| VA | HJR2 | Intro | Constitutional amendment (first resolution); real property tax exemption; affordable housing. Provides that the General Assembly may authorize a locality to fully or partially exempt affordable housing, as such term may be defined by statute, from re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-18
Committee Referral Pending |
| VA | HB8 | Intro | Disorderly conduct in public places; school activities. Eliminates the Class 1 misdemeanor for disrupting willfully or while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, the operation of any school or any school activity conducted or sponsored by any schoo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-18
Committee Referral Pending |
| VA | HB6 | Intro | Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices. Adds discrimination on the basis of a person's source of income to the list of unlawful discriminatory housing practices. The bill defines "source of income" as any source that law...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-18
Committee Referral Pending |
| VA | HB9 | Intro | Reporting lost or stolen firearms; civil penalty. Requires that, if a firearm is lost or stolen from a person who lawfully possessed it, such person shall report the loss or theft of the firearm to any local law-enforcement agency or the Department o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-18
Committee Referral Pending |
| VA | HB7 | Intro | Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices. Prohibits any locality, its employees, or its appointed commissions from discriminating (i) in the application of local land use ordinances or guidelines, or in the permitting of h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-11-18
Committee Referral Pending |
| VA | HB4011 | Intro | Reporting lost or stolen firearms; civil penalty. Requires that, if a firearm is lost or stolen from a person who lawfully possessed it, such person shall report the loss or theft of the firearm to any local law-enforcement agency or the Department o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N) |
| VA | HR4007 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Benjamin Joseph Lambert IV.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4007ER) |
| VA | HB4005 | Intro | Control of firearms by localities. Grants localities authority to adopt or enforce an ordinance, resolution, or motion, governing the possession, carrying, storage, or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof in the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N) |
| VA | HR4045 | Pass | Commending George Mason Commending George Mason
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4045ER) |
| VA | HB4004 | Intro | Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases; penalty. Prohibits any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period and makes such an offense a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts from...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N) |
| VA | HB4009 | Intro | Protective orders; possession of firearms; surrender or transfer of firearms; penalty. Prohibits any person subject to a permanent protective order (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years) from knowingly possessing a firearm wh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N) |
| VA | HB4021 | Intro | Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, trigger activators, and silencers; penalties. Expands the definition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any per...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N) |
| VA | HB4015 | Intro | Firearm transfers; criminal history record information Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm transfer and directs the Department of State Police (the Department) to establi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N) |
| VA | HB4003 | Intro | Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties. Creates a procedure by which any attorney for the Commonwealth or any law-enforcement officer may apply to a general district c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N) |
| VA | HB4006 | Intro | Allowing access to firearms by minors; penalty. Provides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any person under the age of 18 is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Current law p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N) |
| VA | HB2053 | Veto | School boards; staffing ratios; guidance counselors. Changes the name of guidance counselors to school counselors and requires school boards to employ school counselors in accordance with the following ratios: in elementary schools, one hour per day ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-05-03
Governor: Vetoed by Governor |
| VA | HB1924 | Pass | Summons to compel attendance before commissioner of another state. Removes the authorization of a summons to compel attendance of a citizen of the Commonwealth before commissioners or other persons appointed by authority of another state when the sum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519) |
| VA | HB2218 | Pass | Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; unlawful practice of an occupation or profession. Makes the unlawful and unlicensed practice of contracting, real estate brokering, or real estate sales, in connection with a consumer transactio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0521) |
| VA | HB1675 | Pass | Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; attorney fees. Provides that, where the appointment of counsel is necessary pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, any attorney fees assessed shall not exceed $125, unless the court deems a higher amount app...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454) |
| VA | HB1659 | Pass | Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters. Adds to the list of persons who are required to report suspected child abuse or neglect ministers, priests, rabbis, imams, and duly accredited practitioners of any religious organization or denomination u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414) |
| VA | HB2061 | Pass | Restrictions on activities of former officers and employees; City of Richmond. Permits the City of Richmond to adopt an ordinance prohibiting former officers and employees from representing a client or any person or group, for compensation, for one y...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0472) |
| VA | HB1997 | Pass | Public elementary and secondary school students; protective orders; notification. Requires any school principal who receives notice that a circuit court, general district court, juvenile and domestic relations court, or magistrate has issued a protec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579) |
| VA | HB2577 | Pass | Health insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder in individuals of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452) |
| VA | HB2685 | Pass | Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility. Extends the benefits of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to the spouse or child of a veteran with at least a 90 percent permanent, service-rela...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491) |
| VA | HB1720 | Pass | Possession or distribution of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil; public schools. Provides that no school nurse employed by a local school board, person employed by a local health department who is assigned to the public school pursuant to an agreement bet...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0573) |
| VA | HB2325 | Pass | School board employees; discipline; written reprimand. Requires the Board of Education to include, in its regulations that prescribe the requirements for the licensure of teachers and other school personnel required to hold a license, procedures for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0587) |
| VA | HB2147 | Pass | Standards for Accreditation; review and corrective action. Aligns the state review process of underperforming schools and school divisions with the new Standards for Accreditation adopted by the Board of Education (Board). The bill requires the Board...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585) |
| VA | HB2738 | Pass | Public utilities; acquisition of rights-of-way for economic development sites. Authorizes a public utility providing water, sewer, electric, or natural gas service to propose an Economic Development Program (Program) under which it may acquire utilit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0494) |
| VA | HB2767 | Pass | Virginia African American Advisory Board. Establishes the Virginia African American Advisory Board to advise the Governor regarding the development of economic, professional, cultural, educational, and governmental links between the Commonwealth of V...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-18
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0594) |
| VA | HB1753 | Pass | School buildings; electronic room partitions. Prohibits school employees from opening or closing an electronic room partition in any school building except under certain limited circumstances. The bill requires any annual safety review or exercise fo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-12
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369) |
| VA | HB1923 | Pass | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance with rental agreement; tenant's right to reasonable attorney fees. Provides that a tenant is entitled to reasonable attorney fees when a tenant successfully raises as a defense the landlord'...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0324) |
| VA | HB1742 | Pass | Marsh Criminal-Traffic Division at Manchester General District Court and John Marshall Criminal-Traffic Division at Richmond General District Court; concurrent jurisdiction. Clarifies that the Marsh Criminal-Traffic Division at Manchester General Dis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0321) |
| VA | HB2059 | Pass | Nonpayment of child support; amount of arrearage paid; time period to pay arrearage; repayment schedule; suspension of driver's license. Provides that an individual who is delinquent in child support payments or has failed to comply with a subpoena, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0284) |
| VA | HB2052 | Pass | Charter; City of Richmond; runoff elections. Provides that the procedures and deadlines for voter registration, applying for an absentee ballot, and casting an absentee ballot for any runoff election in the City of Richmond shall be as provided under...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0306) |
| VA | HB2473 | Pass | Minimum wage; exemptions. Eliminates the exemptions to Virginia's minimum wage requirements for newsboys, shoe-shine boys, babysitters who work 10 hours or more per week, ushers, doormen, concession attendants, and cashiers in theaters. The measure c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0330) |
| VA | HB2681 | Pass | Historical African American cemeteries; City of Hampton. Adds seven cemeteries in Hampton to the list of cemeteries for which qualified organizations may receive funds from the Department of Historic Resources for the care of historical African Ameri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0257) |
| VA | HB2238 | Pass | Previously unidentified cemeteries. Adds the category of previously unidentified cemetery to the laws allowing for the removal of remains from graveyards or family cemeteries that have been abandoned or are unused and neglected by their owners. The b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0195) |
| VA | HB2217 | Pass | Department of Education; establishment of microcredential program. Permits the Department of Education to establish a microcredential program for the purpose of permitting any public elementary or secondary school teacher who holds a renewable or pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227) |
| VA | HB2215 | Pass | Required immunizations; acellular pertussis booster. Extends the time by which an acellular pertussis booster shall be administered from prior to entry into the sixth grade to prior to entry into the seventh grade.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0222) |
| VA | HB2400 | Pass | School boards; School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program; web-based application. Requires each local school board that collects information to determine eligibility for participation in the School Breakfast Program or the National Sc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-03-05
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0228) |
| VA | HJR934 | Pass | Commending Meg Medina.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-23
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ934ER) |
| VA | HJR873 | Pass | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Ralph L. Axselle, Jr.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-23
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ873ER) |
| VA | HJR1138 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Captain Anthony Reid Adams, USCG, Ret.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-23
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ1138ER) |
| VA | HR416 | Pass | Commending Black women in the General Assembly.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-23
Bill text as passed House (HR416ER) |
| VA | HR455 | Pass | Celebrating the life of Joshua Wayne Bell.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-23
Bill text as passed House (HR455ER) |
| VA | HB1922 | Pass | Summons for unlawful detainer; initial hearing; subsequent filings; termination notice. Provides that if an initial hearing on a summons for unlawful detainer cannot be held within 21 days from the date of filing, it shall be held as soon as practica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-22
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0132) |
| VA | HJR655 | Pass | Acknowledging with profound regret the existence and acceptance of lynching within the Commonwealth. Expresses the sentiment of the General Assembly in acknowledging with profound regret the existence and acceptance of lynching within the Commonwealt...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-22
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ655ER) |
| VA | HB1732 | Pass | School safety procedures; emergency situations; annual training. Requires each school board to develop training on safety procedures in the event of an emergency situation on school property. The bill requires such training to be delivered to each st...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-22
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0140) |
| VA | HJR716 | Pass | Commending the Honorable Daun Sessoms Hester.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-22
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ716ER) |
| VA | HR397 | Pass | Commending Virginia Indians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-22
Bill text as passed House (HR397ER) |
