Study Commissions Committees And Reports
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Secretariat of Rural Affairs; JLARC to study need for and feasibility of creating position. [SJR-21]
Study; JLARC; creation of Secretariat of Rural Study; JLARC; creation of Secretariat of Rural Affairs; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the need for and feasibility of creating a Secretariat of Rural Affairs in the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/28/2024
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Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, annual report. [SB-456]
Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman; created. Creates, within the Office of the State Inspector General, the Office of the Department of Corrections Ombudsman (the Office) headed by an Ombudsman who is selected by the State Inspector General. The bill creates the Corrections Oversight Committee (the Committee) made up of four members of the General Assembly, nine nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor, subject to criteria described in the bill, and two nonvoting members, appointed as described in the bill, who monitor
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0393) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund; created, report. [SB-455]
Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund established; report. Establishes the Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund to provide grants for projects that conserve or enhance wildlife corridors prioritized by the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan and associated wildlife crossing infrastructure projects. The bill directs the Director of Wildlife Resources to administer the Fund and to consult with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Forestry, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Wildlife Resources on disbursing moneys from the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Tabled In Appropriations (22-y 0-n) on 02/26/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund; established and created. [SB-627]
Department of Education and Virginia Community College System; College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund established. Establishes the College and Career Ready Virginia Fund and requires the Department of Education and the Virginia Community College System to establish the College and Career Ready Virginia Program whereby each school board is required to offer each qualified high school student in the local school division access at the high school to the dual enrollment courses that are sufficient to complete the Passport Program and the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0684) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
VA residential development infrastructure fund; feasibility of establishing, report. [SB-489]
Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia residential development infrastructure fund; work group; report. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to convene a work group to assess the feasibility of and options for establishing a Virginia residential development infrastructure fund. The bill directs the work group to submit a report of its assessment to the General Assembly no later than the first day of the 2025 Regular Session. Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia residential development
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0509) on 04/04/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Artificial Intelligence, Commission on; established, report, sunset provision. [SB-621]
Commission on Artificial Intelligence; report; sunset. Creates the Commission on Artificial Intelligence to advise the Governor on issues related to artificial intelligence and make advisory recommendations based on its findings. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Incorporated By Finance And Appropriations on 01/31/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia State Police, retired; TAX to study reducing economic stress. [SJR-22]
Study; Department of Taxation; reducing economic stress on retired Virginia State Police; report. Directs the Department of Taxation to study tax policy solutions for reducing economic stress on retired Virginia State Police.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/28/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
PFAS; facilities that have engaged in manufacture, etc., to produce report on use of chemicals. [SB-462]
Reports relating to PFAS; Department of Environmental Quality; one-time report. Requires all facilities that have engaged since January 1, 2021, in the manufacture of or knowing use in the production process of one or more chemicals listed as PFAS target analytes to produce a one-time report on the use of such chemicals. The report shall be limited to facilities that discharge to (i) a surface water under a Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) or (ii) a publicly
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Incorporated By Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources on 01/30/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Public schools; youth and community violence prevention. [SB-484]
Public schools; certain local school divisions; youth and community violence prevention; Community Builders Pilot Program established; report. Establishes the Community Builders Pilot Program for the purpose of reducing youth involvement in behaviors that lead to gun violence and increasing community engagement among public school students by providing to students who are entering the eighth grade and enrolled in Roanoke City Public Schools and Petersburg City Public Schools opportunities during the school year after regular school hours and during
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0357) on 04/02/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Blue catfish; DACS, et al., to review efforts to create a market. [SB-402]
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; blue catfish work group; report. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders in order to support and encourage coordination regarding efforts to create a robust and resilient market for blue catfish. The work group shall (i) review past and ongoing efforts to promote the creation of a market for blue catfish, (ii) identify and explore potential sectors for the blue catfish market, and (iii) identify any actions that the Commonwealth
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0240) on 03/28/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Animal testing facilities; DACR shall convene task force to identify potential deficiencies. [SB-411]
Task Force on Transparency in Publicly Funded Animal Testing Facilities; report. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a Task Force on Transparency in Publicly Funded Animal Testing Facilities, consisting of legislators and stakeholders, for the purpose of identifying potential deficiencies in publicly funded animal testing facilities in the Commonwealth and recommending methods and context for making certain information about such animal testing facilities publicly available. The bill requires the Task Force to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0675) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Health Insurance Reform Commission; assessment of certain legislation, report. [HB-1210]
Health Insurance Reform Commission; assessment of certain legislation. Requires the Health Insurance Reform Commission, whenever the Chairman of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce or the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor requests that the Commission assess a legislative measure containing a mandated health insurance benefit or provider, to complete its assessment and submit a report for each such request within 24 months.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0219) on 03/28/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Localities hosting data center infrastructure; DHCD to study revenue sharing program. [HJR-64]
Study; Department of Housing and Community Development; revenue sharing program for localities hosting data center infrastructure; report. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to study creating a revenue sharing program for localities hosting data center infrastructure for data centers located in other localities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Webert
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Recycling Infrastructure Improvement Fund; established, report. [HB-1227]
Recycling Infrastructure Improvement Fund; established; report. Establishes the Virginia Recycling Infrastructure Improvement Fund for the purpose of supporting local government recycling programs. The bill requires the Department of Environmental Quality to administer the Fund as a grant program to encourage the establishment of physical infrastructure and equipment necessary to start or improve local government recycling operations. The bill prohibits local governments from discontinuing their recycling programs until after July 1, 2028.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
Left In Appropriations on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Education Success Account Program; established, report. [HB-1296]
Virginia Education Success Account Program established. Establishes the Virginia Education Success Account Program whereby the parents of qualified students, defined in the bill, who reside in school divisions in which the school board has, by majority vote, affirmed its participation in the program, may apply for a one-year, renewable Virginia Education Success Account 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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Griffin
Left In Education on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Va. State Crime Commission; benefits of violence interrupters, impact of barrier crime statutes. [HB-1316]
Virginia State Crime Commission; benefits of violence interrupters; impact of barrier crime statutes; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission, in consultation with stakeholders, to assess (i) the benefits of violence interrupters and (ii) the impact barrier crimes statutes have on the recruitment and retention rates of violence interrupters in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Crime Commission to report its findings and any recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee for Courts
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jeion Ward
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, report. [HB-1216]
Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program. Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program (the Program) to provide matching funds to employers in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Program shall be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (the Foundation). To participate in the Program, an employer shall agree to make child care contributions to the eligible mixed-delivery provider on behalf of the employee and shall provide any other information deemed necessary
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 03/09/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions, baccalaureate public; student application fees, report. [HB-1307]
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; survey; baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; student application fees; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to survey each baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to determine, for the 2023–2024 academic year, (i) the median, average, and full per-student application fee charged by the institution; (ii) the total number and percentage of student applicants who receive an application fee waiver from the institution; (iii)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Atoosa Reaser
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Roads maintained/managed by VDOT & localities; JLARC to study rate of accidents that cause fatality. [HJR-65]
Study; JLARC; rate of accidents that cause fatalities on roads maintained and managed by the Virginia Department of Transportation and localities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the rate of accidents that cause fatalities on roads maintained and managed by the Virginia Department of Transportation and roads maintained and managed by localities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Irene Shin
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Higher ed. institutions, baccalaureate public; SCHEV to study $10,000 tuition per year degree. [HJR-61]
Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; $10,000 per year baccalaureate degree; report. Requests that the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (i) study the feasibility of implementing the option for students to pay $10,000 annually for tuition and mandatory fees to earn a degree at a baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth by surveying each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to determine the likely impact of such an option on enrollment, revenue, costs, services, staffing,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Runion
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024