Virginia Legislature | 2020 | 1st Special Session
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Active Virginia Bills (Introduced, Engrossed, Enrolled, Passed)
| Bill | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|
| HR613 | Commending Brenda Clarkson. | 2020-09-28 Presented and laid on Speaker's table 20201172D |
| HR612 | Celebrating the life of Cody Lee Wingate. | 2020-09-28 Presented and laid on Speaker's table 20201253D |
| HR611 | Commending Norton W. Hurd. | 2020-09-28 Presented and laid on Speaker's table 20201246D |
| SB5013 | Possession of marijuana; prepay penalty. Provides that a violation of possession of marijuana by an adult shall be a prepayable offense. | 2020-09-25 Passed House (63-Y 34-N) |
| SB5117 | Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor; executive orders; penalty. Provides that a violation of an executive order declared by the Governor as the Director of Emergency Management shall be punishable either as a civil ... | 2020-09-25 Passed House with amendment (56-Y 41-N) |
| SB5035 | Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies. Authorizes a locality to establish a law-enforcement civilian oversight body that may (i) receive, investigate, and issue findings on complaints from civilians regarding conduct of law-enforcement officers a... | 2020-09-25 Passed House with substitute (51-Y 46-N) |
| SB5029 | Issuing citations; possession of marijuana and certain traffic infractions. Changes from primary offenses to secondary offenses the possession of marijuana and the traffic infractions of operating a motor vehicle (i) without a light illuminating a li... | 2020-09-25 Passed House with substitute (51-Y 45-N) |
| HB5109 | Department of Criminal Justice Services; law-enforcement officer training and qualifications. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to develop a uniform curriculum and lesson plans for the compulsory minimum entry-leve... | 2020-09-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) |
| SB5031 | Legal holidays; Juneteenth. Recognizes the nineteenth day of June of each year, also known as Juneteenth, as a legal holiday in the Commonwealth to commemorate the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, the last of the former Confederate ... | 2020-09-25 Passed House (97-Y 0-N) |
| SB5014 | Minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers; crisis intervention team training. Requires all law-enforcement officers involved in a crisis intervention team program to complete a comprehensive advanced training course developed by the Dep... | 2020-09-25 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) |
Top Virginia Sponsors
| House Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Del. Kaye Kory [D] | 86 |  |
| Del. Joshua Cole [D] | 70 | |
| Del. Mark Cole [R] | 64 | |
| Del. Mark Levine [D] | 63 | |
| Del. Patrick Hope [D] | 58 | |
| Senate Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D] | 40 | |
| Sen. Frank Ruff [R] | 37 | |
| Sen. Adam Ebbin [D] | 29 | |
| Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D] | 28 | |
| Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D] | 26 | |
Top Virginia Committees
| House Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Courts of Justice | 23 | |
| Public Safety | 17 | |
| Education | 14 | |
| Rules | 12 | |
| Labor and Commerce | 9 | |
| Senate Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Rules | 2 | |
| Education and Health | 2 | |
| Finance and Appropriations | 2 | |
| Transportation | 1 | |
| Judiciary | 1 | |
Most Viewed Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| SB5034 | Release of prisoners. Provides that any person serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction for a felony offense, other than a Class 1 felony, who is terminally ill is eligible for consideration by the Parole Board for conditional release. The bill a... | Bill Text |
| HB5148 | Department of Corrections; earned sentence credits. Establishes a four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits. The bill also specifies certain crimes that are subject to the maximum 4.5 earned sentence... | Bill Text |
| HB5013 | Civil action for deprivation of rights; duties and liabilities of certain employers in employing or contracting for the services of law-enforcement officers. Creates a civil action for the deprivation of a person's rights by a law-enforcement officer... | Bill Text |
| SB5032 | Assault and battery; penalty. Eliminates the mandatory minimum term of confinement for a simple assault or an assault and battery committed against a judge; magistrate; law-enforcement officer; correctional officer; person directly involved in the ca... | Bill Text |
| SB5030 | Policing reform. Adds law-enforcement officers to those persons who are guilty of a Class 6 felony if they are in a position of authority over and carnally know without force, threat, or intimidation any inmate, parolee, probationer, arrestee, detain... | Bill Text |
| SB5016 | Application of parole statutes for juveniles and persons committed upon felony offenses committed on or after January 1, 1995. Repeals the abolition of parole. The bill also provides that the Virginia Parole Board shall establish procedures for consi... | Bill Text |
| HB5016 | Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health; exception. Eliminates the authority of the Commissioner of Health to require immunization of individuals who object to such administration on religious grounds. | Bill Text |
| HB5034 | Mandatory reporting of all offenders released from a local correctional facility or state correctional facility before the completion of the offender's sentence. Requires the Department of Corrections and all local correctional facilities to provide ... | Bill Text |
| HB5030 | Monuments and memorials for war veterans; authority of localities. Changes the authority of a locality from the authority to "contextualize or cover" to the authority to "alter" a monument or memorial for war veterans located within the geographical ... | Bill Text |
| HB5093 | Emergency Services and Disaster Law; powers and duties of the Governor; executive orders; penalty. Provides that a violation of an executive order declared by the Governor as the Director of Emergency Management shall be punishable either as a civil ... | Bill Text |
Most Monitored Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| SB5034 | Release of prisoners. Provides that any person serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction for a felony offense, other than a Class 1 felony, who is terminally ill is eligible for consideration by the Parole Board for conditional release. The bill a... | Bill Text |
| HB5148 | Department of Corrections; earned sentence credits. Establishes a four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits. The bill also specifies certain crimes that are subject to the maximum 4.5 earned sentence... | Bill Text |
| HB5013 | Civil action for deprivation of rights; duties and liabilities of certain employers in employing or contracting for the services of law-enforcement officers. Creates a civil action for the deprivation of a person's rights by a law-enforcement officer... | Bill Text |
| SB5032 | Assault and battery; penalty. Eliminates the mandatory minimum term of confinement for a simple assault or an assault and battery committed against a judge; magistrate; law-enforcement officer; correctional officer; person directly involved in the ca... | Bill Text |
| SB5030 | Policing reform. Adds law-enforcement officers to those persons who are guilty of a Class 6 felony if they are in a position of authority over and carnally know without force, threat, or intimidation any inmate, parolee, probationer, arrestee, detain... | Bill Text |
| HB5043 | Mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) shall support the... | Bill Text |
| SB5038 | Comprehensive crisis services; mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to develop a comprehensive crisis service continuum com... | Bill Text |
| HB5034 | Mandatory reporting of all offenders released from a local correctional facility or state correctional facility before the completion of the offender's sentence. Requires the Department of Corrections and all local correctional facilities to provide ... | Bill Text |
| SB5035 | Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies. Authorizes a locality to establish a law-enforcement civilian oversight body that may (i) receive, investigate, and issue findings on complaints from civilians regarding conduct of law-enforcement officers a... | Bill Text |
| SB5043 | Expungement of police and court records; Expungement Fee Fund created. Provides that final disposition may include (i) conviction of the original charge, (ii) conviction of an alternative charge, or (iii) dismissal of the proceedings. The bill also a... | Bill Text |
Virginia Sessions
| Year | Session | Introduced | Completed | Legislation | Search | Dataset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1st Special Session | 454 | 45 | 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 |
