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State Senator
Barbara Favola
(D) - Virginia
Virginia Senate District 40
In Office - Started: 01/10/2024
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Capitol Office
General Assembly Building
P.O. Box 396
Richmond, VA 23218
P.O. Box 396
Richmond, VA 23218
Phone: 804-698-7540
Arlington Office
P.O. Box 687
Arlington, VA 22216
Arlington, VA 22216
Phone: 703-721-8582
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB963 | Discovery materials or evidence; allows accused to request the Commonwealth to copy or photograph. | Discovery. Requires the Commonwealth, upon request by the accused or his counsel to copy or photograph any discovery materials or evidence the accused is permitted to inspect and review, including relevant police reports, criminal records, and body-worn camera footage, and requires the Commonwealth to provide such copies or photographs, electronically or otherwise, to the accused or his counsel, unless such material is prohibited from being distributed by law or impossible to provide by electronic means. The bill requires the attorney for the Commonwealth in any district court to provide to counsel of record for the accused, if requested, by electronic means a copy of any police report at least 10 days prior to the date the case is set for trial or preliminary hearing, provided that counsel of record agrees to any reasonable redaction or restricted dissemination as requested by the attorney for the Commonwealth. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. This bill incorporates SB 1355 and is identical to HB 1630. | Vetoed |
| HB2520 | Virginia military forces; preliminary protective orders, etc. | Virginia 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 Prevention and Response Officer (the Officer) to perform victim advocacy services, including helping victims of certain criminal sexual assault offenses make either a restricted report or an unrestricted report, as those terms are defined in the bill. Restricted and unrestricted reports may be made (i) by a person who is a member of the Virginia military forces, defined in the bill as the Virginia National Guard and the Virginia Defense Force, or (ii) against a member of the Virginia military forces. The bill directs the Adjutant General, in coordination with the Officer, to submit an annual report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the chairmen of both the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice. The annual report shall include relevant information enumerated in the bill, including implementation and effectiveness of the Program's policies and procedures, as well as statistical information about restricted reports and unrestricted reports. | Vetoed |
| SB1386 | Emergency Management, Department of; powers & duties, development & implementation of guidelines. | Department of Emergency Management; powers and duties; development and implementation of standardized guidelines and training programs. Provides for the Department of Emergency Management (the Department) to consult with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services regarding the development of standardized guidelines for mental health support during an emergency or extended incident. The bill also requires the Department to develop a training program comprised of National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles, the state's Incident Command System (ICS) structure, and the role of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Under the bill, each agency head shall be required to complete the training within six months of appointment and again every two years thereafter. In addition, the bill provides for the Department to (i) offer health and safety training to volunteer organizations incorporated into the Virginia Emergency Support Team (VEST) and (ii) establish a health monitoring system for volunteers to be implemented during a declared state of emergency. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to HB 2350. | Vetoed |
| HB2040 | Speech-language pathology assistants; licensure, qualifications, scope of practice. | Speech-language pathology assistants; licensure, qualifications, scope of practice; revocation or suspension of license; continuing education. Adds speech-language pathology assistants to the professions governed by the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. The bill also establishes qualifications, scope of practice, and supervision requirements for speech-language pathology assistants. The bill directs the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology to adopt regulations governing the speech-language pathology assistant profession by July 1, 2026, and specifies that the provisions governing the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1181 | Assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices; prohibits sale, transfer, etc. | Importation, sale, manufacture, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill with some exceptions, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2025. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm with some exceptions. This bill is identical to HB 1607. | Vetoed |
| SB917 | Collective bargaining by public employees; exclusive bargaining representatives. | Collective bargaining by public employees; exclusive bargaining representatives. Repeals the existing prohibition on collective bargaining by public employees. The bill creates the Public Employee Relations Board, which shall determine appropriate bargaining units and provide for certification and decertification elections for exclusive bargaining representatives of state employees and local government employees. The bill requires public employers and employee organizations that are exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. The bill repeals a provision that declares that, in any procedure providing for the designation, selection, or authorization of a labor organization to represent employees, the right of an individual employee to vote by secret ballot is a fundamental right that shall be guaranteed from infringement. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill incorporates SB 964, SB 1033, and SB 1401 and is identical to HB 2764. | Vetoed |
| HB1894 | State correctional facilities; cell and facility conditions, temperature monitoring. | State 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 interior temperature of such facilities so that a temperature of not less than 65 degrees Fahrenheit or more than 80 degrees Fahrenheit is maintained in each such facility. The bill also directs the Department of Corrections to evaluate the implementation of remote temperature monitoring and to report its findings to the General Assembly by October 1, 2025. | Vetoed |
| SB760 | Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information, etc. | Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information; 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. Moves the deadline for receipt of absentee ballots, information required to cure an absentee ballot, or proof of identification to accompany a provisional ballot provided for lack of identification from noon to 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election. | Vetoed |
| SB744 | Firearm transfers to another person from a prohibited person. | Firearm transfers to another person from a prohibited person. Provides that a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm because such person is subject to a protective order or has been convicted of an assault and battery of a family or household member may transfer a firearm owned by such prohibited person to any person who is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing such firearm, provided that such person who is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing such firearm is 21 years of age or older and does not reside with the person who is subject to the protective order. Under current law, there is no requirement that such transferee cannot be younger than 21 years of age and cannot reside with such prohibited person. The bill also provides that such prohibited person who transfers, sells, or surrenders a firearm pursuant to the provisions of the bill shall inform the clerk of the court of the name and address of the transferee, the federally licensed firearms dealer, or the law-enforcement agency in possession of the firearm and shall provide to the transferee a copy of the form certifying that such person does not possess any firearms or that all firearms possessed by such person have been surrendered, sold, or transferred. The bill also provides that a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm because such person is subject to a protective order or has been convicted of an assault and battery of a family or household member shall be advised that a law-enforcement officer may obtain a search warrant to search for any firearms from such person if such law-enforcement officer has reason to believe that such person has not relinquished all firearms in his possession. This bill is identical to HB 1960. | Vetoed |
| SB838 | Recovery residences; certification required penalty, report. | Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; recovery residences; certification required; penalty; work group. Changes the existing civil penalty for a violation of law related to the operation of recovery residences to a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill allows the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to issue provisional certification to certain recovery residences. The bill also directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to (i) make recommendations related to oversight and transparency for recovery residences and (ii) develop credentialing guidelines for recovery residences. The bill directs the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by November 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR758 | Commending Geraldine Maskelony. | Commending Geraldine Maskelony. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR756 | Commending Arlington Public Schools' recipients of The Posse Foundation and QuestBridge scholarship. | Commending Arlington Public Schools' recipients of The Posse Foundation or QuestBridge scholarships. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR751 | Celebrating the life of Thomas Cahill Johnson. | Celebrating the life of Thomas Cahill Johnson. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR734 | Commending Washington-Liberty High School. | Commending Washington-Liberty High School. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR710 | Commending Barry Eugene DuVal. | Commending Barry Eugene DuVal. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR685 | Commending the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. | Commending the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB801 | Children's Services Act; changes to state pool of funds. | Children's Services Act; state pool of funds. Makes a number of changes to the Children's Services Act state pool of funds for the provision of public or private nonresidential or residential services for troubled youth and families, including (i) removing from the purpose of the state pool of funds the consolidation of categorical agency funding and the institution of community responsibility for the provision of services; (ii) removing language specifying that references to funding sources and current placement authority for the target population served by the state pool of funds are for the purpose of accounting for the funds and should not be intended to categorize children and youth into funding streams in order to access services; (iii) modifying the target population served by the state pool of funds by (a) removing references to the Department of Education's private tuition assistance and the Interagency Assistance Fund for Noneducational Placement for Handicapped Children and (b) adding children and youth who are determined to be a child in need of services, as such term is defined in relevant law; (iv) removing the requirement that the financial and legal responsibility for certain special education services remains with the placing jurisdiction, unless the placing jurisdiction has transitioned all appropriate services; (v) requiring that the uniform assessment instrument used to determine eligibility for funding through the state pool of funds be approved by the State Executive Council for Children's Services; and (vi) modifying the eligibility criteria for funding through the state pool of funds by adding language that (a) specifies that the child or youth's emotional or behavioral problems have resulted in the child or youth, or place the child or youth at imminent risk of, entering purchased residential care and (b) includes the determination by a court that the child or youth is a child in need of services, as such term is defined in relevant law. The bill also includes technical changes. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR247 | Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference). | Constitutional amendment (first reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that such right shall not be denied, burdened, or infringed upon unless justified by a compelling state interest, defined within the text of the amendment, and achieved by the least restrictive means. The amendment allows the Commonwealth to regulate the provision of abortion care in the third trimester when it is medically indicated to protect the life or health of the pregnant individual or when the fetus is not viable. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or taking adverse action against an individual for exercising the individual's right to reproductive freedom or for aiding another individual in the exercise of such right. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR249 | Constitutional amendment; marriage between two adult persons. | Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from denying the issuance of a marriage license to two adult persons seeking a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of such persons. The Commonwealth and its political subdivisions are required to recognize any lawful marriage between two adult persons and to treat such marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex, gender, or race of such persons. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB819 | Community-based outpatient stabilization programs for voluntary treatment; referrals. | Referrals to community-based outpatient stabilization programs for voluntary treatment. Requires health care professionals and evaluators to consider whether a referral to a community-based outpatient stabilization program for voluntary treatment is appropriate prior to a patient's release from an emergency custody order or a temporary detention order. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB754 | Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc., reproductive or sexual health information. | Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; obtaining, disclosing, etc., reproductive or sexual health information without consumer consent. Provides that obtaining, disclosing, selling, or disseminating personally identifiable reproductive or sexual health information, as defined in the bill, without the consent of the consumer is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR248 | Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. | Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. The amendment provides that a person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction, but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him, such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The amendment also provides that a person adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as lacking the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote during this period of incapacity until his capacity has been reestablished as prescribed by law. Currently, the Constitution of Virginia provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB745 | Therapeutic interchange; Bd. of Pharmacy to convene work group to review authority of pharmacists. | Board of Pharmacy; therapeutic interchange; work group; report. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to review the current authority of pharmacists to initiate therapeutic interchange and make recommendations to streamline and modernize the therapeutic interchange process in the Commonwealth. The bill also directs the work group to submit a report to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 15, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB752 | Bd. of Psychology, et al., to study education, training, etc. | Board of Psychology; prescriptive authority for clinical psychologists work group; report. Directs the Boards of Psychology and Medicine to jointly convene a work group with stakeholders to study the education, training, and qualifications of clinical psychologists licensed in the Commonwealth and assess under what conditions it may be appropriate for clinical psychologists to be granted prescriptive authority. The bill requires the work group to report its findings to the Chairs of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR9 | Constitutional amendment; marriage between two adult persons. | Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled January 3, 2024 Proposing an amendment to Section 15-A of Article I of the Constitution of Virginia, relating to marriage between two individuals; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1828 | Health insurance; cost sharing for breast examinations. | Health insurance; cost sharing for breast examinations. Prohibits health insurance carriers from imposing cost sharing for diagnostic breast examinations and supplemental breast examinations, as those terms are defined in the bill, under certain insurance policies, subscription contracts, and health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the Commonwealth on and after January 1, 2026. The bill provides that such examinations include examinations using diagnostic mammography, breast magnetic resonance imaging, or breast ultrasound. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Health Insurance Reform Commission. This bill incorporates HB 2133 and is identical to SB 1436. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB843 | Remote patient monitoring patients with chronic conditions, report. | Department of Medical Assistance Services; remote patient monitoring for patients with chronic conditions; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to develop a plan and estimate costs for expanding eligibility criteria under Medicaid for remote patient monitoring for individuals with chronic conditions and to report such plan and cost estimate to the Joint Commission on Health Care by October 1, 2025. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB953 | Practical nursing programs, certain; transferability to registered nursing programs, etc. | Certain practical nursing programs; common curriculum; transferability to registered nursing programs; pathway of stackable credentials. Requires the Virginia Community College System, in consultation with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the Board of Nursing, and representatives from associate-degree-granting public institutions of higher education that offer nursing programs, to develop a common curriculum for practical nursing programs that shall be implemented at each comprehensive community college in the System that offers a practical nursing program. The bill requires such common curriculum, to the extent possible, to (i) align with the degree requirements for registered nursing programs offered at associate-degree-granting public institutions of higher education and (ii) be transferable to each registered nursing program offered at an associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education. The bill requires each associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education that offers a registered nursing degree program to participate in a practical nursing program to registered nursing program transfer agreement with the System that aligns with the practical nursing program common curriculum established pursuant to the bill and permits any private institution of higher education that offers a registered nursing degree program to be consulted regarding and participate on a voluntary basis in such a transfer agreement. The bill also (a) requires the System to establish a pathway of stackable nursing credentials that consists of a practical nursing to associate registered nursing to bachelor of science in nursing program pathway; (b) directs the System to develop and implement the common curriculum for practical nursing programs by July 1, 2026; and (c) directs the System to submit a progress report to the chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by December 1, 2025. The provisions of the bill relating to the development of the common curriculum for practical nursing programs have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. The bill incorporates SB 791 and is identical to HB 2548. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1030 | Public middle and high schools; student athletes, pre-participation physical examination required. | Public middle and high schools; student-athletes; pre-participation physical examination required. Provides that no public middle or high school student is permitted to be a participant on or try out for any school athletic team or squad with a predetermined roster, regular practices, and scheduled competitions with other middle or high schools unless such student has submitted to the school principal a signed report from a licensed physician, licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician attesting that such student has received a physical examination and was found to be physically fit for athletic competition no more than 14 calendar months prior to the date on which such report was signed. Current law requires that the signed report attest that any such student has received a physical examination within the preceding 12 months. The bill prohibits any public middle or high school from becoming a member of any organization or entity that regulates or governs interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation any student who has satisfied the requirements for eligibility in accordance with the provisions of the bill. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2198 | Prescribed pediatric extended care centers; licensure, regulation. | Prescribed pediatric extended care centers; licensure; regulation. Authorizes the State Board of Health to license prescribed pediatric extended care centers, defined as nonresidential health care service centers that provide a link in the continuum of care for medically dependent or technologically dependent children. The bill establishes the scope of services offered by such centers and requirements for operation, management, staffing, facilities, and maintenance and directs the Board to promulgate emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1428 | Deputy Hunter D. Reedy Memorial Bridge; designating as bridge on Adwolfe Rd., etc. over I-81. | Deputy Hunter D. Reedy Memorial Bridge. Designates the bridge on Adwolfe Road and U.S. Route 11/State Route 660 over Interstate 81 in Smyth County the "Deputy Hunter D. Reedy Memorial Bridge." This bill is identical to HB 1853. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB870 | Behavioral health services; correctional facilities, exchange of medical/mental health information. | Behavioral health services; exchange of medical and mental health information and records; correctional facilities. Permits the Department of Medical Assistance Services, the Department of Social Services, and any local department of social services to access medical and mental health information and records for persons committed to any correctional facility for the purposes of providing pre-release services, reentry planning, and post-incarceration placement and services. The bill also authorizes the Department of Medical Assistance Services to access a juvenile's social, medical, psychiatric, and psychological reports and records during pre-release and up to 30 days following such juvenile's release from commitment for the purposes of providing pre-release services, reentry planning, and post-incarceration placement and services. This bill is identical to HB 2754. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB799 | School Health Services Committee; extends sunset date. | School Health Services Committee; sunset. Extends from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2028, the sunset date for the School Health Services Committee. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB768 | School-based mental and behavioral health services; DOE to survey local education agencies, report. | Department of Education; survey of local education agencies on school-based mental and behavioral health services; report. Requires the Department of Education (the Department) to survey each local education agency (LEA) in the Commonwealth to determine (i) how public schools governed by such LEA currently grant access to local departments of social services and community services boards and other community-based providers of mental and behavioral health services and (ii) what school-based mental and behavioral health services are made available by such LEA. The bill requires the Department to utilize the results of and feedback from the survey to inform the continued development and improvement of guidelines for school professionals to support students and families by connecting them with community resources that provide mental and behavioral health services. The bill requires the Department to report to the Commission on Youth by November 1, 2025, any findings and recommendations that result from the survey. This bill is identical to HB 1947. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB770 | Correctional facilities, local, regional, and community; reviews of deaths of inmates, report. | State Board of Local and Regional Jails; deaths of inmates in local, regional, and community correctional facilities; reports. Consolidates reports made by the State Board of Local and Regional Jails related to the Board's reviews of the deaths of inmates that occur in any local, regional, or community correctional facility into one annual report to be published on the Board's website on or before July 1, 2025, and each July 1 thereafter and submitted to the Governor, the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services, the House Committee on Public Safety, and the House Committee for Courts of Justice, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the President pro tempore of the Senate. The annual report shall include (i) a summary of the reviews of the deaths of inmates that occur in any local, regional, or community correctional facility conducted in the prior year, including any trends or similarities identified by such reviews; (ii) any recommendations for policy changes to reduce the number of inmate deaths; and (iii) any recommendations for changes to the policies and procedures for conducting reviews of the deaths of inmates to improve the operations, safety, and security of local, regional, or community correctional facilities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB818 | Children in foster care; federal benefits, written notice by certified mail, notice of eligibility. | Local department of social services; children in foster care; federal benefits; notice of eligibility. Provides that, if the local department of social services serves as representative payee for a child receiving certain federal benefits, specified in the bill, the local department of social services shall provide written notice, in person or by certified mail, that it is acting as the child's representative payee within 30 days after receiving the first benefit payment on behalf of the child to (i) the child, if the child is 12 years of age or older; (ii) the child's parent, prior guardian, or prior custodian, or, if there is no legal parent or prior guardian or custodian, the child's next of kin; (iii) the guardian ad litem, if applicable; and (iv) the counsel appointed for the child, if applicable. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB842 | Mobile health clinics; DHCD to include broadband access services for clinics. | Department of Housing and Community Development; broadband access services for mobile health clinics. Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to, as part of its broader initiative to support the development and implementation of programs that support telehealth, include broadband access services for mobile health clinics as a priority for broadband nondeployment programs using federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program funding to the extent approved by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR632 | Commending Marymount University. | Commending Marymount University. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR636 | Commending the Honorable R. Frances O'Brien. | Commending the Honorable R. Frances O'Brien. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR634 | Celebrating the life of Matthew Robert Chiaverotti. | Celebrating the life of Matthew Robert Chiaverotti. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR616 | Commending Colonel Gary T. Settle. | Commending Colonel Gary T. Settle. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR584 | Celebrating the life of Dr. Golden Bethune-Hill. | Celebrating the life of Dr. Golden Bethune-Hill. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR564 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Henry Levander Marsh, III. | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Henry Levander Marsh, III. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR559 | Celebrating the life of William David Dolan III. | Celebrating the life of William David Dolan III. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB834 | Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exceptions. | Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exceptions. Removes certain provisions of the exceptions to the tied house limitations that state a manufacturer, bottler, importer, broker, or wholesaler cannot require, by agreement or otherwise, a retailer to exclude from sale at his establishment alcoholic beverages of other manufacturers, bottlers, importers, brokers, or wholesalers in order for the exception to apply. However, the bill retains the general prohibition that no manufacturer, bottler, importer, broker, or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages shall make an agreement, or attempt to make an agreement, with a retail licensee pursuant to which any products sold by a competitor are excluded in whole or in part from the premises on which the retail licensee's business is conducted. This bill is identical to HB 1703. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1892 | Children with disabilities; annual individualized education program planning process; dual enrollment courses; certain parental notification required. | Children with disabilities; annual individualized education program planning process; dual enrollment courses; certain parental notice required; model notice. Requires, during the annual individualized education program (IEP) planning process prior to any year in which a child with a disability who is enrolled at a public high school is entering the eleventh grade or twelfth grade, the IEP team to provide to the parent of such student written notice of the student's rights and obligations relating to dual enrollment courses, consistent with a model notice developed and made available by the Board of Education, including detailed information on the process for ensuring that the student is receiving both a free and appropriate public education pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as a student enrolled in a public high school and the necessary educational accommodations pursuant to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as a student enrolled in a comprehensive community college. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1733 | Children; petitions for relief of care & custody, investigation by local dept. of social services. | Petitions for relief of care and custody of a child; investigation by local department of social services; Office of the Children's Ombudsman work group; report. Requires a local department of social services, as a part of its investigation after the referral of a request for a petition for relief of the care and custody of a child, to (i) refer the parent to the local family assessment and planning team and (ii) create a written report. The bill directs the Department of Social Services, in coordination with the Virginia League of Social Services Executives, to create a template for and provide guidance on what should be included in such written report. The bill also directs the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to convene a work group composed of relevant stakeholders to (a) determine the factors a court should consider when determining whether there is good cause shown for a petitioner's desire to be relieved of the care and custody of a child and (b) explore the potential benefits and considerations of raising the standard of evidence for granting temporary relief of custody from the current standard of preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence. The bill directs the work group to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice and the Virginia Commission on Youth by November 1, 2025. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth. This bill is identical to SB 1372. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1372 | Children; petitions for relief of care & custody, investigation by local dept. of social services. | Petitions for relief of care and custody of a child; investigation by local department of social services; Office of the Children's Ombudsman work group; report. Requires a local department of social services, as a part of its investigation after the referral of a request for a petition for relief of the care and custody of a child, to (i) refer the parent to the local family assessment and planning team and (ii) create a written report. The bill directs the Department of Social Services, in coordination with the Virginia League of Social Services Executives, to create a template for and provide guidance on what should be included in such written report.The bill also directs the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to convene a work group composed of relevant stakeholders to (a) determine the factors a court should consider when determining whether there is good cause shown for a petitioner's desire to be relieved of the care and custody of a child and (b) explore the potential benefits and considerations of raising the standard of evidence for granting temporary relief of custody from the current standard of preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence. The bill directs the work group to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice and the Virginia Commission on Youth by November 1, 2025. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth. This bill is identical to HB 1733. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1641 | State plan for medical assistance services and health insurance; pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. | State plan for medical assistance services and health insurance; pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance for the prophylaxis, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) that includes payment for treatment using antimicrobials, medication, and behavioral therapies to manage neuropsychiatric symptoms, immunomodulating medicines, plasma exchange, and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.The bill also requires each insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; each corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts; and each health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services to provide coverage for the prophylaxis, diagnosis, and treatment of PANDAS and PANS. The bill requires such coverage to include coverage for treatment using antimicrobials, medication, and behavioral therapies to manage neuropsychiatric symptoms, immunomodulating medicines, plasma exchange, and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.The bill prohibits an insurer, corporation, or organization from (i) denying or delaying the coverage of PANDAS or PANS because the enrollee previously received treatment or because the enrollee was diagnosed with or received treatment for his condition under a different diagnostic name, including autoimmune encephalopathy; (ii) limiting coverage of immunomodulating therapies for the treatment of PANDAS or PANS in a manner that is inconsistent with the treatment guidelines developed by a consortium convened for the purposes of researching, identifying, and publishing best practice standards for diagnosis and treatment of PANDAS or PANS that are accessible for medical professionals and are based on evidence of positive patient outcomes; (iii) requiring a trial of therapies that treat only neuropsychiatric symptoms before authorizing coverage of immunomodulating therapies for the treatment of PANDAS or PANS; or (iv) denying coverage for out-of-state treatment if the service is not available within the Commonwealth. This bill is a recommendation of the Health Insurance Reform Commission. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR512 | Commending the Roanoke Star. | Commending the Roanoke Star. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR503 | Commending Torri Huske. | Commending Torri Huske. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR511 | Celebrating the life of Nikki Giovanni. | Celebrating the life of Nikki Giovanni. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR466 | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month; designating as May 2025 and in each succeeding year. | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month. Designates May, in 2025 and in each succeeding year, as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month in Virginia. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR471 | Commending the Animal Welfare League of Arlington. | Commending the Animal Welfare League of Arlington. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR413 | Commending Barry Eugene DuVal. | Commending Barry Eugene DuVal. | Passed |
| SJR445 | Celebrating the life of Matthew Charles Obenshain. | Celebrating the life of Matthew Charles Obenshain. | Passed |
| SJR443 | Commending Tara Dower. | Commending Tara Dower. | Passed |
| SJR434 | Commending the Honorable William Ferguson Reid, M.D. | Commending the Honorable William Ferguson Reid, M.D. | Passed |
| SJR388 | Commending Voices for Virginia's Children. | Commending Voices for Virginia's Children. | Passed |
| SJR408 | Commending the United States Army. | Commending the United States Army. | Passed |
| SJR398 | Commending EduTutorVA. | Commending EduTutorVA. | Passed |
| SJR410 | Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. | Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. | Passed |
| SJR406 | Commending the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. | Commending the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. | Passed |
| SJR302 | Commending Kimberly Ann Bobo. | Commending Kimberly Ann Bobo. | Dead |
| SJR337 | Commending Ken Jessup. | Commending Ken Jessup. | Dead |
| SR298 | Commending Felix Maurizio. | Commending Felix Maurizio. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR299 | Commending the Washington Commanders. | Commending the Washington Commanders. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR270 | Commending Colonna's Shipyard, Inc. | Commending Colonna's Shipyard, Inc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR268 | Celebrating the life of Joseph Woodrow Snavely, Jr. | Celebrating the life of Joseph Woodrow Snavely, Jr. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR265 | Commending Virginia Natural Gas. | Commending Virginia Natural Gas. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR363 | Commending the Virginia Spaceport Authority. | Commending the Virginia Spaceport Authority. | Passed |
| SJR370 | Commending Linda Ford. | Commending Linda Ford. | Passed |
| SJR366 | Commending Leanne Eyler. | Commending Leanne Eyler. | Passed |
| SJR371 | Commending Hoda Kotb. | Commending Hoda Kotb. | Passed |
| SJR362 | Celebrating the life of Sergeant Floyd Hugo Miles, Jr. | Celebrating the life of Sergeant Floyd Hugo Miles, Jr. | Passed |
| SJR358 | Commending STIHL, Inc. | Commending STIHL, Inc. | Passed |
| SB1143 | Public elementary & secondary schools; copies of minor's discharge plan sent to schools and parents. | Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools. Provides that, prior to the discharge of any minor admitted to inpatient treatment (i) who is a student at a public elementary or secondary school and (ii) for whom the facility deems (a) such discharge poses a threat of violence or physical harm to himself and others or (b) additional educational services are needed, such facility is required to provide to the school's mental health professional or school counselor the portions of such discharge plan relevant to the threat of violence or harm or the necessary additional educational services. The bill requires such facility to, prior to providing any such portions of any minor's discharge plan, provide to the parent of such minor student reasonable notice of the types of information that would be included in any portions of the discharge plan being provided and of the parent's right to, upon written request, refuse the provision of any such information. | Dead |
| SB869 | Autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability; custodial interrogation of person. | Custodial interrogation of a person with autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability; best practices for conducting interviews or interrogations. Adds best practices for conducting interviews or interrogations, including reading constitutional rights to the list of compulsory minimum and in-service training standards for law-enforcement officers on communicating with individuals with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability. | Dead |
| SB1387 | Emergency resource management system; Chief Information Officer, et al.; to develop. | Chief Information Officer and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency; development of an emergency resource management system for the Commonwealth. Directs the Chief Information Officer and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, in cooperation with the Department of Emergency Management, to develop an emergency resource management system for use by the Commonwealth during a declared state of emergency. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth. | Dead |
| SB765 | Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand act of voting. | Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand the act of voting. Provides that no person shall be deemed disqualified to vote due to lack of capacity for the purposes of Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia unless the court makes a specific finding by clear and convincing evidence that such person lacks the capacity to understand the act of voting. The bill allows any person deemed disqualified to vote due to lack of capacity prior to July 1, 2025, to file a petition for a court to review such determination in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill also requires the report of a guardian ad litem in a guardianship or conservatorship to include whether the respondent lacks the capacity to understand the act of voting. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Disability Commission. | Dead |
| SB841 | Opioid treatment programs; dispensing, medications from mobile units. | Board of Pharmacy; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; opioid treatment programs; mobile units; report. Directs the Board of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to develop and implement a process by which opioid treatment programs can apply for and receive the necessary permissions and waivers to dispense opioid use disorder treatment medications from mobile units. The bill directs the Board to report to the Joint Commission on Health Care by November 1, 2025, on the status of and any barriers to the development and implementation of such process. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. | Dead |
| SB825 | Vulnerable adults; seizure of property used in connection with/derived from financial exploitation. | Seizure of moneys or other assets of value used in connection with or derived from financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. Permits a law-enforcement officer, an attorney for the Commonwealth, the Office of the Attorney General, or other interested party to seek a seizure warrant from a judge or petition a court for the seizure of moneys or other assets of value where there is suspected probable cause to conclude that a vulnerable adult is being financially exploited. The bill allows a court, upon motion of the complainant and for good cause shown, to order the release of all moneys or other assets of value. Any remaining moneys or other assets of value may also be released to the owner by the court with the consent of the attorney for the Commonwealth. | Dead |
| SB773 | Foster care; housing services, housing plan, report. | Foster care; housing services; housing plan; report. Requires local departments of social services to develop housing plans for individuals leaving foster care due to age that includes a description of housing options being pursued. The bill requires the Commissioner of Social Services to provide reports to the Governor and General Assembly on housing services for individuals aging out of foster care on or before October 1 of each year. The bill grants the Department of Social Services the authority to enter into a memorandum of understanding with local public housing authorities or housing programs to facilitate access to grant dollars for the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative under the Family Unification Program Housing Choice Vouchers. The bill directs local departments of social services to collaborate with local housing authorities to secure Family Unification Program Housing Choice Vouchers for certain youth enumerated in the bill. Finally, the bill directs local public housing authorities and local departments of social services to collaborate to administer the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative. | Dead |
| SB747 | Juvenile & domestic relations district courts; delinquent juveniles; social assessment & evaluation. | Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; mental health and social assessments. Provides that if a juvenile is found to be delinquent, that a juvenile and domestic relations district court may, before final disposition of the case, direct the appropriate public agency to evaluate such juvenile's service needs using an interdisciplinary approach. The bill permits the juvenile and domestic relations district court, in the alternative, to consider an existing report from an interdisciplinary team if such interdisciplinary team met not more than 90 days prior to the finding that the juvenile is delinquent. | Dead |
| SB743 | Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes. | Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes. Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves the receipt or provision of or assistance with reproductive health care services, as defined in the bill, within the Commonwealth unless the alleged criminal violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws of the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that such limit on extradition shall not apply when the person who is accused of an alleged offense in the demanding state was physically present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged offense and thereafter fled from such state. | Dead |
| SB748 | Uniform Statewide Building Code; stakeholder group to evaluate temperature regulation. | Board of Housing and Community Development; USBC; temperature regulation. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to, during the 2024 Virginia Code Development Cycle, evaluate potential revisions to the Uniform Statewide Building Code to require that certain owners and operators that rent, lease, or let one or more dwelling unit, rooming unit, or guestroom to supply cooling and furnish heat to maintain certain temperatures in all habitable rooms. | Dead |
| SB1374 | Continuity of Operations; Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Sec. to study centralized framework. | Study; Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security; feasibility of establishing a centralized Continuity of Operations framework across all state agencies; work group; report. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to convene a work group to study the feasibility of establishing a centralized Continuity of Operations framework across all state agencies mandating the creation and regular updating of agency-specific continuity plans. In conducting its study, the work group shall include consideration of standardized guidelines for digital infrastructure upgrades, remote work capabilities, and staff training on emergency procedures. The bill directs the work group to complete its work and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 30, 2025. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth. | Dead |
| SJR280 | Commending the 2025 House-Senate basketball game to benefit Massey Cancer Center. | The annual House Senate Basketball Game. | Dead |
| SB1385 | Emergency management and state health regions, etc.; study of makeup and composition. | Department of Emergency Management and the Department of Health to study the makeup and composition of the emergency management regions, state health regions, and local health districts; report. Directs the Department of Emergency Management and the Department of Health to study the makeup and composition of the seven emergency management regions, the five Virginia health regions, and the 35 local health districts to determine the feasibility of mutually beneficial alignment of such regions and districts. The bill directs the Departments to complete their work and report findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 30, 2025. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth. | Dead |
| SB1375 | Dynamic stockpile strategy; Div. of Purchases & Supply, et al., to study use in times of emergency. | Study; Division of Purchases and Supply; development of dynamic stockpile strategy; report. Directs the Division of Purchases and Supply, in conjunction with the Department of Emergency Management, to study and recommend a dynamic stockpile strategy for use in times of emergencies. The bill directs the Division to complete its work and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 30, 2025. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth. | Dead |
| HB2196 | Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established, report, effective date. | Public schools; student discipline; Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established. Establishes the Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program (the Program), to be administered by the Department of Education (the Department), for the purpose of addressing school discipline issues and promoting evidence-based restorative practices, as that term is defined in the bill, in public schools in the Commonwealth by awarding grants to a school division in each superintendent's region in the Commonwealth to be used in developing and implementing a comprehensive plan to integrate evidence-based restorative practices in such school divisions in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill directs the Department to (i) develop the application process by which a school board may apply to receive funds pursuant to the Program; (ii) establish criteria for the selection and award of grants pursuant to the Program; and (iii) develop a process for evaluating the progress and performance of each school division selected to receive a grant pursuant to the Program in implementing such evidence-based restorative practices and satisfying the Program requirements set forth in the bill. The bill requires any such school division to (a) establish a learning collaborative for the purpose of developing a comprehensive plan for implementing evidence-based restorative practices in accordance with the provisions of the bill and (b) submit to the Department by July 1 of each year immediately following any year for which it receives a grant a report on its progress in implementing such evidence-based restorative practices for the preceding school year. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. | Dead |
| SR259 | Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. | Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR247 | Commending Jon Phillip Lugbill. | Commending Jon Phillip Lugbill. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR251 | Celebrating the life of William Gerald Massengill. | Celebrating the life of William Gerald Massengill. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR258 | Commending the United States Army. | Commending the United States Army. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR254 | Celebrating the life of Peggy Lynn Davis. | Celebrating the life of Peggy Lynn Davis. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR253 | Commending the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry. | Commending the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR340 | Celebrating the life of Benjamin "Rod" Rodriguez. | Celebrating the life of Benjamin "Rod" Rodriguez. | Passed |
| SJR336 | Celebrating the life of Peter John Kemp, MD. | Celebrating the life of Peter John Kemp, MD. | Passed |
| SJR325 | Celebrating the life of Thomas S. Whipple. | Celebrating the life of Thomas S. Whipple. | Passed |
| SJR323 | Commending Billy Wagner. | Commending Billy Wagner. | Passed |
| SJR324 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frank Miller Ruff, Jr. | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frank Miller Ruff, Jr. | Passed |
| SB1238 | Health insurance; cost sharing for breast examinations. | Health insurance; cost sharing for breast examinations. Prohibits health insurance carriers from imposing cost sharing for diagnostic breast examinations and supplemental breast examinations, as those terms are defined in the bill, under certain insurance policies, subscription contracts, and health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the Commonwealth on and after January 1, 2026. The bill provides that such examinations include examinations using diagnostic mammography, breast magnetic resonance imaging, or breast ultrasound. This bill is a recommendation of the Health Insurance Reform Commission. This bill was incorporated into SB 1436. | Dead |
| SB855 | SOL assessments & related student assessment methods; assessment development, etc., reform. | Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments and related student assessment methods; assessment development, implementation, and administration reform. Modifies provisions relating to assessment methods for determining the level of achievement of the Standards of Learning objectives by all students, including (i) requirements relating to assessment administration aimed at maximizing instructional time and optimizing time used for assessment administration; (ii) criteria and guidelines for the structure and content of Standards of Learning assessments and alternative assessments developed by local school boards, including criteria for the types of assessment items that shall be included; (iii) provisions relating to eligibility and timelines for students to retake assessments; and (iv) the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessments, including a requirement that all such assessments be scored on a 100-point scale. The bill requires the Board of Education to provide any teacher who participates in the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments professional development points toward renewal of his license for the time spent scoring such assessments. The bill also requires the Board of Education to develop and make available to each school board certain templates and guidelines relating to assessment content and structure and assessment scoring. | Dead |
| SB820 | Virginia School Improvement Grant Program; established, report. | Public schools; Virginia School Improvement Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Virginia School Improvement Grant Program (the Program) for the purpose of providing additional support to public schools identified based on their school performance score as "off track" or "needs intensive support," as those terms are defined by the bill, by awarding three-year grants to eligible schools for the development and implementation of school improvement plans. The bill (i) provides that the Department of Education shall be responsible for the administration of the Program and that the Office of School Improvement shall be responsible for the implementation and oversight of the Program; (ii) provides that any public school identified as "off track" or "needs intensive support" is eligible to apply for such three-year grant disbursed in annual installments; and (iii) permits any participating school that is identified as "off track" or "needs intensive support" for the school year coinciding with or subsequent to such participating school's final year in the three-year grant period to reapply for another grant pursuant to the Program. The bill requires any eligible school, in order to receive any grant funds pursuant to the Program, to develop and submit a school improvement plan or, in the case of a participating school receiving a grant upon reapplication pursuant to clause (iii), a revised school improvement plan outlining specific strategies for improving academic outcomes and addressing identified performance gaps for such school. | Dead |
| SB753 | Standards of Quality; SOL assessments in languages other than English, development & administration. | Standards of Quality; Standards of Learning assessments in languages other than English; development and administration. Requires (i) the Board of Education to develop Standards of Learning assessments in native languages other than English that are most commonly spoken in the Commonwealth; (ii) each school board to make available any such native language assessment to any English language learner student who speaks any such language natively and is identified as having limited English proficiency; (iii) the English language learner faculty at any such student's school to make the final determination as to whether administration of any such native language assessment is appropriate; and (iv) the provisions of the bill to be implemented by the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Education to submit to the U.S. Department of Education by August 1, 2025 any amendments to its consolidated plan under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act, that are necessary to implement its provisions. | Dead |
| SJR267 | Commending the National Conference of State Legislatures. | Commending the National Conference of State Legislatures. | Passed |
| SJR299 | Commending PathForward. | Commending PathForward. | Passed |
| SJR300 | Commending Fairfax Court Appointed Special Advocates. | Commending Fairfax Court Appointed Special Advocates. | Passed |
| SJR298 | Commending Peace Camp at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. | Commending Peace Camp at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. | Passed |
| SJR303 | Commending Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia. | Commending Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia. | Passed |
| SJR322 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Henry Levander Marsh, III. | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Henry Levander Marsh, III. | Passed |
| SR218 | Commending Captain Thomas Theodore Scambos, USN, Ret. | Commending Captain Thomas Theodore Scambos, USN, Ret. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB158 | Firearm locking device; required for sale or transfer of firearm. | Firearm locking device required for sale or transfer of firearm; warning against accessibility to children; penalty. Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any firearm to any person other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for that firearm and the firearm is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the firearm, that firearms should be locked and kept away from children and that there may be civil and criminal liability for failing to do so. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement and governmental agencies. This bill incorporates HB 12. | Dead |
| HB1686 | Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. | Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee for personal use. Current law only prohibits such conversion of contributions with regard to disbursement of surplus funds at the dissolution of a campaign or political committee. The bill provides that a contribution is considered to have been converted to personal use if the contribution, in whole or in part, is used to fulfill any commitment, obligation, or expense that would exist irrespective of the person's seeking, holding, or maintaining public office but allows a contribution to be used for the ordinary and accepted expenses related to campaigning for or holding elective office, including the use of campaign funds to pay for the candidate's dependent care expenses that are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity. The bill provides that any person subject to the personal use ban may request an advisory opinion from the State Board of Elections on such matters. The bill directs the State Board of Elections to adopt emergency regulations similar to those promulgated by the Federal Election Commission to implement the provisions of the bill and to publish an updated summary of Virginia campaign finance law that reflects the State Board of Elections' and Attorney General's guidance on the provisions of such law that prohibit the personal use of campaign funds and any new regulations promulgated by the State Board of Elections. This bill was incorporated into HB 2165. | Dead |
| SR210 | Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder. | Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR277 | Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder. | Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder. | Passed |
| SJR1 | Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference). | \r\n\r\n | Dead |
| SB91 | Paid sick leave; home health workers providing agency-directed services. | Paid sick leave; home health workers providing agency-directed services. Requires employers to provide paid sick leave to home health workers who provide agency-directed services. Under current law, employers are only required to provide paid sick leave to home health workers who provide consumer-directed services. The bill provides that "employer" includes the Commonwealth, any of its agencies, institutions, or political subdivisions, and any public body. | Dead |
| SB192 | Retail Sales and Use Tax; certain exemption for data centers. | Sales and use tax exemption; data centers. Requires data center operators to meet certain energy efficiency standards in order to be eligible for the sales and use tax exemption for data center purchases. Under the bill, a data center operator shall be eligible for the exemption only if such operator demonstrates that (i) its facilities either (a) have a power usage effectiveness score of no greater than 1.2 or (b) for data centers co-located in buildings with other commercial uses, achieve an energy efficiency level of no less than the most efficient 15 percent of similar buildings constructed in the previous five years and (ii) it will procure carbon-free renewable energy and associated renewable energy certificates from facilities equal to 90 percent of its electricity requirements or that its electricity will be otherwise derived from non-carbon-emitting, renewable sources. | Dead |
| HB230 | Health insurance; cost sharing for breast examinations. | Health insurance; cost sharing for breast examinations. Prohibits health insurance carriers from imposing cost sharing for diagnostic breast examinations and supplemental breast examinations, as those terms are defined in the bill, under certain insurance policies, subscription contracts, and health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the Commonwealth on and after January 1, 2025. The bill provides that such examinations include examinations using diagnostic mammography, breast magnetic resonance imaging, or breast ultrasound. | Dead |
| HB1344 | Employee protection; prohibited retaliation, prohibited nondisclosure & nondisparagement provisions. | Employee protection; prohibited retaliation; prohibited nondisclosure and nondisparagement provisions; civil action. Prohibits the inclusion of a provision in any employment contract that has the purpose or effect of concealing illegal activity or activity an employee believes to be unlawful, including unlawful sexual harassment, discrimination, wage theft, and protected whistleblowing, as those terms are described in existing law. Under the bill's provisions, no employer shall discharge or otherwise retaliate against an employee, prospective employee, or independent contractor for disclosing or discussing conduct that such employee reasonably believes to be discrimination, including harassment, retaliation, a wage or hour violation, sexual assault, fraud against taxpayers, shareholders, the government, consumers, or other employees, or other conduct that is against a clear mandate of public policy. An employer that violates the provisions of the bill shall be liable for the greater of actual damages or statutory damages of $10,000, as well as reasonable attorney fees and costs. The bill also requires employers to include in any settlement agreement or employment agreement with an employee a disclaimer that such agreement does not prohibit an employee from disclosing conduct as protected under the bill. The provisions of the bill apply to contracts entered into, renewed, modified, or amended on or after July 1, 2024. | Dead |
| SB191 | Electric utilities; data center demand, allocation of costs among customer classes. | Electric utilities; data center demand; allocation of costs among customer classes. Directs the State Corporation Commission to ensure that any plan, petition, or proposal from a utility to meet demand associated with data centers considers generation, transmission, and distribution system costs so as to meet such demand at the lowest aggregate reasonable cost. The bill also directs the Commission to initiate a proceeding, on or before December 31, 2024, (i) to determine if the current allocation of costs among customers and the different classifications of customers of electric utilities results in customers that are data centers receiving unreasonable subsidies from other customers or classifications of customers and (ii) if it determines unreasonable subsidies exist, to amend such allocation of costs. | Dead |
| SB346 | Net energy metering; solar interconnection, cost recovery. | Net energy metering; solar interconnection; cost recovery. Provides that an electric distribution company shall pay $1 per kilowatt per day for the costs of lost electricity production for any and all delays beyond the regulatory notice period required by State Corporation Commission related to net energy metering. The bill requires that, for the purposes of net energy metering, an eligible customer-generator shall bear all reasonable costs of equipment required at the eligible customer-generator's side of the meter for the interconnection to the supplier's electric distribution system, including reasonable and prudent costs of additional controls, tests, or liability insurance. Additionally, the bill allows for cost recovery by Phase I and Phase II Utilities for electric distribution grid transformation projects that support the interconnection of generating facilities using energy derived from sunlight that are owned or contracted by eligible customer-generators, subject to the Commission finding those costs to be reasonable and prudent in accordance with existing law. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB738 | Public elementary & secondary schools; bell-to-bell student cell phone & smart device possession. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB746 | Involuntary manslaughter; certain drug offenses. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB742 | Richard Bland College; governance. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB740 | Medicine, Board of; continuing education, unconscious bias and cultural competency. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (17-Y 23-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1600 | Budget Bill. | Governor's Recommendation #201 Passed by for the day (21-Y 19-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1600 | Budget Bill. | Governor's Recommendation #200 Passed by for the day (21-Y 19-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1600 | Budget Bill. | Governor's Recommendation #101 Passed by for the day (21-Y 19-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1600 | Budget Bill. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #'s 15, 17, 20, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 55,(40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB805 | Child support; updates amounts in the schedule of basic support obligations. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 22-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB780 | Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB838 | Recovery residences; certification required penalty, report. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1642 | Artificial intelligence-based tool; definition, use of tool. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1665 | Fines, restitution, forfeiture, etc.; criminal and traffic cases, itemized statement. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1766 | Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1712 | Law-enforcement agencies and officers; establishing training curriculum on certain arrests. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1721 | Condemnation of conservation or open-space easement; compensation, Uniform Easement Relocation Act. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1888 | Tort actions; immunity of persons based on statements made at a Title IX hearing. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB854 | Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms, responsibilities and prohibitions to minors. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB881 | Plastic firearms or receivers, unserialized firearms, etc.; transfer, etc., prohibited, penalties. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB881 | Plastic firearms or receivers, unserialized firearms, etc.; transfer, etc., prohibited, penalties. | Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB881 | Plastic firearms or receivers, unserialized firearms, etc.; transfer, etc., prohibited, penalties. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB894 | Personal injury or death by wrongful act; liability of employer to vulnerable victims. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (4-Y 36-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB875 | State pharmacy benefits manager; DMAS to select & contract with a third-party administrator to serve | Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (21-Y 19-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB875 | State pharmacy benefits manager; DMAS to select & contract with a third-party administrator to serve | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (0-Y 40-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB875 | State pharmacy benefits manager; DMAS to select & contract with a third-party administrator to serve | Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation rejected (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB875 | State pharmacy benefits manager; DMAS to select & contract with a third-party administrator to serve | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (13-Y 27-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB903 | Dogs; sale and procurement by pet shops, pet shop regulations. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (23-Y 17-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB866 | Real Estate Board; membership, qualifications. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB940 | Elections; candidates for office, challenges to candidate qualifications. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (17-Y 23-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB936 | Decreasing probation period; criteria for mandatory reduction, effective clause, report. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB879 | Teachers; career and technical education, alternative pathway to provisional licensure. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1961 | Public elementary & secondary schools; bell-to-bell student cell phone & smart device possession. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1957 | SOL assessments & related student assessment methods; assessment development, etc., reform. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1924 | School boards; prohibition against hiring or contracting for the services of certain individuals. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1936 | Teacher training; Department of Education to establish and maintain an index of each training, etc. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1970 | Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning, provisions are declaratory of existing law. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2024 | Virginia Public Procurement Act; solar photovoltaic equipment and facilities. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB963 | Discovery materials or evidence; allows accused to request the Commonwealth to copy or photograph. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB955 | Public schools; definitions, textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2036 | Reckless driving; definition of "exhibition driving," penalties. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2034 | Tidal and nontidal wetlands; policy task force to evaluate policies regarding protection, etc. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB998 | Child labor; child engaged in the work of content creation, trust account. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB998 | Child labor; child engaged in the work of content creation, trust account. | Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB998 | Child labor; child engaged in the work of content creation, trust account. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 19-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2096 | Intelligent Speed Assistance Program; established, penalty. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2082 | Medical Assistance Services, Department of; appeals of agency determinations. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2050 | Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2040 | Speech-language pathology assistants; licensure, qualifications, scope of practice. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB999 | Appeals; procedure on appeal, payment of expenses. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2153 | Comprehensive plan; housing development by nonprofit organizations. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (35-Y 5-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2360 | High School diploma seal of biliteracy; designation as high-demand industry workforce credential. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2210 | Real Estate Board; membership, qualifications. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2313 | Boarding establishments; work group to consider whether to propose state license, etc. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2218 | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2352 | Dumfries, Town of; amending charter, town powers, etc. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2302 | Real property tax; exemption for religious buildings, rebuilding structure. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2266 | Electric utilities; distribution cost sharing program established, etc. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2221 | Prisoners; Department of Corrections-issued identification, report. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2393 | Human trafficking; issuance of writ of vacatur for victims. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2252 | Decreasing probation period; criteria for mandatory reduction, effective clause, report. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (23-Y 17-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2501 | Driver communication improvement program; DMV to develop and implement program. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2493 | Gaming; fantasy contests, age restrictions. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (30-Y 8-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2543 | Model memorandum of understanding; counseling from school counselors by way of telehealth. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1051 | Boarding establishments; work group to consider whether to propose state license, etc. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1105 | Contraception; establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB1219 | Legislator Compensation Commission; established, appointment of members, report. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 22-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB1100 | Virtual power plant pilot program; each Phase II Utility shall petition SCC for approval to conduct. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB1212 | Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (17-Y 23-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB1093 | Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB1093 | Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry. | Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation rejected (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1093 | Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (24-Y 15-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1058 | Electric utilities; distribution cost sharing program established, etc. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1192 | Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB1194 | Law-enforcement agencies and officers; establishing training curriculum on certain arrests. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1221 | Public housing authorities; indigent parties, unlawful detainer. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB1040 | Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB1056 | Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1202 | Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning, provisions are declaratory of existing law. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1153 | Social Services, Department of; appointment of receiver for assisted living facilities. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1158 | Eminent domain; condemnation proceedings. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1237 | Medical Assistance Services, Department of; appeals of agency determinations. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1272 | Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; penalties. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1165 | Virginia Public Procurement Act; solar photovoltaic equipment and facilities. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1318 | EMS agencies; Bd. of Pharmacy shall report on progress in response to changes in federal law. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1300 | Dumfries, Town of; amending charter, town powers, etc. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1316 | Renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources; geothermal electric generating resources. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2594 | DCJS; standards and training for security at certain nonprofit institutions. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1336 | Electricity consumption tax; rate adjustments. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB1332 | Towing and storage of certain vehicles; limitation on charges. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 2-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2618 | Public school buildings; indoor air quality, inspection and evaluation. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1339 | Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act; telephone solicitations by text message, effective date. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1371 | Gift certificates; prohibits imposition of a dormancy fee, etc. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1386 | Emergency Management, Department of; powers & duties, development & implementation of guidelines. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 22-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB1370 | Model memorandum of understanding; counseling from school counselors by way of telehealth. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1356 | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1379 | Research and Clinical Trial Cancer Consortium Initiative; established, report. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1408 | Waterworks; mandatory reporting of anomalies, negligence. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1413 | Public school buildings; indoor air quality, inspection and evaluation. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 2-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB1418 | Postpartum doula care; DMAS to amend state plan for medical assistance services. | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2692 | Custodial interrogations; false statements to a child prohibited, inauthentic replica documents. | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (27-Y 12-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Virginia Joint Technology and Science Commission | 2 | |
| Detail | Virginia Senate Courts of Justice Committee | 15 | |
| Detail | Virginia Senate Education and Health Committee | 7 | |
| Detail | Virginia Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee | 10 | |
| Detail | Virginia Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee | Chair | 1 |
| Detail | Virginia Senate Rules Committee | 5 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA | Virginia Senate District 40 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 01/10/2024 | |
| VA | District 31 | Senate | Democrat | Out of Office | 01/11/2011 | 01/12/2024 |