Virginia Legislature | 2021 | Regular Session | Adjourned Sine Die
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Active Virginia Bills (Introduced, Engrossed, Enrolled, Passed)
| Bill | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|
| SB1196 | Teachers and other licensed school board employees; cultural competency. The bill requires teacher, principal, and division superintendent evaluations to include an evaluation of cultural competency. The bill requires every person seeking initial lic... | 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Education by voice vote |
| SB1138 | Sexually transmitted infections; infected sexual battery. Provides that any person who is diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection and engages in sexual behavior that poses a substantial risk of transmission to another person according to curr... | 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| HB2333 | Facilitate the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine; emergency. Facilitates the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. The bill requires the Department of Health (the Department) to establish a program to enable eligible health care providers to v... | 2021-02-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2333ER) |
| SB1261 | Court of Appeals; jurisdiction; number of judges. Expands the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals of Virginia by providing for an appeal of right in every civil case and provides that the granting of further appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia s... | 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| SB1211 | Vehicle registration fees; Public Safety Trust Fund. Imposes an additional $4 vehicle registration fee to be deposited into the Public Safety Trust Fund, established by the bill. The moneys in the Public Safety Trust Fund are to be used to eliminate ... | 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation by voice vote |
| SB1306 | Assault and battery; penalty. Eliminates the mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months for an assault and battery committed against a judge, magistrate, law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, person directly involved in the care, tr... | 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| SB1325 | Visitation; petition of grandparent. Allows a grandparent who has petitioned the court for visitation of a minor grandchild, in cases where the parent of the minor grandchild is deceased or incapacitated, to introduce evidence of such deceased or inc... | 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| SB1401 | Standards of Learning assessments; reduction; report. Reduces the total number and type of required Standards of Learning assessments to the minimum requirements established by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. T... | 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Education by voice vote |
| SB1334 | Pilot program for broadband capacity; municipal broadband authorities. Expands the existing broadband pilot program to allow for the participation of municipalities and government-owned broadband authorities in order to provide broadband service to u... | 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote |
| SB1219 | Bureau of Insurance; paid family leave; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance (the Bureau) to review and make recommendations, including any necessary statutory and regulatory changes, to authorize the State Corporati... | 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote |
Top Virginia Sponsors
| House Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Del. Kaye Kory [D] | 282 |  |
| Del. Patrick Hope [D] | 248 | |
| Del. Mark Levine [D] | 244 | |
| Del. Shelly Simonds [D] | 209 | |
| Del. Sam Rasoul [D] | 203 | |
| Senate Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D] | 114 | |
| Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D] | 87 | |
| Sen. Scott Surovell [D] | 75 | |
| Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D] | 71 | |
| Sen. Monty Mason [D] | 61 | |
Top Virginia Committees
| House Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Courts of Justice | 95 | |
| Labor and Commerce | 45 | |
| Rules | 44 | |
| General Laws | 41 | |
| Appropriations | 38 | |
| Senate Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Finance and Appropriations | 43 | |
| Judiciary | 38 | |
| Education and Health | 17 | |
| Commerce and Labor | 15 | |
| Privileges and Elections | 15 | |
Most Viewed Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| HB2276 | Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any fire... | Bill Text |
| SB1127 | Charitable gaming; permit requirement; permissible locations; use of proceeds; suspensions and revocations. The bill modifies the list of organizations that may conduct charitable gaming and requires such organizations to obtain a permit from the Dep... | Bill Text |
| SB1303 | Local school divisions; virtual and in-person learning. Requires each local school division to make virtual and in-person learning available to all students by choice of the student's parent or guardian. Local school divisions; virtual and in-person... | Bill Text |
| SB1406 | Marijuana; legalization; retail sales; penalties. Eliminates criminal penalties for simple possession of marijuana, modifies several other criminal penalties related to marijuana, and provides for an automatic expungement process for those convicted ... | Bill Text |
| SB1390 | Cats; trap, neuter, and return programs; civil penalty. Authorizes any public or private animal shelter, releasing agency, or hospital or clinic that is operated under the immediate supervision of a duly licensed veterinarian to operate a trap, neute... | Bill Text |
| HB961 | Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, silencers, and trigger activators; penalties. Expands the definition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing... | Bill Text |
| HB2312 | Marijuana; legalization; retail sales; penalties. Eliminates criminal penalties for simple possession of marijuana, modifies several other criminal penalties related to marijuana, and provides for an automatic expungement process for those convicted ... | Bill Text |
| SB1392 | Consumer Data Protection Act. Establishes a framework for controlling and processing personal data in the Commonwealth. The bill applies to all persons that conduct business in the Commonwealth and either (i) control or process personal data of at le... | Bill Text |
| HB1815 | Marijuana; legalization of cultivation, manufacture, sale, possession, and testing; penalties. Establishes a regulatory scheme for the regulation of marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities, a... | Bill Text |
| SB1211 | Vehicle registration fees; Public Safety Trust Fund. Imposes an additional $4 vehicle registration fee to be deposited into the Public Safety Trust Fund, established by the bill. The moneys in the Public Safety Trust Fund are to be used to eliminate ... | Bill Text |
Most Monitored Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| SB1406 | Marijuana; legalization; retail sales; penalties. Eliminates criminal penalties for simple possession of marijuana, modifies several other criminal penalties related to marijuana, and provides for an automatic expungement process for those convicted ... | Bill Text |
| HB2312 | Marijuana; legalization; retail sales; penalties. Eliminates criminal penalties for simple possession of marijuana, modifies several other criminal penalties related to marijuana, and provides for an automatic expungement process for those convicted ... | Bill Text |
| HB1815 | Marijuana; legalization of cultivation, manufacture, sale, possession, and testing; penalties. Establishes a regulatory scheme for the regulation of marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities, a... | Bill Text |
| SB1392 | Consumer Data Protection Act. Establishes a framework for controlling and processing personal data in the Commonwealth. The bill applies to all persons that conduct business in the Commonwealth and either (i) control or process personal data of at le... | Bill Text |
| HB1779 | Abolition of the death penalty. Abolishes the death penalty, including for those persons currently under a death sentence. | Bill Text |
| SB1101 | Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact. Enters Virginia into an interstate compact known as the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. Article II of the Constitution of the United States gives the st... | Bill Text |
| SB1390 | Cats; trap, neuter, and return programs; civil penalty. Authorizes any public or private animal shelter, releasing agency, or hospital or clinic that is operated under the immediate supervision of a duly licensed veterinarian to operate a trap, neute... | Bill Text |
| HB1532 | Department of Corrections; earned sentence credits. Establishes a four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits. The bill requires the calculation of earned sentence credits to apply retroactively to the... | Bill Text |
| SB1443 | Elimination of mandatory minimum sentences; modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term of confinement for felony offenses. Eliminates all mandatory minimum sentences of confinement from the Code of Virginia. The bill directs the Secretary of ... | Bill Text |
| SB1127 | Charitable gaming; permit requirement; permissible locations; use of proceeds; suspensions and revocations. The bill modifies the list of organizations that may conduct charitable gaming and requires such organizations to obtain a permit from the Dep... | Bill Text |
Virginia Sessions
| Year | Session | Introduced | Completed | Legislation | Search | Dataset |
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| 2021 | 1st Special Session | 1033 | 104 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | Regular Session | 1940 | 77 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2020 | 1st Special Session | 488 | 236 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2020 | Regular Session | 3911 | 2154 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2019 | 1st Special Session | 160 | 74 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2019 | Regular Session | 3332 | 1864 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | 2nd Special Session | 17 | 11 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | 1st Special Session | 216 | 206 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | Regular Session | 3722 | 1807 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2017 | Regular Session | 3201 | 1649 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2016 | Regular Session | 3287 | 1768 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2015 | 1st Special Session | 97 | 83 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2015 | Regular Session | 3010 | 1464 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2014 | 1st Special Session | 494 | 453 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2014 | Regular Session | 2888 | 1637 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2013 | 1st Special Session | 109 | 108 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2013 | Regular Session | 2897 | 1510 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2012 | Regular Session | 2868 | 1597 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2011 | Regular Session | 2966 | 1595 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2010 | Regular Session | 2962 | 1596 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2009 | Regular Session | 0 | 0 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2008 | Regular Session | 3322 | 1648 | Browse | Search | Download |
