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VAHB125PassSpecial justices and independent evaluator fees; emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions. Increases the fee that a special justice receives for presiding over emergency custody and voluntary and involuntary civil admissions f...
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2024-04-17
Enacted, Chapter 802 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB215PassDepartment of Education; development of Title IX and sexual harassment prevention training modules for students in the ninth and tenth grades. Requires the Department of Education to develop culturally appropriate, age-appropriate, and trauma-informe...
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2024-04-17
Enacted, Chapter 805 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB673PassResilient Virginia Revolving Fund; projects; low-income geographic areas; nature-based solutions. Provides that the Department of Conservation and Recreation shall give additional weight to projects located in low-income geographic areas and projects...
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2024-04-17
Enacted, Chapter 816 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB76PassForeman of grand jury; oaths of jurors and witnesses. Clarifies the oath of the foreman and other grand jurors. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia.
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2024-04-08
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 713 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB213PassEmissions inspections; agreement for services; fees. Increases from $3,500 to $5,000 the amount the emissions inspection program coordinator may be paid per year from each motor vehicle emissions inspection station for the provision and maintenance o...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 634 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB25PassAnnual retail sales and use tax holiday. Establishes an annual retail sales and use tax holiday that takes place on the first full weekend in August beginning on July 1, 2025, through July 1, 2030. During such weekend, state retail sales and use tax ...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 628 (effective 7/1/25)
VAHB266PassCustodial interrogation of a child; failure to comply with section; inadmissibility of statement. Provides that if a law-enforcement officer knowingly fails to comply with existing law regarding parental notification and contact prior to a custodial ...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 719 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB888PassCivil commitments and temporary detention orders; definition of mental illness; neurocognitive disorders and neurodevelopmental disabilities; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to evaluate placements for certain individuals; report. Specifies th...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 696 (effective - see bill)
VAHB102PassCompensation of court-appointed counsel. Raises the limitation of fees that court-appointed counsel can receive for representation on various offenses in district and circuit courts. The bill also limits the fees charged for the cost of court-appoint...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 1/1/25)
VAHB944PassForest Sustainability Fund; fund allocation. Provides that moneys from the Forest Sustainability Fund must be allocated proportionally among localities that forgo tax revenues as a result of the use value assessment and taxation for real estate devot...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 699 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB106PassShared solar programs; Dominion Energy Virginia; minimum bill; capacity. Amends existing shared solar program provisions applicable to Dominion Energy Virginia. The bill provides that a customer's net bill for participation in the shared solar progra...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 715 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB108PassShared solar programs; American Electric Power; minimum bill; capacity. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation a shared solar program, as defined in the bill, through which customers of American Electric Power may purcha...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 716 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB1099PassCigarettes intended to be heated; heated tobacco products; taxation. Redefines "cigarette" for state cigarette tax purposes to include "cigarettes intended to be heated" as defined in the bill and distinguished from "heated tobacco products." The bil...
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2024-04-08
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 611 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB78PassSearch warrants, subpoenas, court orders, or other process; menstrual health data prohibited. Prohibits the issuance of a search warrant, subpoena, court order, or other process for the purpose of the search and seizure or production of menstrual hea...
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2024-04-05
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 523 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB692PassFinancial institutions; reporting financial exploitation of elderly or vulnerable adults. Permits a financial institution to allow an elderly or vulnerable adult, as defined in the bill, to submit and periodically update a list of trusted persons who...
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2024-04-05
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 530 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB1342PassBaccalaureate public institutions of higher education; provision of physical evidence recovery kits. Requires each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to either (i) staff its on-campus student health center with at least one on-campu...
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2024-04-05
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 554 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB893PassStandards for attorneys appointed to represent parents or guardians; child dependency cases; compensation; multidisciplinary law offices or programs; report. Requires the Judicial Council of Virginia, in conjunction with the Virginia State Bar, begin...
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2024-04-04
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 428 (effective - see bill)
VAHB134PassDepartment of Education; development of education materials relating to risks of opioids. Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with such stakeholders and experts as it deems necessary or appropriate, to develop and submit to the Chai...
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2024-04-04
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0434)
VAHB732PassPublic schools; opioid antagonist procurement, possession, and administration; school board employee training and certification; opioid overdose prevention and reversal instruction; guidelines and requirements. Requires each local school board to dev...
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2024-04-04
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 451 (effective 7/1/24)
VAHB100PassChild labor offenses; civil penalties. Increases from $10,000 to $25,000 the civil penalty for each violation of child labor laws that results in the employment of a child who is seriously injured or dies in the course of employment. The bill also in...
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2024-04-03
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)
VAHB268PassJuveniles; evidence of trafficking, sexual abuse, or rape by the alleged victim prior to or during the commission of the alleged offense; treatment and rehabilitation. Requires a juvenile and domestic relations district court, when determining whethe...
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2024-04-03
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0365)
VAHB168PassDepartment of Education; resource document on supports and services for homeless students. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board a resource document containing guidance and best practices for providin...
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2024-04-03
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0370)
VAHB581PassHuman trafficking response teams. Requires attorneys for the Commonwealth to establish multidisciplinary human trafficking response teams. The bill provides that each team shall hold a meeting, at least annually, to (i) discuss implementation of prot...
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2024-04-03
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0366)
VAHB18PassHate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity; penalties. Provides that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to safeguard all individuals within the Commonwealth from unlawful discrimination in employment and in places of public accommodation beca...
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2024-04-02
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0266)
VAHB503PassDepartment of Medical Assistance Services; credentialed addiction treatment professionals; licensed behavior analysts; definition. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend in its regulations the definition of "credentialed addic...
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2024-04-02
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0288)
VAHB128PassLocal regulation of door-to-door vendors; political parties exempted. Provides that local ordinances regulating the activities of door-to-door vendors shall not apply to any person participating in certain specified political activities.
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2024-03-28
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0172)
VAHB908PassDepartment of Medical Assistances Services; financial eligibility standards for certain waivers providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the financial eligibilit...
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2024-03-28
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211)
VAHB441PassAssistance for certain voters outside of the polling place; definition of "person with a disability"; training. Amends the definition of "person with a disability" for purposes of the Elections title to mean any person who has a physical or mental im...
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2024-03-28
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0191)
VAHB1015PassAgricultural best management practices tax credit; agricultural equipment purchase tax credit; sunset date. Extends from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2030, the sunset date of the individual and corporate agricultural best management practices incom...
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2024-03-28
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0212)
VAHB1381PassCenter for Rural Virginia; name change. Renames the Center for Rural Virginia as the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia.
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2024-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0132)
VAHB719PassPublic high schools; research-based hazing prevention instruction. Requires the Board of Education to develop Standards of Learning and curriculum guidelines for research-based hazing prevention instruction to be provided as a part of physical or hea...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0144)
VAHB36PassAbuse and neglect of children; causing or enabling child to gain possession of a firearm; penalty. Creates a Class 5 felony for any parent, guardian, or other person who is 18 years of age or older and is responsible for the care of a child under the...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0161)
VAHB174PassMarriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license. Provides that no person authorized to issue a marriage license shall deny the issuance of such license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the ...
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2024-03-08
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021)
VAHJR365PassCelebrating the life of the Honorable Onzlee Ware.
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2024-03-08
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ365ER)
VAHJR369PassCommending Craig M. Burns.
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2024-03-08
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ369ER)
VAHR281PassCommending the Honorable Mark Lee Keam.
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2024-03-08
VOTE: (96-Y 0-N)
VAHJR406PassCommending Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ.
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2024-03-08
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ406ER)
VAHR341PassCommending Vivian Rivera-Maysonet.
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2024-03-08
Agreed to by House by voice vote
VAHR386PassCommending ChildSavers-Memorial Child Guidance Clinic.
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2024-03-08
Agreed to by House by voice vote
VAHR375PassCommending the Honorable Kathleen J. Murphy.
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2024-03-08
Agreed to by House by voice vote
VAHR420PassCommending the Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail.
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2024-03-08
Bill text as passed House (HR420ER)
VAHR412PassCommending the Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington.
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2024-03-08
Agreed to by House by voice vote
VAHJR287PassCelebrating the life of Emily Beer.
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2024-03-07
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ287ER)
VAHJR386PassCommending Arlington Public Schools' recipients of the Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship.
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2024-03-07
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ386ER)
VAHJR370PassCelebrating the life of Robert Ira Bryan Kahane.
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2024-03-07
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ370ER)
VAHJR373PassCommending Camelot Elementary School.
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2024-03-07
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ373ER)
VAHJR372PassCommending Annandale High School.
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2024-03-07
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ372ER)
VAHJR371PassCommending Braddock Elementary School.
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2024-03-07
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ371ER)
VAHJR346PassCommending Julian C. Deck.
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2024-03-07
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ346ER)
VAHJR394PassCommending the KORUS Festival.
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2024-03-07
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ394ER)
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