Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Regional career and technical education program; establishing in Planning District 2. [SB-563]
Department of Education; Virginia Community College System; regional career and technical education program. Directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Virginia Community College System, the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, the Board of Education, the school board and division superintendent of Tazewell County Public Schools, and representatives of the governing boards of comprehensive community colleges located in Tazewell County and contiguous counties to study the feasibility of and make recommendations on developing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Travis Hackworth
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/23/2024
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation; DBHDS to establish pilot program for veterans. [SB-636]
Transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment; pilot program. Directs the Department of Veterans Services to establish a pilot program with two locations to make electroencephalogram (EEG) combined transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment available for certain military members, veterans, first responders, law-enforcement officers, and certain agents of federal agencies, and family members of the aforementioned individuals. The bill requires the Department to establish regulations for administration of the pilot program. Transcranial magnetic stimulation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/28/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Barrier crimes for employees of and persons regulated by DBHDS; JLARC to study. [SJR-24]
Study; JLARC; barrier crimes for employees of and persons regulated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study barrier crimes for employees of and persons regulated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The resolution requires JLARC in conducting the study to (i) identify all barrier crimes and related exceptions for employees of and persons regulated by the Department; (ii) determine (a) whether any offenses should be
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Rules By Voice Vote on 01/26/2024
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Drugs; JLARC to study scope and cost of penalizing possession as a felony. [SJR-26]
Study; JLARC; scope and cost of penalizing possession Study; JLARC; scope and cost of penalizing possession of drugs as a felony. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the scope and cost of the current laws in the Commonwealth penalizing possession of drugs as a felony.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stella Pekarsky
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/23/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Education Excellence for All Program; established, report. [SB-533]
Education Excellence for All Program established. Permits the parents of qualified students, defined in the bill, to apply for a one-year, renewable Education Excellence for All Savings Account, defined in the bill, that consists of an amount that is equivalent to a certain percentage of all applicable annual Standards of Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the school division in which the qualified student resides, including the per pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emily Brewer
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (9-y 6-n) on 01/25/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Incarcerated women who are pregnant, etc.; DCJS, et al., to make recommendations for treatment. [SB-603]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; priority treatment for incarcerated women who are pregnant and in need of substance abuse treatment; work group; report. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Department of Health, to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to study and make recommendations related to prioritizing treatment for incarcerated women who are pregnant and in need of substance abuse treatment. The bill requires the
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0625) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Public utilities; municipal utilities, disconnection of service, consumer protections. [SB-480]
Public utilities; municipal utilities; disconnection of service; limitations; report; consumer protections. Suspends electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities subject to the regulation of the State Corporation Commission from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during a state of emergency declared by the Governor and provides that such suspension lasts for 30 days after such declaration of the state of emergency. The bill suspends such electric and gas utilities from disconnecting service to a residential
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0790) on 04/17/2024
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Emergency medical personnel; EMS Advisory Board to examine requirements to join program. [SB-594]
Department of Health; Office of Emergency Medical Services EMS Advisory Board; emergency medical personnel; career fatigue and wellness program. Directs the Department of Health's Office of Emergency Medical Services EMS Advisory Board to examine the eligibility requirements for emergency medical personnel to join a professional program addressing career fatigue and wellness. The bill requires the Board to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/28/2024
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Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. [SB-418]
Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. Establishes the Virginia Museum of Transportation as a public entity and educational institution under the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Museum is governed by a 15-member board of trustees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (14-y 1-n) on 02/07/2024
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Tobacco products retailers; purchase, possession, and sale of retail tobacco products. [SB-582]
Purchase, possession, and sale of retail tobacco products; retail tobacco products and liquid nicotine tax; penalties. Prohibits Internet sales of liquid nicotine or nicotine vapor products, except to a retail dealer, and prohibits the sale of retail tobacco products from vending machines. The bill updates, for the purpose of the crime of selling or distributing tobacco products to a person younger than 21 years of age, the definition of "retail tobacco products" by including in such definition products currently defined as "nicotine vapor products"
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0796) on 04/17/2024
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Renewable energy portfolio standard; geothermal heating and cooling systems. [SB-508]
Renewable energy portfolio standard; geothermal heating and cooling systems; report. Provides that geothermal heating and cooling systems, as defined in the bill, located in the Commonwealth are eligible for compliance with renewable energy portfolio standard requirements. The bill also requires the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to convene a stakeholder work group to examine the feasibility of establishing renewable energy portfolio standard program (RPS program) requirements that require each Phase I and Phase II Utility to procure
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0597) on 04/05/2024
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1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amdmts., prog. modifications. [SB-488]
Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments; program rule modifications. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to seek federal authority through the necessary state plan amendments under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to modify the program rules for certain 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0679) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Crisis receiving centers and crisis stabilization units; use of seclusion, report. [SB-569]
State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; regulations; crisis receiving centers; appropriate and safe use of seclusion; work group; report. Directs the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to amend its regulations to ensure that its licensing and human rights regulations support high-quality crisis services, including by authorizing the appropriate and safe use of seclusion in crisis receiving centers and crisis stabilization units. The bill exempts the Board's initial adoption of such regulations from the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0795) on 04/17/2024
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Elections; ranked choice voting, locally elected offices. [SB-428]
Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices; report. Clarifies the requirements for conducting elections using ranked choice voting and requires the results for elections conducted by ranked choice voting to be reported along with other results reported on election night, except that such results must clearly be identified as preliminary and based on the first rankings in a ranked choice voting election. The bill provides that final tabulation for an election is required to be conducted on the same day as other
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Cannabis control; establishes a framework for creation of a retail marijuana market, penalties. [SB-448]
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 September 1, 2024, but provides that no retail sales may occur prior to May 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Tire stewardship program; established, report. [SB-414]
Tire stewardship program established; report. Requires producers of tires sold in the Commonwealth to join a tire stewardship organization on or before January 1, 2026, which must submit a plan to the Department of Environmental Quality for the establishment of an approved tire stewardship program. Such tire stewardship program shall establish a statewide collection system for discarded tires to facilitate higher rates of recycling and resale for such tires. The bill establishes reporting requirements for tire stewardship organizations and provides
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head
Passed By Indefinitely In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources (9-y 6-n) on 02/06/2024
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Comprehensive community colleges; funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs. [SJR-20]
Study; Board of Workforce Development; adequacy of the funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs; work group; report. Requests the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to study the current funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs offered at comprehensive community colleges in order to identify areas of inadequacy and make recommendations on options for reforming the funding model to address those inadequacies and improve the sustainability of offering and providing noncredit workforce credential programs to ensure
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Continued To 2025 In Finance And Appropriations (12-y 3-n) on 02/12/2024
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Groundwater supply in the Commonwealth; Department of Environmental Quality to study. [SJR-25]
Study; Department of Environmental Quality; groundwater supply in the Commonwealth; report. Requests that the Department of Environmental Quality complete a one-year study of the groundwater supply in the Commonwealth with technical assistance provided by the State Water Control Board. The Department shall complete its meetings by November 30, 2024, and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an executive summary and a report of its findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj25er) on 03/05/2024
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Towing fees; State Corporation Commission shall examine existing regulation of fees. [SB-450]
Regulation of towing fees; State Corporation Commission; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to examine the existing regulation of fees charged for the removal of vehicles and identify policy options for the Commission to assume all or part of such regulation. The bill requires the Commission to report its findings to the General Assembly by November 30, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0245) on 03/28/2024
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Artificial intelligence by public bodies; Joint Commission on Technology & Science to examine use. [SB-487]
Joint Commission on Technology and Science; analysis of the use of artificial intelligence by public bodies; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS), in consultation with relevant stakeholders, to conduct an analysis of the use of artificial intelligence by public bodies in the Commonwealth and the creation of a Commission on Artificial Intelligence. JCOTS shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Communications, Technology and Innovation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0678) on 04/08/2024