Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. [SB-238]
Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage, under any health insurance contract, policy, or plan that includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis, for contraceptive drugs and contraceptive devices, as defined in the bill, including those available over-the-counter. The bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from imposing upon any person receiving contraceptive benefits pursuant to the provisions of the bill any copayment, coinsurance payment, or fee,
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SB-238: Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Vetoed By Governor on 05/17/2024
Child pornography; production, publication, sale, financing, etc., penalty. [SB-731]
Production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; penalty. Amends the definition of "child pornography" to include sexually explicit visual material that depicts a minor in a state of nudity or engaged in sexual conduct where such depiction is obscene and specifies that such minor does not have to actually exist. Production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; penalty. Amends the definition of "child pornography" to include sexually explicit visual material that depicts a minor in a state of nudity or engaged
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SB-731: Child pornography; production, publication, sale, financing, etc., penalty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tara Durant
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0262) on 03/28/2024
Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit. [SB-710]
Maximum number of judges in each judicial district and circuit. Increases by one the maximum number of authorized juvenile and domestic relations district court judges in the Twentieth and Thirty-first Judicial Districts. The bill also increases by one the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the First, Ninth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuits. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and the Judicial Council of Virginia.
SB-710: Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0606) on 04/05/2024
Large animal veterinarians; Board of Veterinary Medicine, et al., to study shortage. [SJR-15]
Study; Board of Veterinary Medicine; shortage of large animal veterinarians; report. Directs the Board of Veterinary Medicine, in consultation with the State Veterinarian, to complete a two-year study of the shortage of large animal veterinarians, with technical assistance provided by relevant stakeholders, including a member of the House of Delegates and a member of the Senate of Virginia, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Senate Committee on Rules, respectively. Study; Board of Veterinary Medicine; shortage of large
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SJR-15: Large animal veterinarians; Board of Veterinary Medicine, et al., to study shortage.
Sponsored by: Sen. Suhas Subramanyam
Bill Text As Passed Senate And House (sj15er) on 03/04/2024
Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action. [SB-373]
Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2027. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. The bill specifies that covered individuals shall not include state employees, constitutional and other local officers, and employees of local school divisions and that funding for the program
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SB-373: Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024