Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Prisoners; Department of Corrections- and jailer-issued identification. [HB-1405]
Prisoners; Department of Corrections-issued and jailer-issued identification. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall establish a procedure for securing a government-issued identification card, birth certificate, or Social Security card through the Department of Motor Vehicles and that the Department of Motor Vehicles shall expedite the processing of an application submitted by a prisoner for such government-issued identification card and the issuance of such identification. The bill also requires the Department of Corrections, in coordination
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Sponsored by: Rep. Shelly Simonds
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 02/28/2024
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Affordable housing; creates framework for localities to preserve housing. [HB-1398]
Preservation of affordable housing; definitions; civil penalty. Creates a framework for localities to preserve affordable housing by exercising a right of first refusal on publicly supported housing, defined in the bill. The bill authorizes localities to implement an ordinance that requires an owner to accept a right of first refusal offer by the locality or qualified designee, defined in the bill, in order to preserve affordable housing for a period of not less than 15 years. The bill requires that any locality adopting such an ordinance to preserve
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Environmental Quality, Department of; consolidation of annual report. [HB-1379]
Department of Environmental Quality reports; consolidation. Consolidates varying due dates for certain reports relating to the Department of Environmental Quality to the Governor and the General Assembly to October 1 and requires such reports be submitted as part of one annual report. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. Department of Environmental Quality reports; consolidation. Consolidates varying due dates for certain reports relating to the Department of Environmental Quality to the Governor and the General Assembly to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ian Lovejoy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0112) on 03/20/2024
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Early childhood care and education; publicly funded providers. [HB-1375]
Early childhood care and education; publicly funded providers. Provides that any locality wishing to participate in the Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) must submit a proposal by May 15 of each year identifying a lead VPI agency responsible for developing a local plan for the delivery of preschool services to at-risk children. A local match based on the composite index of local ability to pay is required to fund such a proposal. The proposal must include the number of at-risk four-year-olds and three-year-olds to be served and eligibility criteria
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 02/27/2024
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Va. Public Procurement Act; preference for goods produced in Virginia, U.S., & Va. resident bidders. [HB-1361]
Virginia Public Procurement Act; Virginia resident preference. Provides preference as it relates to procurement for a bidder who is a resident of Virginia and then a bidder whose goods are produced in the United States. For the procurement of goods by manufacturers, when the lowest responsive and responsible bidder is not a resident of Virginia and the bid of any Virginia resident is within 10 percent of such bid, the bill gives the lowest responsive and responsible bidder that is a Virginia resident the option to match the price of the lowest responsive
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Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Austin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0749) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Critical infrastructure sectors; Director of Dept. of Energy to convene a work group to evaluate. [HB-1363]
Department of Energy; work group on critical infrastructure sectors; report. Directs the Director of the Department of Energy to convene a work group to evaluate the Commonwealth's critical infrastructure sectors' usage of fuel for energy and feedstock and impact on jobs, capital investments, and state and local revenue. The bill requires the work group to also assess (i) the impact of the Commonwealth's critical infrastructure sectors on natural gas service or retail natural gas supply choice as provided in relevant law and individually metered
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Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Commission; established, report, sunset provision. [HB-1353]
Establishment of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Commission; report. Establishes the 16-member Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Commission as an advisory commission in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of advising the Board of Education on the implementation of educational standards regarding Asian or Asian American and Pacific Islander contributions, culture, history, heritage, and language. The bill requires annual reports on the Commission's interim activities and work to the Governor and General
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Sponsored by: Rep. Fernando Martinez
Incorporated By Rules on 02/01/2024
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Local fiscal distress; determination by Auditor of Public Accounts, state intervention. [SB-645]
Local fiscal distress; determination by Auditor of Public Accounts; state intervention. Sets out a procedure for determining when localities are in fiscal distress, as defined in the bill, and when state intervention may be necessary. The bill requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to develop criteria for a preliminary determination that a locality may be in fiscal distress. The bill also requires the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget to identify any amounts remaining unexpended from general fund appropriations in the state budget
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0426) on 04/04/2024
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Local government; ongoing health care for employees exposed to toxic materials. [SB-650]
Department of Fire Programs; work group; options for local government employees who respond to emergencies with toxic material exposure. Directs the Department of Fire Programs to convene a work group to identify and analyze options to help ensure that local government employees who respond to emergencies that expose them to toxic materials have appropriate preemptive and ongoing health care and are able to pay any health expenses related to such emergency and its aftereffects that are not covered by relevant health insurance plans. The work group
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Sponsored by: Sen. Aaron Rouse
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0363) on 04/02/2024
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Pharmaceutical Services, Office of; establishes in Department of General Services, report. [HB-1348]
Department of General Services; Office of Pharmaceutical Services; report. Establishes in the Department of General Services an Office of Pharmaceutical Services to develop and execute a plan to consolidate state agency prescription drug purchasing and pharmacy benefit management programs to increase efficiency in prescription drug purchasing and constrain spending on prescription drugs. The bill directs the Department to provide to the Governor and the General Assembly an interim report on the development of the plan by November 1, 2024, and a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Destiny LeVere Bolling
Subcommittee Recommends Continuing To 2025 By Voice Vote on 02/09/2024
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Energy Innovation Program; established, report. [HB-1334]
Energy Innovation Program; established. Establishes the Energy Innovation Program to foster the development of innovative energy projects by allowing Program participants to provide grid services or other beneficial energy measures. Under the Program, a participant, after obtaining State Corporation Commission approval, is not required to comply with specific state statutes and regulations pertaining to the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy for sale, except for those laws and regulations that are required for worker safety,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Webert
Left In Labor And Commerce on 02/13/2024
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Maternal Mortality Review Team; expansion plan, report. [SB-490]
Chief Medical Examiner; Maternal Mortality Review Team; work group; expansion plan; report. Directs the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the Maternal Mortality Review Team to convene a work group to expand the work of the Maternal Mortality Review Team. The bill directs the work group to develop criteria and procedures related to the collection of maternal morbidity data. The bill specifies that the Maternal Mortality Review Team's expansion plan shall include certain plans for data collection, data review, and development and implementation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 02/07/2024
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Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan; Department of Forestry to establish. [SB-461]
Department of Forestry; Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan required. Requires the Department of Forestry, in coordination with a Technical Advisory Committee composed of stakeholders, to develop a Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan no later than November 1, 2026, and update such plan at least once every five years thereafter. The bill requires the Department to post and maintain on its website the most recent version of the Plan and to submit the Plan to the Governor and Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0354) on 04/02/2024
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Cannabis control; retail market, penalties. [SB-423]
Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all marijuana licenses on July 1, 2025; however, the bill allows certain pharmaceutical processors to begin operations on July 1, 2024, and allows a limited number of other licensees to begin operations on January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Incorporated By Rehabilitation And Social Services on 01/26/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Roadway & pedestrian improvements in Gainesville; VDOT to study implementation in Prince Wm. County. [SJR-19]
Study; Department of Transportation; roadway and pedestrian improvements in Gainesville; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of implementing certain roadway and pedestrian improvements in Gainesville in Prince William County, particularly along Somerset Crossing Drive. Study; Department of Transportation; roadway and pedestrian improvements in Gainesville; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of implementing certain roadway and pedestrian improvements in Gainesville in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/28/2024
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Liquid nicotine and nicotine vapor products; certification and directory, penalties. [SB-550]
Liquid nicotine and nicotine vapor products; certification and directory; penalties. Requires every manufacturer of liquid nicotine or nicotine vapor products that are sold for retail sale in the Commonwealth to certify to the Attorney General that (i) the manufacturer has received a marketing authorization or similar order for the liquid nicotine or nicotine vapor product from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or (ii) (a) the liquid nicotine or nicotine vapor product was marketed in the United States as of August 8, 2016, or (b) the manufacturer
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0793) on 04/17/2024
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Medicaid- & CHIP-enrolled beneficiaries; DMAS shall convene work group to design services benefits. [SB-615]
Department of Medical Assistance Services; community health worker services benefit; work group; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group of stakeholders to design a community health worker services benefit for Medicaid-enrolled and CHIP-enrolled beneficiaries. The bill requires the work group to complete its work and submit a report to the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health by
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Tabled In Appropriations (19-y 2-n) on 02/28/2024
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Public transit systems, joint subcommittee to study funding needs. [SJR-28]
Study; joint subcommittee; funding needs in certain Study; joint subcommittee; funding needs in certain transit systems; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study long-term, sustainable, dedicated funding and cost-containment controls and strategies to ensure the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the Virginia Railway Express, and the public transit systems that serve the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission transportation districts meet the growing needs of public
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj28er) on 03/05/2024
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Blockchain and cryptocurrency; Joint Commission on Technology & Science to examine use, etc. [SB-439]
Joint Commission on Technology and Science; analysis of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in the Commonwealth; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS) to conduct an analysis of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in the Commonwealth and the creation of a Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Commission. JCOTS shall submit a report of its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Communications, Technology and Innovation and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General
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Sponsored by: Sen. Saddam Salim
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0709) on 04/08/2024
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Farmland Preservation, Office of; transfers Office to Dept. of Forestry. [SB-616]
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Department of Forestry; Office of Farmland Preservation transferred. Transfers from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to the Department of Forestry the Office of Farmland Preservation and its powers and duties and reporting requirements, the Virginia Farm Link Program, the Century Farm Program, and the Virginia Farmland and Forestland Preservation Fund. The bill renames the Office as the Office of Working Lands Preservation. The bill makes technical amendments to effectuate the transfer
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Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Pillion
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0010) on 03/08/2024