversion and Recycling Task Force. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to continue and expand the scope and membership of the Waste Diversion and Recycling Task Force. The bill directs the Task Force to hold its first meeting of the 2021 interim no later than October 15, 2021, and to publish an executive summary and a report of its findings and recommendations no later than November 1, 2022. Waste Diversion and Recycling Task Force. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to continue and expand the scope and membership
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ghazala Hashmi
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0503) on 03/31/2021
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Gettr Virginia 2021 Special I
Individuals w/ intellectual & developmental disabilities; DMAS to study use of virtual support, etc. [SB-1472]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
DMAS; work group to study options for the permanent use of virtual supports and increasing access to virtual supports and services; individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to study and develop recommendations for the permanent use of virtual supports and increasing access to virtual supports and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by promoting access to assistive technology and environmental modifications and to report its findings and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0224) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Coal tax credits; sunset date. [SB-1252]
[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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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0554) on 04/15/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Mines, Minerals and Energy, Department of; renamed the Department of Energy. [HB-1855]
[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Environmental ]
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. Renames the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy as the Department of Energy. Within the Department, the bill renames the Division of Mined Land Reclamation as the Division of Mined Land Repurposing and renames the Division of Energy as the Division of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. Renames the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy as the Department of Energy. Within the Department, the bill renames the Division of Mined Land Reclamation as the Division
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Sullivan
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0532) on 04/07/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Corporate tax; DLS to establish group to assess transitioning to unitary combined reporting system. [HJR-563]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Work group; feasibility of transitioning to a unitary combined reporting system for corporate income tax purposes. Directs the Division of Legislative Services, in conjunction with the Department of Taxation, to establish a work group to assess the feasibility of transitioning to a unitary combined reporting system for corporate income tax purposes. Work group; feasibility of transitioning to a unitary combined reporting system for corporate income tax purposes. Directs the Division of Legislative Services, in conjunction with the Department of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Agreed To By Senate By Voice Vote on 02/23/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Military Spouse Liaison; position created in Department of Veterans Services, report. [SB-1150]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Department of Veterans Services; Military Spouse Liaison; position created. Establishes the position of Military Spouse Liaison (the Liaison) in the Department of Veterans Services to conduct outreach and advocate on behalf of military spouses in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Liaison to report by December 1 of each year through the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, the Governor, and the General Assembly on the work of the Liaison and any legislative recommendations. Department
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0309) on 03/24/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Children's Services Act; funds expended special education programs. [HB-2117]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires that funds expended for private special education services under the Children's Services Act only be expended on educational programs that are licensed by the Board of Education or an equivalent out-of-state licensing agency. The bill also provides that as of July 1, 2022, such funds may only be expended for programs that the Office of Children's Services certify as having reported their tuition rates. Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires that funds expended for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0070) on 03/11/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at DOC; continued study, appropriations. [HJR-522]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Crime ]
Study; staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at the Virginia Department of Corrections; report. Continues the joint committee of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions; the House Committee on Public Safety; the Senate Committee on the Judiciary; and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services established by House Joint Resolution 29 (2020) to study staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at the Virginia Department of Corrections. The resolution directs the joint committee to conclude
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj522er) on 02/16/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Data centers; sales and use tax exemption, clarifies "distressed locality," report. [SB-1423]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Unemployment ]
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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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0368) on 03/25/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Cannabis oil; processing and dispensing by pharmaceutical processors. [HB-1988]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
Board of Pharmacy; pharmaceutical processors; processing and dispensing cannabis oil. Effects numerous changes to the processing and dispensing of cannabis oil by pharmaceutical processors in the Commonwealth. The bill defines the term "designated caregiver facility" and allows any staff member or employee of a designated caregiver facility to assist with the possession, acquisition, delivery, transfer, transportation, and administration of cannabis oil for any patients residing in the designated caregiver facility. The bill allows written certifications
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0205) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
State Corporation Commission; transportation electrification, utility recovery of certain costs. [HB-2282]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
State Corporation Commission; transportation electrification; utility recovery of certain costs; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to report on policy proposals to accelerate transportation electrification in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Commission to submit, no later than May 1, 2022, a report to the General Assembly recommending policy proposals that could govern public electric utility programs to accelerate widespread transportation electrification in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Commission
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0268) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Criminal proceedings; consideration of mental condition and intellectual, etc. [SB-1315]
[Mental Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Disabilities ]
[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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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0523) on 04/07/2021
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Onsite sewage systems and private wells; VDH to take steps to eliminate site evaluation. [HB-2477]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Department of Health to take steps to begin eliminating site evaluation and design services for onsite sewage systems and private wells. Directs the Department of Health to take certain steps to begin eliminating site evaluation and design services for onsite sewage systems and private wells provided by the Department.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0602) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Worker retraining and telework expenses; extends sunset date for tax credits. [SB-1576]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
Tax credits for worker retraining and telework expenses. Extends from taxable years prior to January 1, 2018, to taxable years prior to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the worker retraining tax credit and transfers the certification of eligible worker retraining programs from the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The bill also extends from taxable years prior to January 1, 2017, to taxable years prior to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the telework expenses tax
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0454) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority; established, report. [HB-2474]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Economic Development ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority; report. Creates the Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority to improve the transportation into, from, within, and through Southwest Virginia; assist in regional economic development; and generally enhance highway safety in the affected localities through development of a proposed Coalfields Expressway. The bill regulates the membership and duties of the Authority.
Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0543) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Administration, Secretary of; policy of the Commonwealth regarding state employment. [SB-1530]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Policy of the Commonwealth regarding the employment of individuals with disabilities; responsibilities of state agencies; report. Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to promote and increase the employment of individuals with disabilities. To further this policy, the bill establishes a goal to increase by five percent the level of individuals with disabilities employed by state government by fiscal year 2023. The bill designates the Secretary of Administration to coordinate efforts to achieve the goal and requires the Secretary to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0371) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Certificate of Public Need program; established, report. [SB-1566]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Certificate of public need; reports. Makes changes to the Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Program. The bill (i) removes psychiatric facilities, specialized centers or clinics or that portion of a physician's office developed for the provision of ambulatory or outpatient surgery, lithotripsy, magnetic source imaging (MSI), or nuclear medicine imaging, and certain specialized centers or clinics or portions of hospitals for the provision of neonatal special care services from the list of reviewable medical care facilities; (ii) provides
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Sponsored by: Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Women's Right to Vote, Commission for Commemoration of; established. [SB-1550]
[Voting Rights ]
[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Commission for the Commemoration of the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote. Establishes the Commission for the Commemoration of the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote in the legislative branch of state government. The Commission is charged with planning and leading the centennial anniversary of women's right to vote in 2020. The provisions of the bill will expire on September 30, 2020, and the Commission shall submit its report to the Governor and 2021 Session of the General Assembly. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Left In Finance on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Community health workers; VDH to establish work group to examine risks, etc. [SB-1557]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
Department of Health Professions; community health workers. Directs the Department of Health to establish a work group of interested stakeholders to examine the risks and benefits of having community health workers in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Department to submit a report on the work group's findings and recommendations to the Governor and Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by October 15, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
Committee Amendments on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Administrative Process Act; schedule of review of regulations, report. [HB-2456]
[Law Enforcement ]
Administrative Process Act; schedule of review of regulations; report. Requires each agency to establish a schedule over a five-year period for the review of all regulations for which the agency is the primary responsible agency. The schedule shall provide for the annual review of at least 20 percent of an agency's regulations by July 1 of each year. Under the bill, the Governor is required to approve a consolidated annual report of the findings of the regulation reviews by August 1 of each year and, upon approval, submit the report to the Chairmen
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Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Stricken From Docket By General Laws By Voice Vote on 01/31/2017