Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Film and television industry; apprenticeship program. [HB-1495]
Apprenticeship program; film and television industry. Requires the Director of Workforce Development and Advancement to establish a program to promote apprenticeships in the film and television industry. The Director may provide financial incentives to employers who hire and retain an apprentice in the film and television industry for at least six months. In consultation with the Virginia Film Office, the Director shall establish guidelines and criteria for the program. Apprenticeship program; film and television industry. Requires the Director
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 02/27/2024
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Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; powers and duties, definition. [HB-1499]
Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; Virginia Health Care Career and Technical Training and Education Fund created; psychological practitioner defined; educational requirements for nursing faculty. Modifies the enabling legislation for the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority by adding four additional ex officio members to the Authority's Board of Directors, adding setting priorities for and managing graduate medical education programs to the duties of the Authority, specifying additional recipients of the Board's biennial
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Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0754) on 04/08/2024
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Length of Stay Guidelines & Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center; DJJ's work group to study, report. [HB-1494]
Department of Juvenile Justice; work group to study Length of Stay Guidelines and Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center; report. Directs the Department of Juvenile Justice to convene a work group to study issues related to the Department's Length of Stay Guidelines and the Department's direct care capacity in response to the Department's report on the 2023 Length of Stay Guidelines. The work group is directed to study (i) the evidence and research relied upon by the Department as identified in the Department's report, including adjusting for changes
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Virginia Sports and Entertainment Authority and Financing Fund; established, report. [SB-718]
Virginia Sports and Entertainment Authority and Financing Fund established; report. Establishes the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Authority as a political subdivision charged with financing the construction of a sports and entertainment campus. The Authority is composed of nine members, six of whom are appointed by the Governor and three of whom are appointed by the governing body of the City of Alexandria. Each appointed member is subject to specific criteria for appointment. The bill authorizes the Authority to hire independent contractors,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 02/14/2024
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Virginia Consumer Protection Act; fees for electronic fund transfers, prohibited. [HB-1519]
Fees for electronic fund transfers; prohibited. Provides that charging any transaction or processing fee or similar surcharge for the purchase of a good or service through the use of an electronic fund transfer is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill also prohibits landlords subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from charging a transaction or processing fee for the payment of a security deposit, rent, or any other amounts payable. Fees for electronic fund transfers; prohibited. Provides
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Tran
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0838) on 04/17/2024
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Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes, compensation for name, image, or likeness. [HB-1505]
Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes; compensation for name, image, or likeness. Makes several changes to existing provisions of law relating to compensation of a student-athlete at a public or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth (institution) for the use of the name, image, or likeness of such student-athlete, including (i) prohibiting any athletic association, athletic conference, or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from preventing an institution, its supporting foundations, or an
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Austin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0837) on 04/17/2024
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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
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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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
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Virginia Sports and Entertainment Authority and Financing Fund; established, report. [HB-1514]
Virginia Sports and Entertainment Authority and Financing Fund established; report. Establishes the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Authority as a political subdivision charged with financing the construction of a sports and entertainment campus. The Authority is composed of nine members, six of whom are appointed by the Governor and three of whom are appointed by the governing body of the City of Alexandria. Each appointed member is subject to specific criteria for appointment. The bill authorizes the Authority to hire independent contractors,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Kilgore
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 03/09/2024
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Public service companies; pole attachments to accommodate cable TV systems & telecommunications. [SB-713]
Public service companies; pole attachments; cable television systems and telecommunications service providers. Requires a public utility, as defined in the bill, to establish and adhere to pole attachment practices and procedures that comply with certain requirements, including determining whether an attachment request is complete before reviewing such request on its merits, complying with certain timelines, and providing notice of a rearrangement to affected existing attachers. The bill provides that a public utility shall not apportion to a telecommunications
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0799) on 04/17/2024
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Virginia Code Commission; work group to recommend exemptions from the Dam Safety Act. [HB-1474]
Virginia Code Commission; work group to recommend exemptions from the Dam Safety Act; low hazard potential impounding structures. Directs the Virginia Code Commission to convene a work group to recommend exemptions from the requirements of the Dam Safety Act for low hazard potential impounding structures where failure is not expected to cause loss of human life or material economic damage. The bill requires the Commission to submit a report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Sponsored by: Rep. Amanda Batten
Left In Agriculture, Chesapeake And Natural Resources on 02/13/2024
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Student instruction; local alternative instructional time models permitted. [HB-1477]
Public schools; instructional time; competency-based education. Requires the Board of Education to provide local school boards maximum flexibility to waive existing instructional clock hour requirements by developing alternative instructional time models in accordance with the Board's regulations and guidelines relating to instructional time waivers. The bill directs the Board, when revising its regulations and adopting Standards of Accreditation, to provide flexibility for school boards to develop programs that provide for acceleration, remediation,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0421) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia-Ireland Advisory Board; established, report. [HB-1480]
Virginia-Ireland Advisory Board established; report. Creates the Virginia-Ireland Advisory Board to advise the Governor and General Assembly on ways to improve economic and cultural links between Virginia and Ireland, with a focus on the areas of commerce and trade, art and education, and general government. The bill requires the Board to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Left In Rules on 02/13/2024
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Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth; moves position under the Governor, etc. [HB-1458]
Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth; Interagency Resilience Management Team; Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; Resilient Virginia Revolving Fund; Advisory Review Committee. Amends certain provisions relating to the functions and duties of the Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) of the Commonwealth. The bill requires the CRO to convene an Interagency Resilience Management Team to support the coordination of planning and implementation of resilience efforts, eliminates the position of Special Assistant to the Governor for Coastal Adaptation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0753) on 04/08/2024
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Standards of Learning; assessments, eligibility for expedited retakes. [HB-1451]
Standards of Learning assessments; expedited retakes; eligibility. Directs the Board of Education to revise its regulations relating to student eligibility for an expedited retake of any Standards of Learning assessment, with the exception of the writing Standards of Learning assessments, to (i) provide that any student in grades three through 12 who scores in the 375 to 399 range, or an equivalent range on an alternative scoring scale, on a Standards of Learning assessment shall be eligible to retake such assessment on an expedited basis at least
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Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0612) on 04/08/2024
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Investor-owned electric utilities; SCC to study performance-based regulatory tools. [SJR-47]
Study; State Corporation Commission; electric utilities; performance-based regulatory tools; competitive service providers; report. Requests the State Corporation Commission, in consultation with the Department of Energy, to study performance-based regulatory tools for investor-owned electric utilities and competitive service providers in the Commonwealth. Study; State Corporation Commission; electric utilities; performance-based regulatory tools; competitive service providers; report. Requests the State Corporation Commission, in consultation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj47er) on 03/05/2024
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Gun violence; JLARC to study effects on communities. [HJR-76]
Study; JLARC; effects of gun violence on communities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to conduct a two-year study of the social, physical, emotional, and economic effects of gun violence on communities across the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj76er) on 03/05/2024
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Attorney General; Pharmacy Benefits Manager and Third-Party Administrator Oversight Work Group. [HB-1432]
Attorney General; Pharmacy Benefits Manager and Third-Party Administrator Oversight Work Group; report. Directs the Attorney General to convene the Pharmacy Benefits Manager and Third-Party Administrator Oversight Work Group to examine the impact of Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, 141 S. Ct. 474 (2020), and to formulate legislative recommendations for reducing prescription drug costs, minimizing health care expenses, reducing bureaucratic impediments to affordable health care, enhancing transparency, and improving overall
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Sponsored by: Rep. M. Keith Hodges
Left In Rules on 02/13/2024
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Individuals with developmental disabilities; financial eligibility. [SB-676]
Department of Medical Assistances Services; financial eligibility standards for certain waivers providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the financial eligibility standards for individuals receiving services under the Family and Individual Support Waiver, Community Living Waiver, and Building Independence Waiver (the DD Waivers). The bill requires the Department, when determining financial eligibility for the DD Waivers, to disregard any Social Security Disability
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0257) on 03/28/2024
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Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program; established, definitions, report. [HB-1404]
Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program established; disparity study report. Establishes the Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program with a statewide goal of 42 percent of certified small SWaM business utilization in all discretionary spending by executive branch agencies and covered institutions in procurement orders, prime contracts, and subcontracts, as well as a target goal of 50 percent subcontracting to small SWaM businesses in instances where the prime contractor
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Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Torian
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0834) on 04/17/2024