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VAHB1716VetoContraception; right to contraception; applicability; enforcement. Establishes a right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill clarifies that none of its provisions shall be construed to p...
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2025-05-02
Vetoed by Governor
VAHB2520VetoVirginia military forces; Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Program established. Establishes the Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Program (the Program) within the Department of Military Affairs. The bill also establishes the Sexual Offense...
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2025-05-02
Vetoed by Governor
VAHB2371VetoHealth 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 con...
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2025-05-02
Vetoed by Governor
VAHB2235PassLocal and regional correctional facilities; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant. Prohibits the use of restraints, defined in the bill, on any prisoner of a local or regional correctional facility who is (i) known to be pregnant or (ii) in pos...
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2025-05-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0698)
VAHB2018PassBoard of Education; teacher licensure; career and technical education; alternative pathway to provisional licensure. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to issue a provisional license to any person seeking an initial license in the Commonweal...
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2025-05-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0676)
VAHB2610PassDepartment of Medical Assistance Services; state pharmacy benefits manager; independent evaluation. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services, by July 1, 2026, to select and contract with a third-party administrator to serve as the state...
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2025-05-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701)
VAHB1601VetoSiting of data centers; site assessment; high energy use facility. Provides that prior to any approval of a rezoning application, special exception application, or special use permit for the siting of a new high energy use facility (HEUF), as defined...
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2025-05-02
Vetoed by Governor
VAHB2446PassPostpartum Depression Education Act; report. Directs the Department of Health to establish a public awareness campaign, develop and distribute educational materials, and create an online resource hub focused on perinatal and postpartum depression. Th...
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2025-05-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0700)
VAHB1699VetoTax exemptions; Confederacy organizations. Eliminates the exemption from state recordation taxes for the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and eliminates the tax-exempt designation for real and personal property owned by th...
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2025-05-02
Vetoed by Governor
VAHB1614PassDepartment of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; postpartum doula care; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision...
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2025-05-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690)
VAHB2103PassBoard of Education; Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience; certain credit substitution allowance required. Requires the Board of Education to amend its Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience for the pu...
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2025-05-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677)
VAHB1609PassHealth insurance; coverage for fertility services; essential health benefits benchmark plan. Requires the Health Insurance Reform Commission to consider coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and for standard fertility preservation p...
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2025-05-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)
VAHB2515PassVirginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure. Prohibits a supplier, in connection with a consumer transaction, from advertising or displaying a price for goods or services without clearly and conspic...
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2025-05-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0685)
VAHR856PassCelebrating the life of Clarice Lorine Jordan.
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2025-04-03
Bill text as passed House (HR856ER)
VAHR847PassCommending the Prince William County Community Foundation.
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2025-04-03
Bill text as passed House (HR847ER)
VAHR845PassCommending the Southside Youth Football League, the Huntersville Wolverines Football and Cheer Organization, and the Park Place Kings Football and Cheer Organization.
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2025-04-03
Bill text as passed House (HR845ER)
VAHR843PassCommending Howard G. Adams, Ph.D., and Eloise Adams, Ph.D.
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2025-04-03
Bill text as passed House (HR843ER)
VAHR844PassCommending Stephanie Roble.
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2025-04-03
Bill text as passed House (HR844ER)
VAHR849PassCommending the Prince William County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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2025-04-03
Bill text as passed House (HR849ER)
VAHR874PassCommending Emily Burrell.
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2025-04-03
Bill text as passed House (HR874ER)
VAHR873PassCommending Liz Noto, Ph.D.
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2025-04-03
Bill text as passed House (HR873ER)
VAHR876PassCommending Greg Duncan.
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2025-04-03
Bill text as passed House (HR876ER)
VAHR853PassCommending Khadijeh Aslankhani.
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2025-04-03
Bill text as passed House (HR853ER)
VAHR861PassCommending McKinley L. Price, D.D.S.
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2025-04-03
Bill text as passed House (HR861ER)
VAHB1610VetoDepartment of Taxation; accounts receivable; collection. Directs the Department of Taxation, Department of Accounts, and Office of the Attorney General to analyze the pervasiveness of outstanding accounts receivable due to the Commonwealth and collec...
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB1657VetoVoter registration, regular periodic review of registration records; 90-day quiet period before all primary and general elections. Requires the Department of Elections to complete not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general elect...
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2025-04-02
Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
VAHB1928VetoMinimum wage. Increases the minimum wage incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2027. The bill codifies the adjusted state hourly minimum wage of $12.41 per hour that is effective January 1, 2025, and increases the minimum wage to $13.50 per ...
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2025-04-02
Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
VAHB1894VetoState correctional facilities; cell conditions; temperature monitoring; report. Requires the Department of Corrections to require that heat and air conditioning be provided in all state correctional facilities that are capable of controlling the inte...
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB1625VetoMinimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees; temporary foreign workers. Eliminates the exemptions from Virginia's minimum wage requirements for (i) persons employed as farm laborers or farm employees and (ii) certain temporary foreign workers.
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB1869VetoPurchase, possession, or transportation of firearm; assault and battery of a family or household member or intimate partner; penalties. Adds to the definition of "family or household member," as such definition relates to juvenile and domestic relati...
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2025-04-02
Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
VAHB1718VetoVirginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. Provides that if a condition exists in a rental dwelling unit that constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or with any provision of law th...
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB2221PassPrisoners; Department of Corrections-issued identification; report. Requires that prior to the release or discharge into the community of any prisoner who has been confined for at least 90 days and does not possess a government-issued identification ...
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2025-04-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)
VAHB2501PassDepartment of Motor Vehicles; driver communication improvement program. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to develop and implement a program for the promotion, printing, and distribution of envelopes for use by drivers diagnosed with autism s...
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2025-04-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665)
VAHB2153PassDepartment of Housing and Community Development; affordable housing; development by nonprofit organizations. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a document describing considerations that a locality may consider when...
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2025-04-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0653)
VAHB2352PassCharter; Town of Dumfries. Makes numerous amendments to the charter for the Town of Dumfries in Prince William County. Proposed changes (i) broaden the statement of the town's general grant of powers; (ii) reference general law for procedures for rem...
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2025-04-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)
VAHB2136VetoOffice of the Public Utility Ombudsman; established. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish the Office of the Public Utility Ombudsman to protect the interests of residential customers of public utilities. The Office of the Public Uti...
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB1922VetoDepartment of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program established. Establishes the Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program with a statewide goal of 42 percent of certified small SWaM busi...
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB1608VetoFirearm industry members; standards of responsible conduct; civil liability. Creates standards of responsible conduct for firearm industry members and requires such members to establish and implement reasonable controls regarding the manufacture, sal...
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB2356VetoPrevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements; RPS-eligible source work; penalties. Requires each public service company, including its contractors and subcontractors, or third-party developer to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by ...
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB2555VetoModification of sentence for marijuana-related offenses. Creates a process by which persons convicted of certain felony offenses involving the possession, manufacture, selling, giving, distribution, transportation, or delivery of marijuana committed ...
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2025-04-02
Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
VAHB2393PassIssuance of writ of vacatur for victims of human trafficking. Amends the procedure that allows victims of human trafficking, defined in the bill, to file a petition of vacatur in circuit court to have certain convictions vacated and the police and co...
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2025-04-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663)
VAHB2094VetoHigh-risk artificial intelligence; development, deployment, and use; civil penalties. Creates requirements for the development, deployment, and use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems, defined in the bill, and civil penalties for noncomplian...
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
VASB1009VetoElections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; report. Makes the decision to conduct an election by ranked choice voting subject to a determination of feasibility by the State Board of Elections. The bill provides procedures for tabulating and...
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2025-04-02
Senate sustained Governor's veto
VAHB2550VetoNoise abatement monitoring systems; local authority; civil penalties. Authorizes counties and cities in Planning Districts 8 (Northern Virginia Regional Commission) and 16 (George Washington Regional Commission) to place and operate noise abatement m...
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB2594PassDepartment of Criminal Justice Services; standards and training for security at nonprofit institutions. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish statewide best practices, including training, for any law-enforcement officer, u...
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2025-04-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667)
VAHB2277VetoElections administration; duties of local electoral board; certification of election; grounds for removal; civil penalty. Provides that the certification of the results of an election is a clear ministerial duty of the local electoral boards and that...
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB1736VetoVirginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention; creation. Creates the Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention within the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill states that the Center will serve a...
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
VAHB1977VetoWeapons; possession prohibited in a hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly and intentionally possess in the building of any hospital that provides m...
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2025-04-02
Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
VAHB2618PassPublic school buildings; indoor air quality; inspection and evaluation. Establishes several enumerated requirements for local school divisions to ensure indoor air quality in each public school building in the local school division, including providi...
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2025-04-02
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0668)
VAHB2485VetoCannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all m...
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2025-04-02
House sustained Governor's veto
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