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Legislator > Lashrecse Aird
State Senator
Lashrecse Aird
(D) - Virginia
Virginia Senate District 13
In Office - Started: 01/10/2024
contact info
Capitol Office
General Assembly Building
P.O. Box 396
Richmond, VA 23218
P.O. Box 396
Richmond, VA 23218
Phone: 804-698-7513
Petersburg Office
P.O. Box 3943
Petersburg, VA 23805
Petersburg, VA 23805
Phone: 804-452-7076
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1723 | Assistance w/food access, etc.; methods to improve participation in fed. public assistance programs. | Department of Social Services; improving access to and maximizing participation in federal food assistance programs; work group; report. Requires the Department of Social Services to convene a work group to evaluate methods to improve access to and maximize participation in federal public assistance programs relating to assistance with food access and improving food security. The Department shall report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committees on Health and Human Services and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB854 | Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms, responsibilities and prohibitions to minors. | Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms; responsibilities and prohibitions related to minors. Requires that any controller or processor that operates a social media platform shall (i) use commercially reasonable methods, such as a neutral age screen mechanism, to determine whether a user is a minor younger than 16 years of age and (ii) limit any such minor's use of such social media platform to one hour per day, per service or application, and allow a parent to give verifiable parental consent to increase or decrease the daily time limit. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB875 | State pharmacy benefits manager; DMAS to select & contract with a third-party administrator to serve | Department of Medical Assistance Services; state pharmacy benefits manager; independent evaluation. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services, by July 1, 2026, to select and contract with a third-party administrator to serve as the state pharmacy benefits manager to administer all pharmacy benefits for Medicaid recipients, including recipients enrolled in a managed care organization. The bill enumerates requirements for the Department's contract with the state pharmacy benefits manager. In addition, the bill directs the Department to engage an independent consultant to evaluate the implementation of a contract with a third-party pharmacy benefits manager pursuant to the bill. This bill is identical to HB 2610. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1221 | Public housing authorities; indigent parties, unlawful detainer. | Public housing authorities; indigent parties; unlawful detainer. Exempts indigent defendants from having to post an appeal bond in unlawful detainer actions brought by a public housing authority. The bill also amends certain provisions of the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act to (i) prohibit any landlord that is a public housing authority from requiring a tenant to pay any fees for the maintenance or repair of a dwelling unit unless such repair is necessitated by the tenant's action or omission and (ii) require, if a public housing authority issues a notice of nonpayment of rent to a tenant, such public housing authority to provide the tenant certain information printed on pink or orange paper explaining how the tenant may recertify the tenant's income in accordance with federal law and policy. This bill is identical to HB 2415. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1394 | Energy storage requirements; Department of Energy, et al., to develop model ordinances, reports. | Electric utilities; energy storage requirements; Department of Energy and Department of Environmental Quality to develop model ordinances; work groups; reports. Increases the targets for energy storage capacity that Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia are required to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure and extends the time frame by which such capacity must be met. Under the bill, (i) Appalachian Power shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 780 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2040 and 520 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and (ii) Dominion Energy Virginia shall petition the Commission for approval to construct, acquire, or procure at least 5,220 megawatts of short-duration energy storage capacity by 2045 and 3,480 megawatts of long-duration energy storage capacity by 2045. "Long-duration energy storage" and "short-duration energy storage" are defined in the bill. The bill requires the Commission to conduct a technology demonstration program for long-duration energy storage resources and initiate a proceeding to determine if such technology is viable and that the targets in the bill are reasonably achievable, for which a final order shall be entered no later than March 1, 2030. Certain provisions of the bill are only effective upon such determination by the Commission.The bill requires the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Fire Programs, to create model ordinances for use by localities in their regulation of energy storage projects and to convene a work group to develop such model ordinances and submit a report by December 1, 2025. The bill directs the Department of Energy and the Department of Environmental Quality to convene a work group to develop recommendations and financial incentives related to the development of long-duration energy storage projects and submit a report by December 1, 2025. The bill also directs the Department of Energy to engage with PJM Interconnection, LLC, in reviewing regional market conditions related to energy storage resources and permits Dominion Energy Virginia to propose a partnership with institutions of higher education to deploy energy storage resources. This bill is identical to HB 2537. | Vetoed |
| SB1462 | High school graduation requirements; history and social studies credits, etc. | High school graduation requirements; history and social studies credits; certain substitutions permitted. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to permit any student to substitute the African American History course or the Advanced Placement African American Studies course for the World History I course or the World Geography course for the purpose of satisfying the history and social studies credit requirements, provided that enrollment in such an African American History course or Advanced Placement African American Studies course is available to the student. This bill is identical to HB 1824. | Vetoed |
| SB1418 | Postpartum doula care; DMAS to amend state plan for medical assistance services. | Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; postpartum doula care; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment for up to 10 doula visits, with up to four doula visits during pregnancy and up to six doula visits during the 12 months after the individual gives birth. The bill requires the Department to report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on the implementation and outcomes of the provision, and requires the first such report to be submitted by December 31, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 1614. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1234 | Private well permit application; application shall include whether repair of existing well, etc. | Private well permit applications. The bill requires any permit application for private well construction to include (i) an indication as to whether such permit is for new construction of a well, repair of an existing well, or modification of an existing well and (ii) if such permit is for new construction of a well that will replace an existing well, an indication as to the reason such existing well will no longer be used. | Vetoed |
| SB1379 | Research and Clinical Trial Cancer Consortium Initiative; established, report. | Health; Research and Clinical Trial Cancer Consortium Initiative established; report. Establishes the Research and Clinical Trial Cancer Consortium Initiative for the purpose of coordinating, maximizing the efficiency of, and facilitating cancer clinical research and treatment efforts across the Commonwealth. The bill establishes the membership of the Initiative to include three nonlegislative citizen members and representatives of the following institutions relating to cancer clinical research and treatment: (i) the Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, (ii) the University of Virginia Medical Center, (iii) the Leroy T. Canoles Jr. Cancer Research Center at the Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University, (iv) the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, (v) Hampton University, and (vi) the Inova Schar Cancer Institute. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB970 | Cannabis control; establishes framework for creating retail market, penalties. | Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all marijuana licenses on September 1, 2025, but provides that no retail sales may occur prior to May 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 2485. | Vetoed |
| HB2276 | Voter registration; list maintenance activities, cancellation procedures, required record matches. | Voter registration; list maintenance activities; cancellation procedures; record matches; required identification information; data standards. Requires certain, specified identification information to be included on the lists or records received by the Department of Elections for list maintenance purposes and requires the Department, upon receiving any such list or record, to do an initial comparison of the information included on such list or record with the list of registered voters and determine the confidence score for any match. The bill specifies that only records with matches with a confidence score of at least 80 are transmitted to the appropriate general registrars. The bill prohibits the use of voter data received from another state or jurisdiction or through a list comparison for list maintenance purposes when the data file does not include a unique identifier for each individual whose information is contained in the data file. The bill requires the Department to annually review all sources of data utilized for list maintenance activities for the purpose of determining the validity, completeness, accuracy, and reliability of the data received from each source, and to include the results of such review in its annual report to the House and Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections regarding its list maintenance activities. The bill prohibits the cancellation within 90 days of any election of any registration identified as belonging to a person no longer residing in the Commonwealth or otherwise no longer entitled to vote by a data match program conducted using lists of registered voters exchanged with other states. The bill requires the general registrars to send notice prior to cancelling a voter's record regardless of the reason for cancellation. Lastly, the bill clarifies that when a voter's registration is canceled, a cancellation record must be created and that such records are public in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the National Voter Registration Act. The bill includes numerous technical amendments for organizational purposes. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. | Vetoed |
| HB2277 | Elections administration; duties of local electoral board, certification of election, civil penalty. | Elections administration; duties of local electoral board; certification of election; grounds for removal; civil penalty. Provides that the certification of the results of an election is a clear ministerial duty of the local electoral boards and that a member of the local electoral board who neglects or refuses to perform such duty in accordance with law shall be subject to removal proceedings by the State Board of Elections and assessed a penalty not exceeding $1,000. The bill also authorizes the State Board of Elections to intervene and carry out the duties related to election certification in the event a local electoral board fails or refuses to do so. | Vetoed |
| HB1736 | Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention, Va. Center for; created, etc. | Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention; creation. Creates the Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention within the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill states that the Center will serve as the primary resource for research, best practices, and strategies for the implementation of firearm violence intervention, community-based intervention, and group violence intervention programs designed to reduce violence in communities. The bill also requires that the Center evaluate state and community based violence intervention programs and policies that receive funding through the Center, apply for and accept federal grants, and provide technical assistance. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. | Vetoed |
| HB1827 | Comprehensive plan; social determinants of health. | Comprehensive plan; social determinants of health. Encourages localities to utilize relevant and available data and research related to social determinants of health to consider how a locality's adopted comprehensive plan will impact the locality's overall public health and access to health care services. | Vetoed |
| SB738 | Public elementary & secondary schools; bell-to-bell student cell phone & smart device possession. | Public elementary and secondary schools; student discipline; student cell phone possession and use policies; development and implementation. Directs each school board to develop and each public elementary and secondary school to implement age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate policies relating to the possession and use of cell phones by students on school property during regular school hours. The bill requires such policies to (i) restrict, to the fullest extent possible, student cell phone possession and use in the classroom during regular school hours; (ii) aim to reduce or prevent any distraction in or disruption to the learning environment, including bullying or harassment, that could be caused or facilitated by student cell phone possession and use on school property during regular school hours; (iii) ensure that implementation and enforcement of the policy is the responsibility of the administration, minimizes, to the extent possible, any conflict with the instructional responsibilities of teachers or any disruption to instructional time, and does not involve any school resource officer; (iv) include exceptions to such policies permitting any student, pursuant to an Individualized Education Plan or Section 504 Plan or if otherwise deemed appropriate by the school board, to possess and use a cell phone on school property, including in the classroom, during regular school hours to monitor or address a health concern; and (v) expressly prohibit any student from being suspended or expelled as a consequence of any violation of such policies. Finally, the bill clarifies that (a) no violation of any such student cell phone possession and use policy shall alone constitute sufficient cause for a student's suspension or expulsion from attendance at school and (b) any such violation that involves, coincides with, or results in an instance of disruptive behavior, as that term is defined in applicable law, shall be addressed in accordance with the regulations on codes of student conduct adopted by each school board pursuant to applicable law. This bill is identical to HB 1961. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB757 | Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility, penalty. | Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility; penalty. Creates a Class 4 felony for any person who knowingly, intentionally, and without authorization causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter the property of and obtains or attempts to obtain any videographic or still image that contains or reveals any controlled technical information located within a contracted defense facility, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill also provides that the owner or operator of a contracted defense facility and its employees shall be immune from criminal prosecution and civil liability as a result of preventing, stopping, deterring, interrupting, or repelling, or attempting to prevent, stop, deter, interrupt, or repel, an unmanned aircraft system from entering the property of such contracted defense facility or from stopping, interrupting, or repelling, or attempting to stop, interrupt, or repel, an unmanned aircraft system that has entered such property, provided that such action does not result in injury to any person. This bill is identical to HB 1726. | 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 |
| 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 |
| SB1230 | Public schools; temporarily employed teachers, rules and requirements, extension of time limitation. | Public schools; temporarily employed teachers; rules and requirements; extension of time limitation. Extends from 90 to 180 teaching days the maximum period of time during one school year for which a school board may employ a temporarily employed teacher, as defined in relevant law, to fill a teacher vacancy, with certain conditions and restrictions. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027, and is identical to HB 2201. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1005 | Sexual assault patients; services, provision of information. | Services for sexual assault patients; provision of information for sexual assault patients; Task Force on Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault; work group; report. Changes instances of "sexual assault survivor" and its variations to "sexual assault patient." The bill requires health care facilities to provide information on local or statewide sexual and domestic violence advocacy services to adult and pediatric patients. The bill removes language requiring hospitals to enter into a memorandum of understanding with rape crisis centers, removes language allowing sexual assault patients to be transferred to clinics, and repeals the statute establishing the Task Force on Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault. The bill directs the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services to convene a work group to address sustainable funding for sexual assault medical forensic examinations and services. The bill requires the work group to submit a report with recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Health and Human Services, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 1731. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1384 | Childbirth; postpartum process, definitions. | Childbirth; postpartum process. Requires health care facilities providing services related to labor and childbirth to develop policies to (i) allow every birthing person to have a companion or doula with the person during birth in addition to a partner or spouse; (ii) at the discretion of the treating physician, allow every birthing person to have a companion or doula with the person during birth when a partner or spouse is not permitted to be present; (iii) prioritize newborns bonding with their families in order to facilitate the postpartum process; (iv) prohibit excluding from care any person giving birth or prohibit interrupting the process of birth without the informed consent of the birthing person; (v) detail the facility's process related to receiving a pregnant person's patient information from any provider who has provided care for the pregnant person; (vi) establish processes to transfer and receive pregnant persons across levels of care of licensed facilities within the facility's capacity and capability; and (vii) establish a process to receive individuals who are pregnant, giving birth, or in the postpartum process from locations other than licensed facilities. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1267 | Zoning; enhanced civil penalties, certain residential violations. | Zoning; enhanced civil penalties; certain residential violations. Allows enhanced civil penalties for zoning violations involving property that is zoned or used for multifamily residential purposes. The bill also requires that for any violation involving property that is zoned or used for multifamily residential purposes, a person who admits liability shall be required to abate or remedy the violation within a period of time specified by the locality that is no less than 30 days but no more than 24 months from the date of admission of liability. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1260 | Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers. | Hospitals; reports of threats or acts of violence against health care providers. Requires hospitals in the Commonwealth to establish a workplace violence incident reporting system to document, track, and analyze any incident of workplace violence reported. The bill requires each hospital to (i) report the data collected via the reporting system to the chief medical officer and the chief nursing officer of such hospital on, at minimum, a quarterly basis and (ii) send a report to the Department of Health on an annual basis that includes, at a minimum, the number of incidents of workplace violence voluntarily reported by an employee. The bill also requires the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, in collaboration with the Department of Criminal Justice Services, to convene a stakeholder work group for the purpose of making recommendations on the workplace violence system and policies adopted pursuant to the bill. This bill is identical to HB 2269. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1104 | Public schools; guidelines and policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection. | Public schools; interscholastic sports and athletics; guidelines and policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection; development and implementation. Requires the Board of Education to develop, biennially review and update as necessary, and distribute to each local school division guidelines on policies relating to extreme heat safety and protection for student-athletes. The bill requires each school board to develop and update, in accordance with the guidelines developed by the Board of Education, policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection that (i) are consistent with any heat guidelines based on Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) levels developed by an organization or entity whose purpose it is to regulate or govern interscholastic athletics programs in the Commonwealth; (ii) establish tiered heat-acclimatization and modification procedures for outdoor athletics practices or games based on the WBGT levels to reduce the risks associated with extreme heat faced by student-athletes; (iii) require student-athletes to be given unhindered access to hydration at all times; (iv) include procedures relating to preventing, recognizing, and addressing heat-related illnesses; and (v) establish a process for reporting and investigating any instance in which a student-athlete experiences a heat-related illness requiring emergency medical treatment or resulting in death. This bill is identical to HB 1663. | 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 |
| HJR659 | Commending Mekhi Becton, Sr. | Commending Mekhi Becton, Sr. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR662 | Celebrating the life of Michael Gregory Brown. | Celebrating the life of Michael Gregory Brown. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR677 | Commending James Holland. | Commending James Holland. | 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 |
| HJR689 | Celebrating the life of Peggy Lynn Davis. | Celebrating the life of Peggy Lynn Davis. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR710 | Commending Barry Eugene DuVal. | Commending Barry Eugene DuVal. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR721 | Commending Norfolk State University. | Commending Norfolk State University. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR616 | Commending Colonel Gary T. Settle. | Commending Colonel Gary T. Settle. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR620 | Commending NORTH of the JAMES magazine. | Commending NORTH of the JAMES magazine. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR634 | Celebrating the life of Matthew Robert Chiaverotti. | Celebrating the life of Matthew Robert Chiaverotti. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR644 | Commending the Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance of Virginia. | Commending the Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance of Virginia. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1486 | Public schools; protection of student records and personal information, policies and procedures. | School-issued devices; protection of student personal information. Establishes certain enumerated requirements for the protection of student personal information on school-issued devices, as defined in the bill, by certain public schools and school boards and by school technology providers, as defined in the bill, that are substantially similar to the requirements established in current law for the protection of student personal information on school services by school service providers. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1419 | Ear-piercers and ear-piercing salons and schools; licensure by the Board of Barbers and Cosmetology. | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; regulation of ear-piercers and ear-piercing salons and schools. Provides for the licensure of ear-piercing salons, ear-piercing schools, and ear-piercers by the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology. The bill distinguishes ear-piercing salons from body-piercing salons by definition and requires the Board to adopt regulations establishing the requirements for licensure of ear-piercing salons, ear-piercing schools, and ear-piercers. Additionally, the bill requires the Board to develop specific training and apprenticeship programs for ear-piercers and permits localities to regulate the sanitary conditions of ear-piercing salons. This bill is identical to HB 2680. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1228 | Barbers and Cosmetology, Board for; employment prohibition, children 16 years of age or older. | Board for Barbers and Cosmetology; employment prohibition exceptions; children 16 years of age or older. Allows children 16 years of age or older to serve in a licensed barbershop or cosmetology salon, provided that (i) the child is an apprentice, (ii) the child is employed in a work-training program as provided by relevant law and in accordance with relevant regulations, or (iii) the child has obtained a cosmetology or barber license from the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology. This bill is identical to HB 1667. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB921 | Large animal veterinary grant program; State Veterinarian to establish, report. | State Veterinarian; large animal veterinary grant program; report. Directs the State Veterinarian to establish a large animal veterinary grant program no later than July 1, 2026, to provide grants to increase or stabilize the number of large animal veterinarians, as defined in the bill, practicing in areas of the Commonwealth that have been identified by the State Veterinarian as having a shortage of such veterinarians. The bill directs the State Veterinarian to annually select from a pool of applicants no more than four large animal veterinarians to participate in the program and to develop, in consultation with the Board of Veterinary Medicine and relevant stakeholders, selection criteria for applicants to participate in the program. The bill also requires the State Veterinarian to submit a report evaluating the extent to which the program has helped to address the shortage of large animal veterinarians in the Commonwealth to the Board and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources no later than July 1, 2030. This bill is identical to HB 2303. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1229 | Students from foreign countries; student exchange programs, tuition and fee waivers. | Public institutions of higher education; student exchange programs; tuition and mandatory fee waivers; conditions. Clarifies that tuition and mandatory fees may be waived for a student from a foreign country enrolled in a public institution of higher education through a formalized student exchange program between such institution and another institution of higher education, provided that the number of full-time equivalent inbound students from a foreign country for whom tuition and mandatory fees has been waived does not exceed during any three-year period the number of full-time equivalent outbound students who are enrolled through such student exchange program and who pay full tuition and mandatory fees to the institution. Current law permits tuition and mandatory fees to be waived for a student from a foreign country enrolled in a public institution of higher education through a student exchange program approved by such institution, provided that the number of students from a foreign country for whom tuition and mandatory fees has been waived does not exceed during any three-year period the number of students from a foreign country who are enrolled through such student exchange program and who pay full tuition and mandatory fees to the institution. This bill is identical to HB 2156. | 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 |
| HJR584 | Celebrating the life of Dr. Golden Bethune-Hill. | Celebrating the life of Dr. Golden Bethune-Hill. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1383 | Nursing homes; establishes procedures for implementation of sanctions, civil penalty. | Nursing homes; sanctions; civil penalty. Establishes procedures for the implementation of sanctions by the State Health Commissioner on any nursing home that is licensed pursuant to the laws regulating medical care facilities and services. The bill specifies the forms of sanctions that the Commissioner may impose, the nursing home's continued responsibility for persons under its care, the use of funds remunerated in accordance with such sanctions, the process for the imposition of such sanctions, and the Commissioner's ability to revoke such nursing home's license. The bill specifies that sanctions shall not be imposed on a nursing home that is sanctioned by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This bill is identical to HB 2253. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1231 | Virginia Investment Performance Grants; awarding of Grants. | Virginia Investment Performance Grants. Authorizes Virginia Investment Performance Grants to be awarded under more lenient requirements if the recipient is located in a locality with an unemployment rate and poverty rate that exceeds the state average. Specifically, the bill would authorize payment of such grants if the average wage paid by the eligible manufacturer or research and development service, excluding fringe benefits, is no less than 85 percent of the prevailing average wage. Grants may be paid for projects in such localities that pay less than 85 percent of the prevailing average wage, upon a written finding by the Governor that the economic circumstances in the area are sufficiently distressed such that assistance to the locality to attract the project is justified. However, the minimum private investment and number of new jobs required to be created are still a condition of eligibility. This bill is identical to HB 2179. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR413 | Commending Barry Eugene DuVal. | Commending Barry Eugene DuVal. | Passed |
| SR317 | Commending McKinley L. Price, D.D.S. | Commending McKinley L. Price, D.D.S. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR286 | Celebrating the life of Rashaun Dehaven Boland. | Celebrating the life of Rashaun Dehaven Boland. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR282 | Commending the Petersburg Garden Club. | Commending the Petersburg Garden Club. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR285 | Celebrating the life of Terry D. Lewis, Sr. | Celebrating the life of Terry D. Lewis, Sr. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR284 | Commending First Baptist Church of Petersburg. | Commending First Baptist Church of Petersburg. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR406 | Commending the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. | Commending the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. | Passed |
| SJR434 | Commending the Honorable William Ferguson Reid, M.D. | Commending the Honorable William Ferguson Reid, M.D. | Passed |
| SJR410 | Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. | Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. | Passed |
| SJR408 | Commending the United States Army. | Commending the United States Army. | Passed |
| SJR443 | Commending Tara Dower. | Commending Tara Dower. | Passed |
| SJR439 | Commending the Cameron Foundation. | Commending the Cameron Foundation. | Passed |
| SJR444 | Celebrating the life of Lieutenant General Arthur J. Gregg, USA, Ret. | Celebrating the life of Lieutenant General Arthur J. Gregg, USA, Ret. | Passed |
| SJR393 | Celebrating the life of His Highness Prince Karim Agakhan. | Celebrating the life of His Highness Prince Karim Agakhan. | Passed |
| SJR388 | Commending Voices for Virginia's Children. | Commending Voices for Virginia's Children. | Passed |
| HJR661 | Commending Kimberly Ann Bobo. | Commending Kimberley Ann Bobo. | Dead |
| SR250 | Commending the Petersburg Home for Ladies. | Commending the Petersburg Home for Ladies. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR337 | Commending Ken Jessup. | Commending Ken Jessup. | Dead |
| SB359 | Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms, addictive feed. | Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms; addictive feed. Prohibits a person that operates a social media platform that has knowledge that a user of the social media platform is a child under the age of 18 from using an addictive feed, defined in the bill, unless such social media platform obtains verifiable parental consent. | 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 |
| SR265 | Commending Virginia Natural Gas. | Commending Virginia Natural Gas. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR268 | Celebrating the life of Joseph Woodrow Snavely, Jr. | Celebrating the life of Joseph Woodrow Snavely, Jr. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR250 | Women Veterans Day; designating as June 12, 2025, and each succeeding year thereafter. | Women Veterans Day. Designates June 12, in 2025 and in each succeeding year, as Women Veterans Day in Virginia. | Passed |
| SJR263 | Surry County; DOT to study need for constructing bridge to James City County or Charles City County. | Study; Department of Transportation; bridge from Surry County to James City County; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study the need and options for constructing a bridge from Hog Island in Surry County to James City County and to submit a report of its findings no later than the first day of the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly. | 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 |
| SJR366 | Commending Leanne Eyler. | Commending Leanne Eyler. | Passed |
| SJR370 | Commending Linda Ford. | Commending Linda Ford. | Passed |
| SJR363 | Commending the Virginia Spaceport Authority. | Commending the Virginia Spaceport Authority. | Passed |
| SB1214 | High-risk artificial intelligence; development, deployment, and use by public bodies, report. | High-risk artificial intelligence; development, deployment, and use by public bodies; work group; report. Creates requirements for the development, deployment, and use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems, as defined in the bill, by state public bodies. The bill also directs the Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth (CIO) to develop, publish, and maintain policies and procedures concerning the development, procurement, implementation, utilization, and ongoing assessment of systems that employ high-risk artificial intelligence systems that are consistent with such requirements created by the bill. The bill directs the CIO to convene a work group to examine the impact on and the ability of local governments to comply with the requirements of the bill. The substantive requirements of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. | Dead |
| SJR262 | Rural Affairs, Secretariat of; JLARC to study need for and feasibility of creating position. | Study; JLARC; creation of Secretariat of Rural Affairs; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the need for and feasibility of creating a Secretariat of Rural Affairs in the Commonwealth. | Dead |
| SJR280 | Commending the 2025 House-Senate basketball game to benefit Massey Cancer Center. | The annual House Senate Basketball Game. | Dead |
| SR259 | Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. | Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR255 | Commending Surry United Methodist Church. | Commending Surry United Methodist Church. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR254 | Celebrating the life of Peggy Lynn Davis. | Celebrating the life of Peggy Lynn Davis. | 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 |
| SR252 | Celebrating the life of Dr. Lucious Edwards, Jr. | Celebrating the life of Dr. Lucious Edwards, Jr. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR253 | Commending the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry. | Commending the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SR258 | Commending the United States Army. | Commending the United States Army. | 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 |
| SJR323 | Commending Billy Wagner. | Commending Billy Wagner. | Passed |
| SJR325 | Celebrating the life of Thomas S. Whipple. | Celebrating the life of Thomas S. Whipple. | Passed |
| SJR324 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frank Miller Ruff, Jr. | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frank Miller Ruff, Jr. | Passed |
| HB2522 | DVS; powers and duties of Commissioner, identification of incarcerated veterans. | Department of Veterans Services; powers and duties of Commissioner; identification of incarcerated veterans. Provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services shall utilize, in consultation with the Department of Corrections, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Re-Entry Search Services system to identify veterans incarcerated in state, local, or community correctional facilities to prepare such veterans for release and reentry, reduce recidivism and homelessness, provide behavioral health resources, and refer eligible veterans to behavioral health dockets. This bill was incorporated into HB 2071. | Dead |
| SB1232 | Autism Advisory Council; name change, membership, repeals sunset date. | Autism Advisory Council; name change; membership; staffing; powers and duties. Provides for the Autism Advisory Council to be reconstituted as a permanent, independently staffed agency in the legislative branch of state government. Currently, the Autism Advisory Council is set to expire on July 1, 2027. The bill repeals that expiration date and renames the agency as the Autism Commission. The bill also modifies the membership of the Commission to more closely align with the membership makeup of other independently staffed legislative agencies and directs the Commission to appoint and employ an executive director and other staff to assist in carrying out the duties of the Commission. | Dead |
| SB829 | Professionally Licensed Teacher Supplemental Pay Program; established, report. | Public school teachers; teacher compensation; Professionally Licensed Teacher Supplemental Pay Program established. Establishes the Professionally Licensed Teacher Supplemental Pay Program (the Program) for the purpose of addressing shortages of professionally licensed teachers and reducing reliance on provisionally licensed teachers in public schools in the Commonwealth by providing, with such funds as are appropriated for such purpose, an annual supplemental payment to each professionally licensed teacher, as that term is defined by the bill, employed in any high-vacancy public school in the Commonwealth, defined as any public school that, based on the most recent data in the positions and exits collection, has a teacher vacancy rate that places it in the top 10 percent of public schools with the highest teacher vacancy rates in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Department of Education to administer and oversee the Program and, in doing so, requires it to (i) identify and develop a list, every four years, of each high-vacancy public school in the Commonwealth; (ii) ensure that, each year, such funds are disbursed in a timely manner and in an amount sufficient to provide the supplemental payment to each professionally licensed teacher employed in a high-vacancy public school in each school division; and (iii) annually submit to the Governor and publish on its website a report detailing the effect of the Program on recruitment and retention of professionally licensed teachers and the overall success of the Program in addressing teacher vacancy rates. | Dead |
| SB831 | Pregnant individuals; DMAS to seek federal authority to implement presumptive eligibility. | Department of Medical Assistance Services; presumptive eligibility for pregnant individuals; qualified entities. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to seek federal authority to implement presumptive eligibility for pregnant individuals, in addition to the existing hospital presumptive eligibility program and, if the Department receives such authority, allows the Department to authorize qualified entities to make determinations of presumptive eligibility for pregnant individuals. | Dead |
| SB1287 | Virginia Gaming Commission; established, penalties, report. | Virginia Gaming Commission; established. Establishes the Virginia Gaming Commission as an independent agency of the Commonwealth, exclusive of the legislative, executive, or judicial branches of government, to oversee and regulate all forms of legal gambling in the Commonwealth except for the state lottery. The bill sets eligibility requirements for the appointment of a Commissioner and Virginia Gaming Commission Board members, provides powers and duties of such Commissioner and Board members, and provides for the transfer of current employees of relevant state agencies to the Commission. The bill contains numerous technical amendments. | Dead |
| SB1236 | Public schools; certain calculations in Standards of Quality, support services. | Public schools; Standards of Quality; certain calculations; support services. Requires the Department of Education, (i) in calculating the deduction of federal funds in the Standards of Quality funding formula, to examine actual school division spending on support costs as a percentage of actual school division spending on all public education costs, with certain exceptions such as food service, and (ii) in calculating the costs in the Standards of Quality funding formula beginning with fiscal year 2029, to include all employee benefit costs incurred by a majority of school divisions, including costs related to retirement, health care, life insurance, and payout of earned but unused leave. The bill also requires support services positions to be funded based on a calculation of prevailing costs and prohibits such positions from being subject to any method of funding calculation that caps the number of funded support services positions based on a ratio of such positions to students enrolled in the school division, with the exception of certain support services positions enumerated in the bill. | Dead |
| SB1227 | Person not free on bail; court appearance. | Court appearance of a person not free on bail. Makes various changes to provisions regarding bail hearings, including (i) the appointment of counsel for the accused, (ii) the information provided to counsel for the accused, (iii) a requirement that counsel for the accused be provided with adequate time to confer with the accused prior to any bail hearing, and (iv) the compensation of counsel for the accused. Effective in due course, the bill provides that the chief judge in each circuit shall create a plan to be completed by November 1, 2025, that establishes the means by which the jurisdiction will meet these requirements. The remainder of the bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| SJR267 | Commending the National Conference of State Legislatures. | Commending the National Conference of State Legislatures. | Passed |
| HB2646 | Income tax, state; eligibility of companies for apportionment modification. | Income tax; eligibility of companies for apportionment modification; certification by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. Extends from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2031, the date after which a corporation or pass-through entity that did not have any existing property or payroll in Virginia as of January 1, 2018, shall constitute an eligible company if such entity (i) either (a) spends at least $5 million on new capital investment in a qualified locality or qualified localities and creates at least 10 new jobs in such locality or localities or (b) creates at least 50 new jobs in a qualified locality or qualified localities, (ii) is a traded-sector company, and (iii) is certified by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority as generating a positive fiscal impact. The bill also extends from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2031, the date prior to which an eligible company may (a) acquire property in or create jobs in any qualified locality or qualified localities and (b) subtract the value of such property acquired from the property factor or the value of such payroll attributable to such jobs created from the payroll factor from the numerator used in determining its taxable income apportionable to the Commonwealth. | Dead |
| HJR453 | Recognition of the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia. | Recognition of the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia. Extends state recognition to the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia within the Commonwealth. | Dead |
| SJR322 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Henry Levander Marsh, III. | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Henry Levander Marsh, III. | Passed |
| SB1225 | Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund; established and created. | Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund created. Creates the Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund to assist private developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations (i) in certain localities, (ii) on eligible public land, as defined in the bill, or (iii) within one mile of the boundary of eligible public land. The bill provides that a private developer may apply for a grant in an amount equal to 70 percent of the private developer's non-utility costs for the installation of such public electric vehicle charging stations. The Department of Energy shall establish guidelines for the administration of the Program, including guidelines related to the application for and award of grants. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2030. | Dead |
| SB1062 | State Government Internship Coordinator; DHRM to establish and employ. | Department of Human Resource Management; State Government Internship Coordinator. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to establish and employ a State Government Internship Coordinator to attract high quality interns to the service of the Commonwealth with the goal of developing such interns to serve the Commonwealth as employees upon the conclusion of the internship and the intern's education. The bill also requires the Department to establish and administer a system to provide professional development opportunities for state agency interns, intern supervisors, and human resources staff. | Dead |
| SB1136 | Local anti-rent gouging authority; civil penalty. | Local anti-rent gouging authority; civil penalty. Provides that any locality may by ordinance adopt anti-rent gouging provisions. The bill provides for notice and a public hearing prior to the adoption of such ordinance and specifies that all landlords who are under the ordinance may be required to give at least two months' written notice of a rent increase and cannot increase the rent by more than the locality's calculated allowance, not to exceed three percent, and states that such allowance is effective for a 12-month period beginning July 1 each year. The bill requires the locality to publish such allowance on its website by June 1 of each year. Certain facilities, as outlined in the bill, are exempt from such ordinance. The bill also requires a locality to establish an anti-rent gouging board to establish rules and procedures by which landlords may apply for and be granted exemptions from the rent increase limits set by the ordinance or delegate such duties and functions to an existing local board, department, or agency. Finally, the bill provides that a locality shall establish a civil penalty for failure to comply with the requirements set out in its ordinance. | Dead |
| HB2249 | Judges; increases maximum number in general district court in Ninth Judicial District. | Maximum number of judges in each judicial district. Increases from three to four the maximum number of authorized general district court judges in the Ninth Judicial District. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts. | Dead |
| SB1378 | Child tax credit; Virginia adjusted gross income. | Child tax credit; Virginia adjusted gross income. Creates a one-time individual income tax credit in taxable years 2025 through 2029 for taxpayers whose households include dependents younger than 13 years of age and whose family Virginia adjusted gross income, defined in the bill, does not exceed $100,000. Such credit shall be in an amount equal to $300 for each such dependent and only one credit may be claimed for each such dependent. The bill provides that if the taxpayer is a resident of the Commonwealth for the full taxable year, the credit is refundable. Otherwise, the credit is nonrefundable. | Dead |
| SB1226 | Veterans' Services Protection Act; created, prohibited practices, penalty. | Veterans' Services Protection Act; prohibited practices; penalty. Creates the Veterans' Services Protection Act to prohibit any person from receiving compensation for preparing, presenting, prosecuting, advising, consulting, or assisting any individual regarding any veterans' benefits matter, as defined in the bill, except as permitted under federal law. The bill provides that a violation of its provisions constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. | Dead |
| SR210 | Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder. | Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR279 | Commending the Reverend Dr. Kirkland R. Walton. | Commending the Reverend Dr. Kirkland R. Walton. | Passed |
| SJR277 | Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder. | Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder. | Passed |
| SB457 | Driving Decarbonization Program and Fund; established and created. | Driving Decarbonization Program and Fund created. Creates the Driving Decarbonization Program and Fund to assist private developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations. The bill provides that a private developer is eligible to receive grants of 70 percent of such non-utility costs for electric vehicle charging stations installed in a historically economically disadvantaged community or a rural community, as those terms are defined in the bill, and 50 percent of such non-utility costs for electric vehicle charging stations installed in any other area of the Commonwealth. The bill caps the total amount of grants awarded in any fiscal year at $20 million. | Dead |
| SB482 | Juveniles; expungement and sealing of court records. | Expungement and sealing of juvenile court records. Provides for the sealing of juvenile court records in those instances where a juvenile was found guilty of a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult and such juvenile has attained the age of 18 years and three years have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile. Under current law, such records are open to the public. The bill also provides that any juvenile court records that may be expunged shall be expunged when the juvenile who is the subject of the records has attained the age of 18 years and three years have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile. Under current law, such juvenile shall have attained the age of 19 years and five years shall have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile. | Dead |
| SJR1 | Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference). | \r\n\r\n | Dead |
| SJR20 | Comprehensive community colleges; funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs. | \r\n\r\n | Dead |
| SB481 | Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. | Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations district court related to prosecutions of criminal offenses. | Dead |
| HB1031 | Legislature Modernization, Commission on; established, report. | Commission on Legislature Modernization; report. Establishes the Commission on Legislature Modernization in the legislative branch for the purpose of studying the operation and functionality of the General Assembly and identifying ways to make the legislature more effective, efficient, responsive, reflective, and transparent on behalf of all Virginians. The Commission will consist of 17 members, which shall include 9 legislators, 6 nonlegislative citizen members, and 2 ex officio members. The Commission shall be convened for a period of two years, every 10 years in the year ending in four, and shall terminate after the submission of its final report to the General Assembly at the end of its second year. | Dead |
| SJR21 | Secretariat of Rural Affairs; JLARC to study need for and feasibility of creating position. | \r\n\r\n | 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Virginia Joint Technology and Science Commission | 4 | |
| Detail | Virginia Senate Courts of Justice Committee | 11 | |
| Detail | Virginia Senate Education and Health Committee | 11 | |
| Detail | Virginia Senate General Laws and Technology Committee | 9 | |
| Detail | Virginia Senate Local Government Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Virginia Senate Transportation Committee | 9 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA | Virginia Senate District 13 | Senate | Democrat | In Office | 01/10/2024 | |
| VA | Virginia House District 063 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 01/13/2016 | 09/13/2023 |