| VA | HB1838 | Enroll | Loudoun County school board; staggered terms. Enables the Loudoun County school board to stagger the terms of its members at the November election immediately preceding the end of the board's term and upon the board's prior vote for staggered terms. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| VA | HB1864 | Enroll | Virginia Human Rights Act; definition of employer; person employing one or more domestic workers. Expands the definition of "employer" for all purposes of the Virginia Human Rights Act to include a person employing one or more domestic workers, as de... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| VA | HB2162 | Enroll | Medical care facilities; persons with disabilities; designated support persons. Requires every medical care facility, as defined in the bill, to allow a person with a disability who requires assistance as a result of such disability to be accompanied... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| VA | HB2019 | Enroll | Public elementary and secondary schools; possession and administration of undesignated stock albuterol inhalers and valved holding chambers. Requires each local school board to adopt and implement policies for the possession and administration of und... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| VA | HB1988 | Enroll | Board of Pharmacy; pharmaceutical processors; processing and dispensing cannabis oil. Effects numerous changes to the processing and dispensing of cannabis oil by pharmaceutical processors in the Commonwealth. The bill defines the term "designated ca... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| VA | HB2276 | Engross | 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... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01 Failed to pass |
| VA | HB2135 | Enroll | Certain school boards; student meals; participation in the Afterschool Meal Program. Requires each school board that governs a local school division that has a student population that qualifies for free and reduced-price meals at a minimum percentage... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| VA | HB2327 | Enroll | Virginia Public Procurement Act; requirement to pay prevailing wage; transportation infrastructure projects. Clarifies, for purposes of the requirement under certain circumstances to pay the prevailing wage rate for work performed on public works con... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| VA | HB2074 | Engross | Environmental justice; interagency working group. Establishes the Interagency Environmental Justice Working Group as an advisory council in the executive branch of state government to further environmental justice in the Commonwealth and directs each... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01 Failed to pass |
| VA | HB5002 | Engross | Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; Small Business Procurement Enhancement Program, and Women-owned and Minority-owned Business Procurement Enhancement Program established; report. Establishes the Small Business Procurement Enhanceme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-03-01 Failed to pass |
| VA | HB1817 | Engross | Practice of certified nurse midwives. Eliminates the requirement that certified nurse midwives practice pursuant to a practice agreement and provides that certified nurse midwives shall practice in accordance with regulations of the Boards of Medicin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N) |
| VA | HB1818 | Engross | Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Provides that the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease will apply for salaried or volunteer emergency medical services personnel ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (96-Y 0-N 1-A) |
| VA | HB1985 | Engross | Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of health care providers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act. The bill p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB2295 | Engross | Carrying a firearm within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, into building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, etc.; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to carry any firearm within (i) the Capitol of Virginia; (ii) Capitol Squ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N) |
| VA | HB1979 | Engross | Electric vehicle rebate program; creation and funding; report. Creates a rebate program for the purchase or lease of new and used electric vehicles, to be administered by the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. A purchaser or lessee of a new or... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) |
| VA | HB1987 | Engross | Telemedicine. Requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance to provide for payment of medical assistance for remote patient monitoring services provided via telemedicine for certain high-risk patient... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (99-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1811 | Engross | Virginia Public Procurement Act; preference for energy-efficient and water-efficient goods. Provides that in the course of procuring goods, if a public body receives two or more bids for products that are Energy Star certified, meet Federal Energy Ma... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (27-Y 11-N) |
| VA | HB1900 | Engross | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit, interruption of services, or actions taken to make premises unsafe. Provides that a general district court shall enter an order upon petition by a tenant ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N) |
| VA | HB2321 | Engross | Governor's Secretaries; Secretary of Labor created. Creates in the Governor's Cabinet the position of Secretary of Labor. The bill transfers from the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to the Secretary of Labor responsibility for the Department of Labor... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) |
| VA | HB2004 | Engross | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident information; criminal investigative files. Adds criminal investigative files, defined in the bill, relating to a criminal investigation or proceeding that is not ongoing, also def... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 44-N) |
| VA | HB2040 | Engross | Unemployment compensation; failure to respond; continuation of benefits; repayment of overpayments. Provides that an employer shall be deemed to have established a pattern of failing to respond timely or adequately to written requests for information... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) |
| VA | HB1935 | Engross | Conformity of the Commonwealth's taxation system with the Internal Revenue Code; emergency. Advances Virginia's date of conformity with the Internal Revenue Code from December 31, 2019, to December 31, 2020. The bill adds exceptions to such conformit... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1909 | Engross | Certain school board property; establishment of gun-free zone permitted. Permits any school board to deem any non-school zone property that it owns or leases as a gun-free zone and prohibit any individual from knowingly possessing, purchasing, transf... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 45-N) |
| VA | HB2118 | Engross | Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program; creation; workgroup report. Establishes the Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program for the purpose of (i) awarding grants on a competitive basis to public school divisions for (a) assisting with costs of repl... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (59-Y 35-N) |
| VA | HB1894 | Enroll | Certain employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice; naloxone or other opioid antagonist. Authorizes employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice designated as probation and parole officers or as juvenile correctional officers to possess and a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB2208 | Enroll | Department of General Services; removal of Harry F. Byrd, Sr., statue. Directs the Department of General Services to remove the statue of former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr., from Capitol Square. The bill directs the Departme... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2208ER) |
| VA | HB1923 | Enroll | Electric utilities; broadband capacity pilot program. Expands an existing pilot program under which Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power are authorized to provide or make available broadband capacity to Internet service providers in areas of the Com... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB1968 | Enroll | Absentee voting; early in person; availability on Sundays. Permits the electoral board or general registrar of a county or city to provide absentee voting in person in the office of the general registrar or voter satellite office on Sundays. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021 |
| VA | HB2130 | Enroll | Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board. Establishes the Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board to advise the Governor regarding the economic, professional, cultural, educational, and governmental links between the Commonwealth and the LGBTQ+ community in Virginia an... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB2013 | Enroll | School board policies; school meal debt; enforcement. Requires each school board to adopt a policy that prohibits the board from filing a lawsuit against a student or the student's parent because the student cannot pay for a meal at school or owes a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB2117 | Enroll | Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires that funds expended for private special education services under the Children's Services Act only be expended on educational programs that are licensed by the Board of Education or an equi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB1853 | Enroll | Lawyers; client accounts. Repeals the provision prohibiting the Supreme Court of Virginia from adopting a disciplinary rule requiring that lawyers deposit client funds in an interest-bearing account. The bill provides that any rule promulgated by the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1853ER) |
| VA | HB2065 | Enroll | Produce Rx Program established; report. Directs the Department of Social Services, in cooperation with the Department of Medical Assistance Services, to convene a work group to develop a plan for a three-year pilot Produce Rx program to incentivize c... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2065ER) |
| VA | HB1832 | Enroll | Virginia Highway Corporation Act; alteration of certificate of authority; powers and duties of the State Corporation Commission. Requires any application for a transfer, extension, or amendment of a certificate of authority issued under the Virginia ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1832ER) |
| VA | HB1888 | Enroll | Absentee voting; procedural and process reforms; availability and accessibility reforms; penalty. Makes various reforms to absentee voting processes and procedures, including those related to availability and accessibility. The bill requires certain ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB1921 | Enroll | Assistance for certain voters; curbside voting. Clarifies that any voter with a permanent physical disability, temporary physical disability, or injury is entitled to vote outside of the polling place. The bill further provides that during a declared... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021 |
| VA | HB1902 | Enroll | Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition; civil penalty. Prohibits the dispensing by a food vendor of prepared food to a customer in a single-use expanded polystyrene food service container, as defined in the bill. The bill requires ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1902ER) |
| VA | HB1976 | Enroll | Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; mission; membership. Adds to the mission of the Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority (i) developing strategies to increase diversity in the health workforce by examining demographic data on ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB2042 | Enroll | Replacement and conservation of trees during development; work group. Gives a locality the ability to exceed general requirements in its tree replacement and conservation ordinances in specific circumstances, including development that impacts stormw... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021 |
| VA | HB2206 | Enroll | Child Care Subsidy Program; emergency. Provides that regulations governing the Child Care Subsidy Program (the Program) shall be amended to provide that (i) a family shall be eligible for assistance through the Program if the family's income does not... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021 |
| VA | HB1965 | Enroll | State Air Pollution Control Board; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program. Directs the State Air Pollution Control Board to implement a low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program for motor vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later.... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB2125 | Enroll | Voter registration; preregistration for persons 16 years of age or older. Permits a person who is otherwise qualified to register to vote and is 16 years of age or older, but who will not be 18 years of age on or before the day of the next general el... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021 |
| VA | HB1982 | Enroll | Nutrient credits; use by facility with certain stormwater discharge permit. Authorizes a facility that has been issued a Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permit regulating stormwater discharges to acquire, use, and transfer nut... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021 |
| VA | HB2300 | Enroll | State Board of Health; hospitals; emergency treatment for substance use-related emergencies; services. Requires each hospital with an emergency department that is currently regulated by the State Board of Health (the Board) to establish a protocol fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB2133 | Enroll | Issuance of writ of vacatur for victims of commercial sex trafficking. Establishes a procedure for victims of sex trafficking to file a petition of vacatur in circuit court to have certain convictions vacated and the police and court records expunged... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB1983 | Enroll | Wetland and stream mitigation banks; proximity of impacted site. Provides that when a water protection permit applicant is required to purchase wetland or stream mitigation bank credits but no credits are available (i) in any mitigation provider's pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021 |
| VA | HB1865 | Enroll | Certain students in kindergarten through grade 3; reading intervention services. Requires reading intervention services for students in kindergarten through grade three who demonstrate deficiencies based on their individual performance on the Standar... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB2072 | Enroll | Virginia Housing Development Authority; work group to establish Virginia Good Neighbor Next Door program. Requires the Virginia Housing Development Authority to report to the Governor, the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senat... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB1992 | Enroll | Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms following conviction for assault and battery of a family or household member; penalties. Prohibits a person who has been convicted of assault and battery of a family or household member, as defined ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker |
| VA | HB1998 | Pass | Public schools; lock-down drills; annual requirement. Reduces from three to two the minimum number of mandatory annual lock-down drills in each public elementary and secondary school in the Commonwealth. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2021-02-25 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 26 (effective 7/1/21) |