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Virginia Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
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| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB109 | Electric utilities; regional transmission entities, annual report. | Dead | 02/13/2024 |
| HB489 | Fire Programs Fund; increases annual assessment used to fund. | Dead | 02/14/2024 |
| HB510 | Surplus line broker; any person required to be licensed as one shall not be subject to certain tax. | Dead | 02/01/2024 |
| HB1284 | Firefighters and emergency medical services; collective bargaining by providers, definitions. | Dead | 02/13/2024 |
| HB1616 | Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Program and Fund; established, report, sunset. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1625 | Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees; temporary foreign workers. | Vetoed | 01/31/2025 |
| HB1628 | Fire insurance; assignment of claims prohibited. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/23/2025 |
| HB1639 | Health insurance; tobacco surcharge, removes sunset. | Vetoed | 01/24/2025 |
| HB1641 | State plan for medical assistance services and health insurance; pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1682 | Surplus lines broker taxes; certain insurance policies. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/27/2025 |
| HB1724 | Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established, drug cost affordability review, report. | Vetoed | 02/03/2025 |
| HB1725 | Medical Debt Protection Act; created, prohibited practices, penalties. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| HB1766 | Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1767 | Unemployment benefits; maximum duration. | Dead | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1778 | Insurance agents; appointments and terminations. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/23/2025 |
| HB1779 | Carbon-free energy or clean energy; definition of fusion energy. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/28/2025 |
| HB1791 | Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund; established and created. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1796 | Corporations; creates a regulatory framework for decentralized autonomous organizations. | Vetoed | 02/03/2025 |
| HB1821 | Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers, zero-carbon electricity. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| HB1822 | Electric utilities; construction of certain electrical transmission lines, advanced conductors. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| HB1828 | Health insurance; cost sharing for breast examinations. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1883 | Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements. | Vetoed | 01/30/2025 |
| HB1919 | Workplace violence policy; required for certain employers, civil penalty. | Vetoed | 02/04/2025 |
| HB1921 | Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties, effective date. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1923 | Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners, etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1928 | Minimum wage. | Vetoed | 01/31/2025 |
| HB1933 | Workers' compensation; presumption as to death or disability from throat cancer. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1934 | Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1942 | Financial institutions; regulation of money transmitters, penalty, effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB1980 | Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention. | Dead | 02/04/2025 |
| HB2060 | Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. | Dead | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2083 | Pregnant qualified individuals; Va. Health Benefit Exchange to establish special enrollment period. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| HB2084 | Public utilities certain; SCC shall determine if using reasonable classifications of customers. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| HB2085 | Health insurance; carrier business practices, method of payment for claims. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/23/2025 |
| HB2087 | Electric utilities; transportation electrification, definitions. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2089 | Collective bargaining; individual home care providers. | Dead | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2090 | Multi-family shared solar program; amends requirements for a shared facility, etc. | Vetoed | 01/30/2025 |
| HB2097 | Health insurance; coverage requirements for prostate cancer screenings. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| HB2098 | Labor & employment provisions; application of law, protection of employees, definition of employer. | Vetoed | 02/04/2025 |
| HB2099 | Health insurance; required provisions regarding prior authorization for health care services. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| HB2100 | Medicare supplement policies; annual open enrollment period, individual Medicare policies, etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2113 | Solar Interconnection Grant Program; established, sunset, report. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2136 | Public Utility Ombudsman,Office of the; established, effective date. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2258 | Bureau of Insurance of SCC; step therapy protocols for health benefit plans, report. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2266 | Electric utilities; distribution cost sharing program established, etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/04/2025 |
| HB2346 | Virtual power plant pilot program; each Phase II Utility shall petition SCC for approval to conduct. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/04/2025 |
| HB2356 | Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements, RPS-eligible source work, penalties. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2371 | Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2392 | Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers, definition of "covered entity." | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2401 | Child labor; child engaged in the work of content creation, trust account. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/04/2025 |
| HB2413 | Electric utilities; integrated resource plans, Phase I or Phase II files updated plans, etc. | Vetoed | 02/04/2025 |
| HB2426 | Small renewable energy projects; amends definition, permit by rule. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2438 | Solar facilities; local regulation, special exceptions. | Dead | 01/31/2025 |
| HB2469 | Overtime for certain employees; domestic service workers and live-in domestic workers. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2495 | Firefighters and emergency medical services providers; collective bargaining. | Dead | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2509 | Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; established, report. | Dead | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2525 | Health insurance; electronic prior authorization, report. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2531 | Paid family and medical leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2537 | Energy storage requirements; Department of Energy, et al., to develop model ordinances, reports. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2561 | Employee protections; minimum wage and overtime wages, civil actions, misclassification of workers. | Vetoed | 02/04/2025 |
| HB2619 | Private companies providing public transportation services; employee protections. | Vetoed | 02/04/2025 |
| HB2621 | Phase I Utilities; financing for certain securitized asset costs, biennial rate reviews. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2644 | Electric cooperative subsidiaries; customers exceeding 90 megawatts demand. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2671 | Authorized septic system inspectors; definitions, minimum requirements, penalty. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2711 | Water & wastewater utilities; eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2738 | Health insurance; coverage for mental health and substance abuse disorders. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2743 | Public service companies; prevailing wage rate for underground infrastructure works. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2744 | Electric utilities; energy efficiency upgrades, report. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2755 | Underground transmission lines; qualifying projects. | Dead | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2764 | Collective bargaining by public employees; exclusive bargaining representatives. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| HB2769 | Life or health insurances; unfair discrimination, pre-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of HIV. | Vetoed | 02/05/2025 |
| SB91 | Paid sick leave; home health workers providing agency-directed services. | Dead | 01/02/2024 |
| SB137 | Electric utilities; SCC to ensure energy policy at lowest reasonable cost. | Dead | 01/05/2024 |
| SB152 | Electric utilities; retail competition, aggregated competitive purchasers. | Dead | 01/05/2024 |
| SB191 | Electric utilities; data center demand, allocation of costs among customer classes. | Dead | 01/26/2024 |
| SB230 | Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs, duty to implement the Energy Policy, etc. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| SB234 | Parking Lot Solar Development Program; established, report. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| SB247 | Building service employees; public contracting. | Dead | 01/31/2024 |
| SB346 | Net energy metering; solar interconnection, cost recovery. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| SB376 | Health insurance; limit on cost-sharing payments for prescription drugs under certain plans. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| SB485 | Employee protections; employer-sponsored meetings on political matters, civil action. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| SB500 | Electric utilities; integrated resource plans, grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| SB507 | Health care providers & grocery store workers; employers to provide paid sick leave, effective date. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| SB520 | Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| SB567 | Siting of energy facilities; approval by the State Corporation Commission. | Dead | 01/10/2024 |
| SB578 | Electric utilities; offshore wind generation facilities, competitive procurement process. | Dead | 01/10/2024 |
| SB591 | Electric utilities; customer energy choice, notice required for customer return to service. | Dead | 01/10/2024 |
| SB593 | Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. | Dead | 01/10/2024 |
| SB623 | Firefighters and emergency medical services; collective bargaining by providers. | Dead | 01/10/2024 |
| SB664 | Electric utilities; electric distribution infrastructure serving data centers. | Dead | 01/16/2024 |
| SB670 | Surplus line broker; any person required to be licensed as one shall not be subject to certain tax. | Dead | 01/09/2024 |
| SB685 | Minimum wage and overtime pay; warehouse distribution center employees and employers, civil action. | Dead | 01/18/2024 |
| SB688 | Offshore wind capacity; development, prohibited cost recovery. | Dead | 01/18/2024 |
| SB708 | Underground transmission lines; qualifying projects, pilot program. | Dead | 01/19/2024 |
| SB735 | Health insurance; denial of referral by direct primary care provider prohibited. | Dead | 01/19/2024 |
| SB759 | Contracts assigning rights to earned wages; legal rate of interest. | Dead | 12/10/2024 |
| SB780 | Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. | Vetoed | 12/26/2024 |
| SB788 | Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors. | Dead | 12/28/2024 |
| SB793 | Va. Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; electronic filing, review of claims. | Dead | 12/28/2024 |
| SB798 | Retail franchise agreements; governing law, competition restrictions. | Dead | 12/28/2024 |
| SB803 | Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors. | Dead | 12/29/2024 |
| SB823 | Electric utilities; construction of renewable energy facilities. | Vetoed | 12/31/2024 |
| SB824 | State Corporation Commission; powers and duties. | Vetoed | 12/31/2024 |
| SB840 | Child labor; child engaged in the work of content creation, trust account. | Dead | 01/02/2025 |
| SB850 | Water & wastewater utilities; eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/02/2025 |
| SB853 | Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements, RPS-eligible source work, penalties. | Vetoed | 01/03/2025 |
| SB860 | Workers' compensation benefits; disorders induced by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. | Dead | 01/03/2025 |
| SB893 | Renewable energy portfolio standard program; geothermal heating and cooling systems, report. | Vetoed | 01/04/2025 |
| SB897 | Overtime for certain employees; domestic service workers and live-in domestic workers. | Vetoed | 01/05/2025 |
| SB902 | Electric utilities; renewable portfolio standard program, deficiency payments. | Dead | 01/05/2025 |
| SB912 | Safety and Health Codes Board; THC impairment standard for certain work sites. | Dead | 01/05/2025 |
| SB917 | Collective bargaining by public employees; exclusive bargaining representatives. | Vetoed | 01/05/2025 |
| SB920 | Workers' compensation; presumption as to death or disability from throat cancer. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/05/2025 |
| SB925 | Health insurance; carrier business practices, method of payment for claims. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/06/2025 |
| SB954 | Fertility preservation treatments; state plan for medical assistance services. | Dead | 01/06/2025 |
| SB960 | Electric utilities; data center cost allocation. | Dead | 01/06/2025 |
| SB964 | Collective bargaining; individual home care providers. | Dead | 01/06/2025 |
| SB967 | Minimum wage and overtime pay; warehouse distribution center employees and employers. | Dead | 01/06/2025 |
| SB998 | Child labor; child engaged in the work of content creation, trust account. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1021 | Electric utilities; integrated resource plans, Phase I or Phase II files updated plans, etc. | Vetoed | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1022 | State Corporation Commission; time frame for completion of certain transmission lines proceedings. | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1040 | Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements. | Vetoed | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1047 | Demand response programs; Dept. of Energy to evaluate & assess benefits, and recommendations. | Vetoed | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1049 | Electric utilities; approval required for construction of certain electrical transmission lines. | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1056 | Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1057 | Unemployment insurance; weekly benefit amount, increasing threshold for deduction of wages payable. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1058 | Electric utilities; distribution cost sharing program established, etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1076 | Phase I Utilities; securitized asset costs, rate increases in certain months prohibited, etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1077 | Electric utilities; regulation, development of renewable energy facilities. | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1078 | Health insurance; cost-sharing, pharmacy benefits managers, compensation and duties, civil penalty. | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1091 | Electric utilities; renewable energy standard eligible sources. | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1100 | Virtual power plant pilot program; each Phase II Utility shall petition SCC for approval to conduct. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1103 | Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention. | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1112 | Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors. | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1114 | Solar facilities; local regulations, special exceptions for solar photovoltaic projects. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| SB1132 | Prospective employees; prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history. | Vetoed | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1154 | Fire insurance; assignment of claims prohibited. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1159 | Motor vehicle insurance; underinsured motorist coverage, revises language of required notice. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1160 | Electric utilities; State Corporation Commission to establish an emissions intensity target program. | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1168 | Health insurance; coverage for acupuncture treatments. | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| SB1192 | Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1197 | Electric cooperative subsidiaries; customers exceeding 90 megawatts demand. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1199 | Medicare supplement policies; annual open enrollment period, individual Medicare policies, etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1207 | Lithium-ion Battery Separator Manufacturing Grant Fund; created, definitions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1208 | Current and Mature Semiconductor Technology Grant Fund; established. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1215 | Health insurance; required provisions regarding prior authorization for health care services. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1216 | Retail electric energy; renewable energy certificates. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1218 | L&E; covenants not to compete prohibited, low-wage employees, exceptions, civil penalty. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1238 | Health insurance; cost sharing for breast examinations. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1243 | Electric utilities; electric distribution infrastructure serving data centers. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1252 | Financial institutions; loans and legal rate of interest. | Vetoed | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1269 | Surplus lines broker taxes; certain insurance policies. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1276 | Labor and employment; portable benefit accounts, income tax, deduction. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1281 | Electric utilities; retail competition. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1290 | Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners. | Dead | 01/08/2025 |
| SB1299 | Workers' compensation; compensation to dependents or beneficiaries of an employee killed. | Dead | 01/09/2025 |
| SB1301 | Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. | Dead | 01/09/2025 |
| SB1311 | Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers, definition of "covered entity." | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/09/2025 |
| SB1314 | Health insurance; coverage requirements for prostate cancer screenings. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/09/2025 |
| SB1316 | Renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources; geothermal electric generating resources. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/09/2025 |
| SB1332 | Towing and storage of certain vehicles; limitation on charges. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| SB1339 | Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitations by text message, effective date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| SB1356 | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| SB1358 | Underground transmission lines; qualifying projects. | Dead | 01/13/2025 |
| SB1359 | Health carriers and pharmacy benefits managers; prohibited conduct, civil penalty. | Dead | 01/13/2025 |
| SB1371 | Gift certificates; prohibits imposition of a dormancy fee, etc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| SB1373 | Energy Innovation Pilot Program; established, report. | Dead | 01/13/2025 |
| SB1394 | Energy storage requirements; Department of Energy, et al., to develop model ordinances, reports. | Vetoed | 01/14/2025 |
| SB1401 | Firefighters and emergency medical services providers; collective bargaining. | Dead | 01/14/2025 |
| SB1403 | Electric utilities; request for proposals required for certain facilities. | Dead | 01/14/2025 |
| SB1434 | Solar photovoltaic project; decisions of localities, regional energy plans. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| SB1436 | Health insurance; cost sharing for breast examinations. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/17/2025 |
| SB1447 | Health insurance; coverage for at-home blood pressure monitors, report. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| SB1453 | Financial institutions; discrimination prohibited, penalty. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| SB1485 | Electric utilities; customer energy choice, customer return to service, subscription cap and queue. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |