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Legislator > Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
State Delegate
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
(D) - Virginia
Virginia House District 005
In Office - Started: 01/10/2024
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General Assembly Building
201 N. 9th St.
Richmond, VA 23219
201 N. 9th St.
Richmond, VA 23219
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Alexandria, VA 22314
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Alexandria, VA 22314
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| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1844 | Baby Food Protection Act; testing and labeling requirements for toxic heavy metals. | Baby Food Protection Act; testing and labeling requirements for toxic heavy metals. Prohibits a person from selling, distributing, or offering for sale a baby food product that contains certain toxic heavy metals that exceed the limits established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The bill requires a manufacturer of a baby food product to meet certain testing requirements and include certain information related to toxic heavy metals on the manufacturer's website and on the baby food product. The bill requires a consumer to report a baby food product to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services if the consumer reasonably believes that the baby food is being sold in the Commonwealth with toxic heavy metals that exceed the limits established by the FDA. The foregoing provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026. The bill also directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a work group to study and make recommendations on the current enforcement of laws related to the presence of toxic heavy metals in baby food products and any further action needed to address the issue of toxic heavy metals in baby food products. The bill requires the work group to report on its findings and recommendations by the first day of the 2026 Regular Session. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1716 | Contraception; establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement. | Contraception; right to contraception; applicability; enforcement. Establishes a right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill clarifies that none of its provisions shall be construed to permit or sanction the performance of any sterilization procedure without a patient's voluntary and informed consent. The bill creates a cause of action that may be instituted against anyone who infringes on such right. This bill is identical to SB 1105. | Vetoed |
| HB2002 | Voter registration; cancellation of registration, sources of data. | Voter registration; cancellation of registration; sources of data. Requires that, except for a written request from the voter to have his registration cancelled, the general registrar may not cancel the registration of any voter based on data or reports provided to him by any source other than the Department of Elections or a state agency approved to provide such data or reports by the State Board of Elections. The bill also reinstates a provision prohibiting the general registrar from cancelling the registration of (i) certain members of the uniformed service of the United States who are on active duty; (ii) certain persons who reside temporarily outside of the United States; or (iii) any spouse or dependent residing with such persons. | Vetoed |
| HB1649 | Board of Medicine; continuing education; unconscious bias and cultural competency. | Board of Medicine; continuing education; unconscious bias and cultural competency. Directs the Board of Medicine to require unconscious bias and cultural competency training as part of the continuing education requirements for renewal of licensure. The bill specifies requirements for the training and requires the Board of Medicine to report the number of licensees who have successfully completed such training to the Department of Health and the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative. This bill is identical to SB 740. | Vetoed |
| HB2018 | Teachers; career and technical education, alternative pathway to provisional licensure. | Board of Education; teacher licensure; career and technical education; alternative pathway to provisional licensure. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to issue a provisional license to any person seeking an initial license in the Commonwealth with an endorsement in the area of career and technical education who has a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate and an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license in the area in which such person seeks an endorsement but has not completed all requirements specified in the Board's regulations for licensure to allow time for such person to complete, in lieu of the outstanding requirements specified in the Board's regulations for licensure, coursework in three areas specified in the bill. The bill directs the Board to amend its regulations as necessary in accordance with the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to SB 879. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1614 | 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 SB 1418. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2087 | Electric utilities; transportation electrification, definitions. | Electric utilities; electric vehicle charging stations; transportation electrification. Permits Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company to develop, own, maintain, and operate public-facing fast-charging stations, as defined in the bill, at or beyond a radial distance from privately owned fast-charging stations, which radial distance shall be determined by the Commission in a rulemaking proceeding initiated by June 1, 2027, with a final order entered no later than December 31, 2027. The bill repeals current law related to the recovery of costs associated with investment in transportation electrification on December 31, 2027, to coincide with such final order. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2030. | Vetoed |
| HB1725 | Medical Debt Protection Act; created, prohibited practices, penalties. | Medical Debt Protection Act; prohibited practices; penalties. Creates the Medical Debt Protection Act to prohibit a large health care facility or medical debt buyer, as those terms are defined in the bill, from using certain extraordinary collection actions to collect medical debt or from charging interest or late fees on medical debt until 90 days following the due date applicable to the final invoice. The bill specifies that no such interest or late fees shall exceed three percent of the amount of such medical debt per annum. The bill provides that a violation of its provisions constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2235 | Local and regional correctional facilities; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant. | Local and regional correctional facilities; treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant. Prohibits the use of restraints, defined in the bill, on any prisoner of a local or regional correctional facility who is (i) known to be pregnant or (ii) in postpartum recovery unless a deputy sheriff or jail officer makes an individualized determination that (a) the prisoner will harm herself, the fetus, the newborn child, or any other person; (b) the prisoner poses a flight risk; or (c) the totality of the circumstances creates a serious security risk. Under current law, such prohibition applies only to state correctional facilities. The bill also requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to include in the compulsory minimum entry-level training standards training regarding pregnant prisoners for deputy sheriffs and jail officers who are employees of local or regional correctional facilities who may have contact with pregnant prisoners. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1918 | Women's Menstrual Health Program; established, information collection, etc. | Women's Menstrual Health Program established; provision of education, training, and information. Directs the Commissioner of Health to establish the Women's Menstrual Health Program within the Department of Health. The bill directs the Department, in administering the Program, to provide (i) education and training concerning menstrual health, menstrual health screening, and menstrual health care to health care providers, hospital staff who encounter patients in emergency situations, and the public and (ii) on the Department's website, clinical practice guidelines for health care providers related to menstrual disorders and educational materials for health care providers and the public concerning menstrual disorders. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2346 | Virtual power plant pilot program; each Phase II Utility shall petition SCC for approval to conduct. | Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program. Requires Dominion Energy Virginia to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants, by December 1, 2025. The bill requires the pilot program to evaluate electric grid capacity needs and the ability of such virtual power plants to provide grid services, including peak-shaving, during times of peak electric demand. This bill is identical to SB 1100. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1675 | Board of Medicine; continuing education; unconscious bias and cultural competency. | Board of Medicine; continuing education; unconscious bias and cultural competency. Directs the Board of Medicine to require unconscious bias and cultural competency training as part of the continuing education requirements for renewal of licensure. The bill specifies requirements for the training and requires the Board of Medicine to report on the training to the Department of Health. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. | Vetoed |
| HB1923 | Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners, etc. | Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners other than physicians. Requires health insurers and health service plan providers whose policies or contracts cover services that may be legally performed by a licensed certified midwife or licensed midwife to provide equal coverage for such services. The bill requires the reimbursement for a service provided by a licensed certified midwife or licensed midwife to be in the same amount as the reimbursement paid under the policy to a certified nurse midwife performing such service in the area served, subject to certain conditions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2371 | Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. | Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage, under any health insurance contract, policy, or plan that includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis, for contraceptive drugs and contraceptive devices, as defined in the bill, including those available over-the-counter. The bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from imposing upon any person receiving contraceptive benefits pursuant to the provisions of the bill any copayment, coinsurance payment, or fee, except in certain circumstances. This bill is identical to SB 780. | Vetoed |
| HB2328 | Admission to bail; pregnant persons or persons who have recently given birth. | Admission to bail; pregnant persons or persons who have recently given birth. Requires the judicial officer to consider any evidence a person provides indicating that such person (i) is currently pregnant, (ii) has recently given birth, or (iii) is currently nursing a child when determining whether such person shall be admitted to bail. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2446 | Postpartum Depression Education Act; Department of Health to establish a public awareness campaign. | Postpartum Depression Education Act; report. Directs the Department of Health to establish a public awareness campaign, develop and distribute educational materials, and create an online resource hub focused on perinatal and postpartum depression. The bill requires the Department to submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the implementation of the bill, with the first annual report due by November 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| HB2158 | DOC; functional literacy program for inmates, etc. | Department of Corrections; functional literacy program for inmates; data sharing and tracking; salary schedules for teachers; Virginia Prison Education Task Force established; report. Requires the Superintendent employed by the Director of Corrections to (i) include in the functional literacy program for inmates developed pursuant to applicable law evidence-based literacy instruction, as defined in accordance with applicable law; (ii) share data with (a) the state entity that oversees the management, direction, and governance of the Commonwealth's education and workforce data for the purpose of developing educational, health, social service, and employment outcome data and improving the efficacy of state services and (b) the Virginia Community College System necessary for comprehensive community colleges to apply for and maintain eligibility as Federal Pell Grant-eligible prison education programs; and (iii) track and publicly report at least annually the number of incarcerated individuals eligible for, enrolled in, and waitlisted for the functional literacy program. The bill also establishes the Virginia Prison Education Task Force for the purpose of implementing a consistent education program across all state correctional facilities operated by the Department. The bill requires the Task Force to complete its work by July 1, 2030. Finally, the bill requires the Department of Education to, by November 1, 2025, (a) review and update the salary schedules for teachers licensed by the Board of Education and employed by the Department of Corrections to provide instruction in the schools of the correctional centers to be competitive with those in effect for the school division in which the correctional facility is located and (b) make recommendations for the inclusion of such teacher salary increases in the appropriation act. | Vetoed |
| HB2610 | 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 incorporates HB 2209 and is identical to SB 875. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2515 | Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure. | Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices; mandatory fees or surcharges disclosure. Prohibits a supplier, in connection with a consumer transaction, from advertising or displaying a price for goods or services without clearly and conspicuously displaying the total price, which shall include all mandatory fees or surcharges, as defined in the bill. The bill specifies the requirements for compliance with its provisions for certain suppliers and excludes from its provisions (i) certain fees charged by motor vehicle dealers, as defined in relevant law; (ii) fees charged by electric utilities, natural gas utilities, and telecommunications service providers, as those terms are defined in relevant law; (iii) certain costs associated with real estate settlement services; and (iv) the provision of air transportation by air carriers. The bill requires a food delivery platform to (a) at the point when a consumer views and selects a vendor or items for purchase, include a clear and conspicuous disclosure of any additional fee or percentage charged, as defined in the bill, and (b) after a consumer selects items for purchase, but prior to checkout, display a subtotal page that itemizes the price of such selected items and any additional fee or percentage included in the total cost. This bill is identical to SB 1212. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2746 | Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand act of voting. | Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand act of voting. Provides that a finding that a person is incapacitated in a proceeding for guardianship or conservatorship shall not be synonymous with a finding that such person is "mentally incompetent," as such term is used in relevant law, and therefore not qualified to vote in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Virginia. The bill provides that no person shall be deemed disqualified to vote due to a lack of capacity for the purposes of the Constitution of Virginia unless a court makes a specific finding by clear and convincing evidence that such person lacks the capacity to understand the act of voting. | Vetoed |
| HR854 | Commending Veronica Del Bagno. | Commending Veronica Del Bagno. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR884 | Commending the Vietnamese American community. | Commending the Vietnamese American community. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR853 | Commending Khadijeh Aslankhani. | Commending Khadijeh "Malieh" Aslankhani. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR856 | Celebrating the life of Clarice Lorine Jordan. | Celebrating the life of Clarice Lorine Jordan. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR861 | Commending McKinley L. Price, D.D.S. | Commending McKinley L. Price, D.D.S. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR812 | Celebrating the life of Franklin Jay Pepper, M.D. | Celebrating the life of Franklin Jay Pepper, M.D. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2749 | Waterworks; mandatory reporting of anomalies, negligence. | Department of Health; waterworks; mandatory reporting. Requires owners of waterworks to report any critical equipment failure or malfunction or contaminant release to the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water as soon as practicable but no more than two hours after discovery. The bill also requires owners of waterworks that are required to submit a monthly operating report to the Office to include any noncritical equipment failure or malfunction that could adversely affect water quality, public health, or service continuity in such report. This bill incorporates HB 2407 and is identical to SB 1408. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2764 | 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 is identical to SB 917. | Vetoed |
| HB2783 | Placing Nazi symbols or emblems on certain property with intent to intimidate; penalty. | Placing Nazi swastika on certain property with intent to intimidate; penalty. Creates a Class 6 felony for any person who, with intent of intimidating any person or group of persons, places a Hakenkreuz, hooked cross, or Nazi symbol or emblem, sometimes referred to as the Nazi swastika, on the private property of another without permission. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony if such Nazi symbol or emblem is placed on a highway or other public place in a manner having a direct tendency to place another person in reasonable fear or apprehension of death or bodily injury. Finally, the bill clarifies that such Nazi symbol or emblem does not include the swastika symbol of peace and prosperity used by Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, or Native American religions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1921 | Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties, effective date. | Employment; paid sick leave; civil penalties. Expands provisions of the Code that currently require one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked for home health workers to cover all employees of private employers and state and local governments. The bill requires that employees who are employed and compensated on a fee-for-service basis accrue paid sick leave in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. The bill provides that employees transferred to a separate division or location remain entitled to previously accrued paid sick leave and that employees retain their accrued sick leave under any successor employer. The bill allows employers to provide a more generous paid sick leave policy than prescribed by its provisions. Employees, in addition to using paid sick leave for their physical or mental illness or to care for a family member, may use paid sick leave for their need for services or relocation due to domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking. The bill provides that certain health care workers who work no more than 30 hours per month may waive the right to accrue and use paid sick leave. The bill also provides that employers are not required to provide paid sick leave to certain health care workers who are employed on a pro re nata, or as-needed, basis, regardless of the number of hours worked. The bill requires the Commissioner to promulgate regulations regarding employee notification and employer recordkeeping requirements. The bill authorizes the Commissioner, in the case of a knowing violation, to subject an employer to a civil penalty not to exceed $150 for the first violation, $300 for the second violation, and $500 for each successive violation. The Commissioner may institute proceedings on behalf of an employee to enforce compliance with the provisions of this bill. Additionally, an aggrieved employee is authorized to bring a civil action against the employer in which he may recover double the amount of any unpaid sick leave and the amount of any actual damages suffered as the result of the employer's violation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. | Vetoed |
| HB2531 | Paid family and medical leave insurance program; definitions, notice requirements, civil action. | Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2028. Under the program, benefits are paid to covered individuals, as defined in the bill, for family and medical leave. Funding for the program is provided through premiums assessed to employers and employees beginning January 1, 2027. The bill provides that the amount of a benefit is 80 percent of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed 120 percent of the state weekly wage, which amount is required to be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the statewide average weekly wage. The bill caps the duration of paid leave at 12 weeks in any application year and provides self-employed individuals the option of participating in the program. | Vetoed |
| HB1719 | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement. | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement. Increases from five days to 14 days the mandatory waiting period after a landlord serves written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement. This bill is identical to SB 812. | Vetoed |
| HB2769 | Life or health insurances; unfair discrimination, pre-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of HIV. | Life insurance; health insurance; unfair discrimination; pre-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of human immunodeficiency virus. Prohibits any person from refusing to insure, refusing to continue to insure, or limiting the amount or extent of life insurance or accident and sickness insurance coverage available to an individual or charge an individual a different rate for the same coverage based solely on the status of such individual as having received pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus. | Vetoed |
| HB2631 | Firearms; purchase, at least five day waiting period, penalty. | Purchase of firearms; waiting period; penalty. Provides that no person shall sell a firearm unless at least five days have elapsed from the time the prospective purchaser completes the written consent form to have a licensed dealer obtain criminal history record information, with exceptions enumerated in relevant law. The amendments to the Code of Virginia in the bill are identical to the amendments to the Code of Virginia in SB 891. | Vetoed |
| HB1616 | Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Program and Fund; established, report, sunset. | Department of Energy; workforce development in offshore wind industry. Directs the Director of the Department of Energy to identify and develop training resources to advance workforce development in the offshore wind industry in the Commonwealth. | Vetoed |
| HB2756 | Transportation network companies; publishing and disclosure requirements, effective date. | Transportation network companies; publishing and disclosure requirements. Requires a transportation network company (TNC) to (i) issue an annual report to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles containing the aggregate data regarding the average fare collected from passengers, the total time driven by TNC partners while transporting a passenger, and the total amount earned by TNC partners in connection with prearranged rides and (ii) disclose to TNC partners details about the deactivation process and provide a weekly summary that includes the total fare collected from passengers, the total amount earned, and the percentage earned by such TNC partner that week. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 1348. | Vetoed |
| HB1607 | Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. | 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 SB 1181. | Vetoed |
| HB2313 | Boarding establishments; work group to consider whether to propose state license, etc. | Grooming and boarding establishments; inspections by animal control officers. Allows an animal control officer to inspect a grooming or boarding establishment that is not regulated by the Board of Veterinary Medicine with the consent of the owner or person in charge or pursuant to a warrant upon a receipt of a complaint or twice annually upon their own motion to ensure compliance with state animal care laws and regulations. The bill requires an animal control officer, a law-enforcement officer, or the State Veterinarian to obtain the consent of the owner or person in charge of any business premises of any dealer, pet shop, groomer, or boarding establishment to investigate allegations of a complaint of a suspected violation of state or local animal care laws. Current law does not require such consent to investigate allegations of a complaint. The bill allows an animal control officer to search a building or place pursuant to a warrant after making a sworn statement regarding any potential violations of the cruelty to animals laws. Current law only allows a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or police officer to conduct such a search. The bill also directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to, in consultation with the State Veterinarian, convene a work group to consider whether to propose a state license and other regulatory requirements for animal boarding establishments similar to the current licensing requirements for animal shelters and submit its report of such findings and recommendations by December 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 1051. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2221 | Prisoners; Department of Corrections-issued identification, report. | Prisoners; Department of Corrections-issued identification; report. Requires that prior to the release or discharge into the community of any prisoner who has been confined for at least 90 days and does not possess a government-issued identification card, birth certificate, or social security card, the Department of Corrections, in conjunction with the Department of Motor Vehicles, the State Registrar of Vital Records, and any other relevant government agency, shall provide such prisoner with a certified copy of his birth certificate, his social security card, or a government-issued identification card, unless such provision of a government-issued identification card is not possible, in which case, the Department of Corrections shall provide the prisoner with a Department of Corrections Offender Identification form. The bill also specifies what identifying information must be included on such form and provides that such form shall be verified by the Department of Corrections and provided to the Department of Motor Vehicles in a secured format and by a means mutually agreed upon by both and shall serve as proof of identity and proof of Virginia residency and may serve as proof of legal presence in the United States or proof of a social security number, if one is available, as required to obtain a government-issued identification card for the 120 days immediately following the release or discharge of the prisoner identified on such form. The bill also requires the Department of Corrections and the Department of Motor Vehicles to cooperatively establish procedures for verifying a Department of Corrections Offender Identification form and all information contained therein and prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles from accepting such form if the form or any of the information contained on the form cannot be verified. These provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. The bill also directs the Department of Corrections, in coordination with the State Board of Local and Regional Jails, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the State Registrar of Vital Records, to (i) identify the number of prisoners released with and without identification cards; (ii) review the processes involved in assisting a prisoner in applying for and obtaining a government-issued identification card, birth certificate, or social security card; (iii) identify any obstacles that may interfere with a prisoner obtaining such identification or documents prior to such prisoner's release or discharge; and (iv) issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1766 | Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report. | Unemployment compensation; increase weekly benefit amounts; report. Provides that, for unemployment compensation claims effective on or after January 1, 2026, an eligible individual's weekly benefit amount shall be $52 higher than the current weekly benefit amount, as denoted in the table in the printed bill. The bill directs the Commission on Unemployment Compensation, in consultation with the Virginia Employment Commission, to convene a work group to study making annual adjustments to individual weekly benefit amounts based on the average weekly wage. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation. This bill is identical to SB 1056. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2618 | Public school buildings; indoor air quality, inspection and evaluation. | Public school buildings; indoor air quality; inspection and evaluation. Establishes several enumerated requirements for local school divisions to ensure indoor air quality in each public school building in the local school division, including providing for an inspection and evaluation program at least once every two years and an industry-recognized uniform inspection and evaluation at least once every four years. This bill is identical to SB 1413. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1876 | Capitol Sq. or building owned/leased by the Commonwealth, carrying firearm/explosive material, etc. | Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. Permits the governing board of a public institution of higher education to adopt a policy prohibiting the carrying of any firearm, ammunition, or components or combination thereof within any building owned or operated by such public institution of higher education. The bill allows such policy to include security measures that are designed to reasonably prevent the unauthorized access of buildings that are open to the public. Finally, the bill exempts certain activities, defined in the bill, operated at public or private institutions of higher education from any policy created by a governing board. This bill is identical to SB 1182. | Vetoed |
| HB1977 | Weapons; possession prohibited in a hospital that provides mental health or developmental services. | Weapons; possession prohibited in a hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly and intentionally possess in the building of any hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including an emergency department or other facility rendering emergency medical care, a (i) firearm, (ii) knife with a blade over three and one-half inches, or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The bill also provides that notice of such prohibitions shall be posted conspicuously at each public entrance of any hospital and no person shall be convicted of the offense if such notice is not posted, unless such person had actual notice of the prohibitions. The bill provides that any such firearm, knife, explosive, or weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and forfeited to the Commonwealth and specifies exceptions to the prohibition. This bill is identical to SB 1110. | Vetoed |
| HB1932 | Real estate appraisers; educational requirement for licensure, fair housing & appraisal bias course. | Department of Housing and Community Development; Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity. Creates the Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity to study the misvaluation and undervaluation of real property owned by minority individuals to combat bias in real property appraisal and valuation. The bill requires the Task Force to meet at least annually and to report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 of each year regarding its activities and any recommendations. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028. | Vetoed |
| HB1872 | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; adverse action by landlord, tenant remedies. | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; adverse action by landlord; tenant remedies. Prohibits a residential landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in the Commonwealth from taking adverse action, as defined in the bill, against a prospective tenant due to the prospective tenant's history of a dismissed, nonsuited, or expunged unlawful detainer case or an unlawful detainer case that is eligible for expungement. The bill allows a prospective tenant to recover, as a result of any such adverse action, (i) actual damages, (ii) statutory damages of $1,000, and (iii) reasonable attorney fees. This bill is identical to SB 815. | Vetoed |
| HB2229 | Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord, rent escrow. | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord; rent escrow; relief. Removes the requirement that, prior to the granting of any relief, a tenant shall pay into escrow any amount of rent called for under the rental agreement. The bill requires the tenant, during the pendency of the action, to pay into escrow the amount of rent that becomes due within five days of the date due under the rental agreement, unless or until such amount is modified by a subsequent order of the court. The bill also provides that a failure of the tenant to make timely payments into escrow shall not be grounds for dismissal of the underlying action but may be considered by the court when issuing an order. | Vetoed |
| HB1935 | Income Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force; established, report. | Department of Housing and Community Development; Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force established; report. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish, in collaboration with the Department of Energy, and with assistance from the Department of Social Services, the Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force to determine barriers to access and enrollment in the current energy efficiency programs for income-qualified energy customers and to evaluate and develop a plan to address any necessary improvements regarding coordination among state and federal government agencies for utility services and resources to more effectively deliver energy-efficient housing, weatherization resources, and energy efficiency upgrades for income-qualified individuals and households in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Task Force to meet at least six times between July 1, 2025, and September 30, 2026, and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations no later than September 30, 2026. The bill specifies that such report shall include policy recommendations and a plan to ensure that weatherization-ready repairs and whole-home energy efficiency retrofits are provided to all eligible income-qualified individuals and households in the Commonwealth residing in multifamily buildings, single-family dwellings, and manufactured homes by December 31, 2033. This bill is identical to SB 777. | Vetoed |
| HB1922 | Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program; established, report. | Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity; Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program established. Establishes the Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program with a statewide goal of 42 percent of certified small SWaM business, as such term is defined in the bill, utilization in all discretionary spending by executive branch agencies and covered institutions in procurement orders, prime contracts, and subcontracts, as well as a target goal of 50 percent subcontracting to small SWaM businesses in instances where the prime contractor is not a small SWaM business for all new capital outlay construction solicitations that are issued. The bill provides that executive branch agencies and covered institutions are required to increase their small SWaM business utilization rates by three percent per year until reaching the 42-percent target or, if unable to do so, to implement achievable goals to increase their utilization rates. In addition, the bill provides for a small SWaM business set-aside for executive branch agency and covered institution purchases of goods, services, and construction, requiring that purchases up to $100,000 be set aside for award to certified small SWaM businesses.The bill creates the Division of Procurement Enhancement within the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity for purposes of collaborating with the Department of General Services, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, the Department of Transportation, and covered institutions to further the Commonwealth's efforts to meet the goals established under the Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program, as well as implementing initiatives to enhance the development of small businesses, microbusinesses, women-owned businesses, minority-owned businesses, and service disabled veteran-owned businesses in the Commonwealth.Finally, the bill requires the Director of the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to conduct, or contract with an independent entity to conduct, a disparity study every five years, with the next disparity study due no later than January 1, 2026. The bill specifies that such study shall evaluate the need for enhancement and remedial measures to address the disparity between the availability and the utilization of women-owned and minority-owned businesses. The provisions of the bill other than those requiring such study have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026, and apply to covered institutions beginning July 1, 2026. | Vetoed |
| HB2153 | Comprehensive plan; housing development by nonprofit organizations. | Department of Housing and Community Development; affordable housing; development by nonprofit organizations. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop a document describing considerations that a locality may consider when implementing an ordinance to stimulate affordable housing and strategies on property owned by a property tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Such document shall be published on the Department's website no later than December 31, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2356 | Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements, RPS-eligible source work, penalties. | Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements; RPS-eligible source work; penalties. Requires each public service company, including its contractors and subcontractors, or third-party developer to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. The bill requires each public service company to (i) ensure that 15 percent of the total labor hours of such work is performed by qualified apprentices and (ii) employ at least one qualified apprentice if four or more individuals are employed to perform such work. Under the bill, a public service company that fails to meet the requirements of its provisions is required to make penalty payments to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. This bill is identical to SB 853. | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB2241 | Firearms, etc.; possession, etc., by person convicted of hate crime. | Possession or transportation of firearms, firearms ammunition, stun weapons, or explosives or carrying concealed weapons by persons convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime prohibited; penalty. Prohibits any person who has been convicted, on or after July 1, 2025, of assault or assault and battery if it appears on the face of the warrant upon such conviction that such person intentionally selected the person against whom the offense was committed because of his race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or ethnic or national origin from knowingly and intentionally possessing or transporting any firearm or ammunition for a firearm, any stun weapon, or any explosive material or carrying a concealed weapon, a violation of which is a Class 1 misdemeanor. | Vetoed |
| HB1712 | Law-enforcement agencies and officers; establishing training curriculum on certain arrests. | Department of Criminal Justice Services; training on certain arrests. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a training course for law-enforcement agencies and officers on the discretion such officers can exercise regarding certain arrests. The bill requires that such training include (i) instruction on the scope and nature of law-enforcement officer discretion in arrest decisions, with particular emphasis on encounters with individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, including individuals currently subject to an emergency custody order, a temporary detention order, or an involuntary admission order, and (ii) instruction on the immediate and long-term effects of arrests on individuals in need of mental health services due to a mental health crisis, including impacts on treatment outcomes as identified in substantially accepted peer-reviewed research literature by July 1, 2026. The bill requires any person employed as a law-enforcement officer prior to July 1, 2026, to complete such in-person or virtual training by January 1, 2027, and biennially thereafter, and any person employed as a law-enforcement officer after July 1, 2026, to complete the training within one year of his date of hire and biennially thereafter.Lastly, the bill directs the Criminal Justice Services Board to promulgate regulations pursuant to relevant law requiring in-person or virtual training to special conservators of the peace on the provisions of the bill and other existing statutes related to the arrest and prosecution of persons with mental or behavioral health disorders by July 1, 2026. The bill requires any person appointed as a special conservator of the peace prior to July 1, 2026, to complete the training by January 1, 2027, and biennially thereafter, and any person appointed as a special conservator of the peace after July 1, 2026, to complete the training within one year of his appointment and biennially thereafter. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1194. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1610 | Accounts receivable; TAX, et al., to analyze pervasiveness of outstanding accounts, etc. | Department of Taxation; accounts receivable; collection. Directs the Department of Taxation, Department of Accounts, and Office of the Attorney General to analyze the pervasiveness of outstanding accounts receivable due to the Commonwealth and collection efforts related to such receivables. The Department of Taxation shall report on the findings and recommendations of such analysis and submit such report to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and House Committee on Appropriations by November 1, 2025. | Vetoed |
| HB2113 | Solar Interconnection Grant Program; established, sunset, report. | Solar Interconnection Grant Fund and Program; established; sunset. Establishes the Solar Interconnection Grant Program for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis to public bodies to offset costs associated with the interconnection of solar facilities to the grid. The Program is administered by the Division of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency of the Department of Energy. The bill requires that priority be given to solar facilities located on previously developed project sites. The bill requires the Division to establish and publish guidelines and criteria for the awarding of grants and general requirements of the Program. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2026. | Vetoed |
| HB1928 | Minimum wage. | Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage incrementally to $15.00 per hour by January 1, 2027. The bill codifies the adjusted state hourly minimum wage of $12.41 per hour that is effective January 1, 2025, and increases the minimum wage to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2026, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2027. The bill requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to establish an adjusted state hourly minimum wage by October 1, 2027. | Vetoed |
| HB2218 | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods. | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods. Prohibits a landlord subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from charging a tenant any fee for the collection or processing of any payment of rent, security deposit, or any other fees, unless the landlord offers an alternative method of payment that does not include additional fees. This bill is identical to SB 1356. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2244 | Standards of Quality; measurement of student educational performance and academic achievement. | Standards of Quality; standards of accreditation; measurement of student educational performance and academic achievement; calculation of proportionality score required. Directs the Board of Education (the Board), in consultation with the Department of Education (the Department), to establish and implement standards for determining and recognizing student educational performance and academic achievement in the form of a weighted proportionality score for each school, to account for no less than five percent of such school's accreditation rating score or metric under the current school accountability system, for the purpose of identifying, accounting for in determining accreditation ratings, and addressing disparities in access to educational resources across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups in public schools in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Department to (i) develop a metric for calculating the weighted proportionality score for each school using certain variables calculated by the Department; (ii) develop a metric for calculating the improvement of a school's proportionality score received year over year; (iii) assign for each school based on such school's proportionality score a proportionality designation of "highly proportional," "proportional," "somewhat disproportional," and "highly disproportional"; and (iv) require any school board that contains within the school division a school assigned a proportionality designation of "highly disproportional" to develop and submit to the Department a remediation plan detailing the actions such school board will take to reduce disparities in access to education resources. The bill directs the Board to (a) amend its regulations to include as a school quality indicator the weighted proportionality score developed in accordance with the bill and (b) submit to the U.S. Department of Education within 90 days of the effective date of the bill any amendments necessary to its state plan pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended, that are necessary to implement the provisions of the act. Finally, the bill requires its provisions to be implemented beginning with the 2025–2026 school year. | Vetoed |
| HB2469 | Overtime for certain employees; domestic service workers and live-in domestic workers. | Overtime for certain employees; domestic service workers and live-in domestic workers. Adds domestic workers, as defined in the bill, to provisions related to overtime pay. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 897. | Vetoed |
| HB1625 | Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees; temporary foreign workers. | Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees; temporary foreign workers. Eliminates the exemptions from Virginia's minimum wage requirements for (i) persons employed as farm laborers or farm employees and (ii) certain temporary foreign workers. | Vetoed |
| HB2393 | Human trafficking; issuance of writ of vacatur for victims. | Issuance of writ of vacatur for victims of human trafficking. Amends the procedure that allows victims of human trafficking, defined in the bill, to file a petition of vacatur in circuit court to have certain convictions vacated and the police and court records expunged for such convictions. This bill incorporates HB 2227 and is identical to SB 1460. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1693 | Real estate appraisers; educational requirement for licensure, fair housing & appraisal bias course. | Real estate appraisers; educational requirements for licensure; fair housing and appraisal bias course. Requires applicants for licensure as a certified residential real estate appraiser, a certified general real estate appraiser, or a licensed residential real estate appraiser to successfully complete a minimum of two hours of education on fair housing and appraisal bias administered or approved by the Real Estate Appraiser Board prior to licensure. The bill requires any such educational course on fair housing and appraisal bias to be audited annually by the Fair Housing Board. This bill is identical to SB 995. | Vetoed |
| HB2501 | Driver communication improvement program; DMV to develop and implement program. | Department of Motor Vehicles; driver communication improvement program. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to develop and implement a program for the promotion, printing, and distribution of envelopes for use by drivers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide to a law-enforcement officer for the purpose of easing communication during a traffic stop or upon such law-enforcement officer's arrival at the scene of a traffic accident. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2341 | Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies. | Department of Education; culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services; guidance and policies. Requires, no later than October 1, 2026, the Department of Education to develop, adopt, and provide to each local school board guidance on the adoption of policies governing the provision of culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services for students in the local school division and permits any school board to develop and adopt policies in the local school division that are consistent with the guidelines adopted and provided by the Department of Education. | Vetoed |
| HB1869 | Firearms; purchase, etc., assault and battery of family member or intimate partner, penalties. | Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm; assault and battery of a family or household member or intimate partner; penalties. Adds to the definition of "family or household member," as such definition relates to juvenile and domestic relations district court, a person's intimate partner, defined in the bill as an individual who, within the previous 12 months, was in a romantic, dating, or sexual relationship with the person as determined by the length, nature, frequency, and type of interaction between the individuals involved in the relationship. The bill also adds to the definition of "family or household member," as such definition relates to a person's purchase, possession, or transportation of a firearm following an assault and battery of a family or household member, any individual who cohabits or who, within the previous 12 months, cohabitated with the person. Finally, the bill provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transports any firearm following a misdemeanor conviction for an offense that occurred on or after July 1, 2025, for the offense of assault and battery against an intimate partner or an offense substantially similar under the laws of any other state or of the United States is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This bill is identical to SB 883. | Vetoed |
| HB2064 | 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. | Vetoed |
| HB2264 | Taxation, Department of; repealing Virginia Free File Tax program. | Department of Taxation; free tax filing program. Directs the Tax Commissioner to terminate the Virginia Free File program and the related agreement with the Consortium for Virginia. The bill also requires the Tax Commissioner to develop and offer a free individual state income tax filing program, effective beginning in taxable year 2028, that is similar to and compatible with the federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Direct File program. To implement the new program, the bill requires the Tax Commissioner to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the IRS and coordinate with the IRS in program development. The bill contains technical amendments that remove obsolete language regarding fillable forms. This bill is identical to SB 1306. | Vetoed |
| HB2054 | Affordable housing; application for special use permit for assisted living facilities. | Affordable housing; assisted living facilities. Allows localities that have adopted an affordable housing program to negotiate that in an application for a special exception or special use permit affordable rental units be included for any proposed development of an assisted living facility. Such ordinance shall apply to applications approved on or after January 1, 2026. | Vetoed |
| HB1718 | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. Provides that if a condition exists in a rental dwelling unit that constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or with any provision of law that, if not promptly corrected, constitutes a fire hazard or serious threat to the life, health, or safety of tenants or occupants of the premises, a locality may institute an action for injunction and damages to enforce the landlord's duty to maintain the rental dwelling unit in a fit and habitable condition, provided that (i) the property where the violation occurred is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the locality and (ii) the locality has notified the landlord who owns the property, either directly or through the managing agent, of the nature of the violation and the landlord has failed to remedy the violation to the satisfaction of the locality within a reasonable time after receiving such notice. | Vetoed |
| HB1960 | 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 SB 744. | Vetoed |
| HB1973 | Affordable housing; preservation, definitions, civil penalty. | Preservation of affordable housing; definitions; civil penalty. Creates a framework for localities to preserve affordable housing by exercising a right of first refusal on publicly supported housing, defined in the bill. The bill authorizes localities to implement an ordinance that requires an owner to accept a right of first refusal offer by the locality or qualified designee, defined in the bill, in order to preserve affordable housing for at least 15 years. The bill requires that any locality adopting such an ordinance to preserve affordable housing submit an annual report to the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to existing law. | Vetoed |
| HB1994 | Alcoholic beverage control; requirements for restaurant retail licensees. | Alcoholic beverage control; requirements for restaurant retail licensees; provision of free potable water. Requires persons licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for on-premises consumption to ensure that free potable water is available upon request to customers who have placed an order, with some exceptions specified in the bill. The bill provides that any person determined to have violated such provisions shall be subject to a (i) written warning for a first offense and (ii) civil penalty for any second or subsequent offense that occurs within three years of the first offense. | Vetoed |
| HR749 | Celebrating the life of Clarence Stewart Preston. | Celebrating the life of Clarence Stewart Preston. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR754 | Commending Curtis O. Porter. | Commending Curtis O. Porter. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR753 | Commending Penelope Nowell-Shortt. | Commending Penelope Nowell-Shortt. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR750 | Commending Virginia Union University. | Commending Virginia Union University. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR752 | Commending Shaboozey. | Commending Shaboozey. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR751 | Commending the Omicron Chi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. | Commending the Omicron Chi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR674 | Commending Arthur Ellsworth Dick Howard. | Commending Arthur Ellsworth Dick Howard. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR686 | Commending the Honorable Dr. William Ferguson Reid. | Commending the Honorable Dr. William Ferguson Reid. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR585 | Commending Grant Holloway. | Commending Grant Holloway. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2541 | Information Technology Access Act; digital accessibility, definitions, procurement requirements. | Information Technology Access Act; digital accessibility. Makes numerous organizational changes to the Information Technology Access Act. The bill defines "information and communications technology" as it relates to digital accessibility, defined in the bill, for all persons with disabilities. The bill permits the head of each covered entity, defined in the bill, to designate an employee to serve as such covered entity's digital accessibility coordinator and provides that such digital accessibility coordinator is responsible for developing and implementing such covered entity's digital accessibility policy. The bill has delayed effective dates of April 24, 2026, and April 26, 2027, for specific covered entities according to population size. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR684 | Celebrating the lives of Loudoun County community members aboard American Airlines Flight 5342. | Celebrating the lives of Loudoun County community members aboard American Airlines Flight 5342. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR728 | Commending Heman Bekele. | Commending Heman Bekele. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR735 | Commending Aslin Beer Company. | Commending Aslin Beer Company. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR736 | Commending Northern Virginia Veterinary Medical Association. | Commending Northern Virginia Veterinary Medical Association. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1016 | Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program; established, report. | Institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program to address student food insecurity at public institutions of higher education and eligible private institutions of higher education, as defined by the bill. The bill provides that the Program shall be managed by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and available for participation by public institutions of higher education and eligible private institutions of higher education; however, participation in the Program is optional for such institutions. Under the bill, if a public institution of higher education or eligible private institution of higher education satisfies certain criteria set out in the bill, including creating initiatives on campus to address student food insecurity, it will receive a "Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry" designation and the Council will award a grant to such institution. Any such institution that receives a grant under the bill is required to utilize the funds to support on-campus efforts and initiatives to eliminate student food insecurity at such institution through the maintenance and operation of the on-campus food pantry established pursuant to the Program. The bill requires the Council to submit a report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education no later than two years after the establishment of the Program. This bill is identical to HB 2240. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR686 | Celebrating the lives of Olivia Eve Ter and Olesya Taylor. | Celebrating the lives of Olivia Eve Ter and Olesya Taylor. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR659 | Commending Mekhi Becton, Sr. | Commending Mekhi Becton, Sr. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR726 | Commending Carlos Cañas | Commending Carlos Cañas. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR727 | Commending Felipe Hernandez, Jr. | Commending Felipe Hernandez, Jr. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2165 | Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, etc. | 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 foregoing provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. 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 incorporates HB 1686 and is identical to SB 1002. | 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 |
| HB2240 | Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program; established, report. | Institutions of higher education; Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program established; report. Establishes the Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program to address student food insecurity at public institutions of higher education and eligible private institutions of higher education, as defined by the bill. The bill provides that the Program shall be managed by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and available for participation by public institutions of higher education and eligible private institutions of higher education; however, participation in the Program is optional for such institutions. Under the bill, if a public institution of higher education or eligible private institution of higher education satisfies certain criteria set out in the bill, including creating initiatives on campus to address student food insecurity, it will receive a "Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry" designation and the Council will award a grant to such institution. Any such institution that receives a grant under the bill is required to utilize the funds to support on-campus efforts and initiatives to eliminate student food insecurity at such institution through the maintenance and operation of the on-campus food pantry established pursuant to the Program. The bill requires the Council to submit a report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education no later than two years after the establishment of the Program. This bill is identical to SB 1016. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2630 | Trees; replacement during development process in localities, tree canopy fund. | Replacement of trees during development process in localities; tree canopy fund. Allows localities by ordinance to establish a tree canopy fund to collect, maintain, and distribute fees collected from developers that cannot provide for full tree canopy requirements where the development project is situated. The bill requires the ordinance to establish cost units that are based on average costs of two-inch caliper nursery stock trees. The bill allows a locality to use moneys from the fund to (i) plant and maintain trees on public or private property or (ii) make disbursements to a community-based organization that is exempt from income tax pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is operated for tree planting, stewardship, or community-beautification missions that benefit the community at large. The bill requires any funds collected by localities to be spent within five years of the collection date. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2539 | Dental care services for pregnant women; state plan for medical assistance services, report. | Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; dental care services for pregnant women; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment for comprehensive dental care services for pregnant women. 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 November 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2644 | Electric cooperative subsidiaries; customers exceeding 90 megawatts demand. | Electric cooperative subsidiaries; customers exceeding 90 megawatts demand. Permits electric cooperatives, through one or more of their affiliates, to make unregulated sales of electric power to certain customers that contract for electric utility services to serve a demand that is reasonably expected to exceed 90 megawatts. This bill is identical to SB 1197. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2730 | Virginia State Crime Commission; designating review panel, cases involving Mary Jane Burton, report. | Virginia State Crime Commission; review panel; cases involving Mary Jane Burton; report. Directs the Virginia State Crime Commission (the Crime Commission) to designate a panel, consisting of members outlined in the bill, to review the following types of cases at the Virginia Department of Forensic Science where testing or analysis was performed by Mary Jane Burton: (i) cases resulting in convictions of persons who are currently incarcerated, or who were executed or exonerated, and (ii) cases where Burton testified, regardless of the final disposition of the case. However, the panel shall prioritize the review of such cases resulting in convictions of persons who are currently incarcerated. The bill provides that the Crime Commission shall provide staff support to the panel, and may request and shall receive support from other state or local government agencies. The bill provides that the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act do not apply to this panel or its review, or to any information received by or disseminated to any state or local government agency, private organization, or other entity for purposes of this review. The bill directs the panel to report on its work to the Crime Commission by the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly until completion of this review. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1465. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2751 | Virginia Public Procurement Act; discrimination prohibited, military family owned businesses. | Virginia Public Procurement Act; discrimination prohibited; military family-owned businesses. Prohibits any public body from discriminating against a bidder or offeror in the solicitation or awarding of contracts on the basis of status as a military family, defined in the bill. The bill provides that all public bodies shall establish programs to facilitate the participation of military family-owned businesses, as defined in the bill, in procurement transactions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR672 | Celebrating the life of Colonel Gerald William Hyland, USAF, Ret. | Celebrating the life of Colonel Gerald William Hyland, USAF, Ret. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR1 | Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference). | Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled November 20, 2023 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article I a section numbered 11-A, relating to the fundamental right to reproductive freedom. | 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 |
| HJR2 | Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. | \r\n\r\n | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2083 | Pregnant qualified individuals; Va. Health Benefit Exchange to establish special enrollment period. | Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; special enrollment period for pregnancy. Requires the Virginia Health Benefit Exchange to establish by January 1, 2026, a special enrollment period for a pregnant qualified individual to enroll in a qualified health plan at any time after the commencement of the pregnancy. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1735 | Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections. | Voter registration; time period for closing registration records before certain elections. Reduces from 21 to 10 days the number of days during which registration records are closed before primary and general elections and from 13 to 10 days the number of days during which registration records are closed before special elections that are not called by the Governor, Speaker of the House of Delegates, or President pro tempore of the Senate. This bill is identical to SB 991. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2029 | Real property tax; exemption for elderly and disabled individuals. | Real property tax; exemption for elderly and disabled individuals. Revises various provisions of the local real property tax exemption and deferral program for elderly and disabled individuals. The bill allows a locality to require that an individual (i) pay all delinquent taxes, penalties, and interest assessed by the locality and incurred prior to becoming eligible for an exemption or deferral; (ii) enter into an installment agreement with the locality for the payment of all such delinquent amounts in installments over a period that is reasonable under the circumstances, but that in no event shall exceed 72 months; (iii) submit and obtain the treasurer's agreement to an offer in compromise with respect to all amounts of delinquent taxes, penalties, and interest; or (iv) carry out a combination thereof. Additionally, the bill provides that notice of the terms and conditions of the exemption and deferral program may be included in any notice of change in assessment and that the treasurer shall post such information on the locality's website. Finally, the bill allows a locality to provide a prorated exemption or deferral for the portion of the taxable year during which the taxpayer would have qualified for such exemption or deferral but had not yet filed an application. This bill is identical to SB 816. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1623 | Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; name change, expiration repealed. | Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; name change; general application; expiration repealed. Renames the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program as the Eviction Diversion Program, removes the July 1, 2025, expiration date from the Program, and makes the Program available to all general district courts. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to SB 830. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1867 | Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement, renewal notice. | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; terms and conditions of rental agreement; renewal notice. Provides that a landlord who owns more than four rental dwelling units or more than a 10 percent interest in more than four rental dwelling units, whether individually or through a business entity, in the Commonwealth shall be required to provide written notice of nonrenewal to any tenant. This bill is identical to SB 1043. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1941 | Invasive plant species; retail sales, penalty, delayed effective date January 1, 2027. | Invasive plant species; retail sales. Requires, for the retail sale of certain invasive plant species for outdoor use, a retail establishment to post in a conspicuous manner on the property located in proximity to each invasive plant signage identifying such plant as invasive, educating consumers regarding invasive plant species, and encouraging consumers to ask about alternatives. The bill requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to designate the format, size, and content of such signage no later than October 1, 2025, and requires the Commissioner to issue a stop sale order and mark or tag a plant in a conspicuous manner when an invasive plant is for sale at a retail establishment without appropriate signage. In such case, the bill requires the Commissioner to give written notice of a finding made to the owner, tenant, or person in charge of such retail establishment and requires the stop sale order issued to remain in effect until the required signage is posted. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 1166. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2084 | Public utilities certain; SCC shall determine if using reasonable classifications of customers. | State Corporation Commission regulatory proceeding; reasonable classifications of customers by public utilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission, in an existing proceeding filed after January 1, 2025, but no late than July 1, 2027, to determine whether Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power are using rates, tolls, charges, or schedules that contain reasonable classifications of utility customers. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2124 | Synthetic digital content; definition, penalty, report, effective clause. | Synthetic digital content; penalty; work group. Expands the applicability of provisions related to defamation, slander, and libel to include synthetic digital content, defined in the bill. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to use any synthetic digital content for the purpose of committing any criminal offense involving fraud, constituting a separate and distinct offense with punishment separate and apart from any punishment received for the commission of the primary criminal offense. The bill also authorizes the individual depicted in the synthetic digital content to bring a civil action against the person who violates such prohibition to recover actual damages, reasonable attorney fees, and such other relief as the court determines to be appropriate. The bill directs the Attorney General to convene a work group to study and make recommendations on the current enforcement of laws related to the use of synthetic digital content, including deepfakes, and any further action needed to address the issue of such use in fraudulent acts. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2278 | School boards/division superintendent; review of accessibility challenges in local school division. | School boards or division superintendents; review accessibility challenges in the local school division; report. Requires each school board or division superintendent, in consultation with such other stakeholders as it deems appropriate, to review the extent to which (i) public elementary and secondary school buildings and grounds in the local school division present physical accessibility challenges and barriers for individuals with disabilities, including challenges and barriers that may prevent such individuals from fully participating in school activities; (ii) challenges in access to programming and supports exist for individuals with disabilities at public elementary and secondary schools in the local school division; (iii) such schools have begun or plan to address and eliminate all such challenges and barriers; and (iv) state agencies can assist such schools to address and eliminate all such challenges and barriers and fully comply with all applicable state and federal laws. The bill requires each school board or division superintendent to report the findings of such review and any associated recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education no later than November 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1793 | Captain Matthew "Chevy" Chiaverotti Memorial Bridge; designates bridge over I-264 in VA. Beach. | Captain Matthew "Chevy" Chiaverotti Memorial Bridge. Designates the bridge on Interstate 264 over South Rosemont Road in Virginia Beach the "Captain Matthew "Chevy" Chiaverotti Memorial Bridge." | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1663 | 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 SB 1104. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1782 | Newborn screening requirements; federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel, evaluation, report. | Newborn screening requirements; federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel; evaluation; rulemaking; report. Directs the Department of Health (the Department) to determine whether testing for disorders included on the federal Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP) recommended by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services should be included in the Commonwealth's newborn screening requirements. The bill directs the Department to evaluate disorders included on the RUSP within 12 months of their addition to the RUSP and commence rulemaking procedures for adding such disorders to the Commonwealth's screening program if their inclusion is appropriate. The bill also requires the Department to determine annually whether disorders not included in the Commonwealth's newborn screening program should be reevaluated for inclusion. The bill requires the Department to submit a status report to the General Assembly annually containing information on the disorders included, evaluated, not recommended for inclusion, and not recommended for reevaluation. The bill contains an enactment clause requiring the Department to conduct such evaluation and, if applicable, commence rulemaking procedures for the addition of disorders within 12 months of the effective date of the bill for any disorders that are listed on the RUSP as of January 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2222 | Restraints on juveniles; use in court prohibited, exceptions. | Use of restraints on juveniles in court prohibited; exceptions. Prohibits the use of instruments of restraint, as defined in the bill, on a juvenile appearing before the juvenile and domestic relations district court unless, upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth or on the court's own motion sua sponte, the court makes a finding that (i) the use of such restraints is necessary (a) to prevent physical harm to such juvenile or another person, (b) because such juvenile has a history of disruptive courtroom behavior that has placed others in potentially harmful situations or presents a substantial threat of serious harm to himself or others as evidenced by recent behavior, or (c) because such juvenile presents a substantial risk of flight from the courtroom and (ii) there are no less restrictive alternatives to such restraints that will prevent flight of or harm to such juvenile or another person, including court personnel or law-enforcement officers. The bill provides that the juvenile shall be entitled to an attorney prior to a hearing on the use of instruments of restraint. The bill also requires the court to provide the juvenile's attorney an opportunity to be heard before the court orders the use of instruments of restraint, and the juvenile's attorney may waive the juvenile's appearance at such hearing. Lastly, the bill requires the court, if such restraints are ordered, to communicate to the parties the basis of the decision either orally or in writing. This bill is identical to SB 1255. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2245 | Real property tax; assessment of affordable rental housing. | Real property tax; assessment of affordable rental housing. Directs the Department of Taxation to develop a uniform income and expense reporting form that may be provided by duly authorized assessors and completed by the owners of affordable rental housing properties prior to assessment of such affordable rental housing properties. The bill provides that the duly authorized real estate assessor charged with determining the fair market value of affordable rental housing shall use the income approach when such housing generates income unless certain information is not provided by the property owner. The bill specifies that the foregoing provisions shall become effective for assessments beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Finally, the bill directs the Department to develop, in consultation with a stakeholder group, the uniform income and expense reporting form no later than September 1, 2025, and directs the Department to provide by November 1, 2025, a letter to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Finance with an update on the development of such form and implementation of training for assessing officials and contracted assessors on the assessment of affordable rental housing. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1945 | School boards; school-based telehealth and mental health teletherapy services, accessibility. | School boards; student access to telehealth services; policies. Directs each school board to consider, for the purpose of increasing access to health care services for students, developing and implementing policies for permitting any public school student in the school division to schedule and participate in telehealth services, including mental health teletherapy services pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with a nationally recognized school-based telehealth provider developed in accordance with applicable law, on school property during regular school hours with parental consent. The bill requires any such policies developed and implemented by a school board to (i) require each public elementary and secondary school to designate a location in the school for student use for such telehealth appointments and implement measures to ensure the safety and privacy of any student participating in a telehealth appointment, (ii) prohibit any student from being subject to any disciplinary measure or consequence for participating in a telehealth appointment during regular school hours if such student would not be subject to any disciplinary measure or consequence for an absence for the purpose of receiving any health care services in person during regular school hours, and (iii) include such other requirements as the school board deems necessary and appropriate. Finally, the bill requires any school board that develops and implements any policies for permitting students to schedule and participate in telehealth services pursuant to the bill to provide and post in a publicly accessible location on its website at the beginning of each school year guidance relating to the implementation of such policies for administrative and instructional personnel. This bill is identical to SB 1037. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2055 | Student health and safety; responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide. | Student health and safety; responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide; provision of suicide prevention materials required. Requires any person licensed as administrative or instructional personnel by the Board of Education (the Board) and employed by a local school board who in the scope of his employment has reason to believe, as a result of direct communication from a student, that such student is at imminent risk of suicide to, in addition to contacting at least one of such student's parents to provide notice of the student's mental state, provide to the parent materials on suicide prevention that (i) shall include information on the requirements set forth in current law relating to the safe storage of firearms in the presence of minors and (ii) may include guidance on best practices and strategies for limiting a student's access to lethal means, including firearms and medications. The bill requires any such materials on suicide prevention to be selected in accordance with the guidelines developed by the Board pursuant to applicable law and to include materials that have been pre-approved for such use by the Board. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2617 | Women's Health, Commission on; established, report. | Commission on Women's Health established; report. Establishes the Commission on Women's Health as a permanent commission in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of studying and making recommendations on issues related to women's and maternal health. The Commission consists of 15 members, 10 of whom are legislative members and five of whom are nonlegislative citizen members with significant experience or expertise in women's or maternal health policy. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB1018 | Higher educational institutions, public; SNAP eligibility, applications, and participation. | Public institutions of higher education; Department of Social Services; SNAP eligibility, applications, and participation; guidance, resources, and education. Requires the Department of Social Services (the Department) to (i) develop, annually update, and provide to each public institution of higher education in advance of the start of each school year an information sheet on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) with information relating to SNAP eligibility, applications, participation, requirements, and such other information as the Department deems necessary or appropriate, relevant to students enrolled in public institutions of higher education and (ii) provide information, resources, and education to certain faculty members employed by each public institution of higher education regarding opportunities for assisting students enrolled in public institutions of higher education with completing SNAP applications. The bill requires each public institution of higher education to ensure that such SNAP information sheet developed by the Department is provided to each student enrolled in such institution at the beginning of the fall semester of each school year or, in the case of any student who enrolls after the beginning of the fall semester, as soon as practicable after enrollment and is included in any orientation materials distributed to each new student. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1760 | Mental health for children 5 yrs. of age or younger; DBHDS, et al., to develop screening, etc. | Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Act; report. Directs the Department of Health, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Department of Education, to convene a work group to develop a plan to (i) create a mental health screening and assessment tool for children in early childhood care and (ii) provide mental health consultation resources and training to early childhood education providers, pediatric health providers, and families. The work group shall report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1877 | Barrier crimes; peer recovery specialists; screening requirements. | Barrier crimes; peer recovery specialists; screening requirements. Modifies the barrier crimes screening assessment requirements for peer recovery specialists applying for employment with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, an employer licensed by the Department, or a community services board to require that such specialists have completed all prison or jail terms, been free of parole or probation for at least five years, have no pending charges in any locality, and not be under probation or parole supervision in order to be eligible for a screening assessment. Under current law, an applicant must also have paid all fines, restitution, and court costs for any prior convictions. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2753 | Maternal health; protocols and resources for hospitals and outpatient providers, etc. | Maternal health; protocols and resources for hospitals and outpatient providers; report. Requires all hospitals with an emergency department or labor and delivery, freestanding emergency departments, and birthing centers to implement standardized protocols for identifying and responding to obstetric emergencies, including obstetric hemorrhage, preeclampsia, and eclampsia. Such standardized protocols shall be based on protocols established by the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative for inpatient and outpatient providers regarding the treatment of obstetric emergencies, the recognition of urgent maternal warning signs, and the transfer of pregnant and postpartum patients. The bill requires the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative to collect data and submit an annual report to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources and the General Assembly with data relating to the implementation of standardized protocols and maternal health outcomes. This bill incorporates HB 2518 and is identical to SB 1279. | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB1914 | Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts. | Compensation for wrongful incarceration; compensation for certain intentional acts. Provides that the instrumentality, political subdivision, or employee responsible for employing the individual who committed an intentional act shall compensate the wrongfully incarcerated individual. Under current law, additional compensation for intentional acts shall not become effective unless and until the wrongfully incarcerated person enters into an agreement with the instrumentality or political subdivision that committed or employed the individual committing the intentional acts to provide such compensation. In the event that the instrumentality or subdivision fails to compensate the individual, the bill authorizes the Governor to issue an order to the Comptroller to withhold all payments of appropriated funds to the instrumentality or political subdivision until such compensation has been paid. The bill also provides that any compensation an individual receives for wrongful registration with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry only applies to the years that the individual was registered after release from incarceration. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1995 | SCHEV; evaluating certain activities/programs of private & out-of-state postsecondary institutions. | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; recommendations on exempting certain courses of instruction operated by private and out-of-state institutions of higher education; report. Directs the State Council of Higher for Virginia (the Council) to evaluate and make recommendations on amending the provisions of law relating to certain activities and programs offered by private and out-of-state postsecondary schools that are exempt from the requirements for obtaining and maintaining certification by the Council to operate in the Commonwealth for the purpose of exempting noncredit courses of instruction offered by an entity or organization in accordance with the requirements of a nationally recognized certifying body and those intended solely to prepare students for certification as project management professions, provided that no such exempted course shall exceed the number of hours required by the applicable certifying body. The bill requires the Council to report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education by November 1, 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2742 | Hospitals; urine drug screening to include testing for fentanyl. | Malcolm's Law; hospitals; urine drug screening; fentanyl. Requires hospitals with an emergency department, when conducting a urine drug screening, as defined in the bill, to assist in diagnosing a patient's condition, to include testing for fentanyl in such urine drug screening. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1759 | Post-release job search assistance services; DOC, et al., to provide. | Department of Corrections; Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; post-release job search assistance services. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall work with the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to provide post-release job search assistance services to assist individuals in finding employment upon release from incarceration and refer such individuals to case management services where eligible from such funds as are available. The bill also requires the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to coordinate implementation and delivery of such post-release job search assistance services with Virginia Workforce System partners, including local workforce development boards. This bill is identical to SB 877. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1617 | Homeless youth; no fees for issuance of certain government documents. | Homeless youth; fees; certain government documents. Provides that when a homeless youth seeks to receive a certified copy of a vital record, including his birth record, or his DMV-issued learner's permit, driver's license, special identification card, or identification privilege card or permit, no fee shall be assessed. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1947 | Department of Education; survey of local education agencies on school-based mental and behavioral health services; 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 SB 768. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2653 | Qualified equity and subordinated debt investments tax credit; sunset. | Qualified equity and subordinated debt investments tax credit; sunset. Provides that the qualified equity and subordinated debt investments tax credit expires after taxable year 2025. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR634 | Celebrating the life of Matthew Robert Chiaverotti. | Celebrating the life of Matthew Robert Chiaverotti. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1776 | Relief; Grimm, Marvin Leon, Jr., compensation for wrongful incarceration. | Claims; Marvin Leon Grimm, Jr.; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to Marvin Leon Grimm, Jr., who was wrongly convicted in 1976 of murder, sodomy by force, and abduction with the intent to defile and, as a result of such wrongful conviction, was subjected to 45 years of imprisonment and when released on parole was required to register on the sex offender registry for an additional four years before receiving a writ of actual innocence in 2024. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2686 | School boards; certain advanced or accelerated mathematics opportunities. | Certain advanced or accelerated mathematics opportunities; policies and criteria for enrollment. Requires each school board to develop and adopt a policy that sets forth the criteria for students in grades five through eight to be eligible to enroll in advanced or accelerated mathematics and requires each such policy to provide for (i) the automatic enrollment of certain students in advanced or accelerated mathematics based on Standards of Learning assessment scores, subject to course offerings and availability and the opportunity for parental opt-out; (ii) multiple additional pathways to student enrollment in advanced or accelerated mathematics; and (iii) an annual parental notification relating to mathematics coursework. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2738 | Health insurance; coverage for mental health and substance abuse disorders. | Health insurance; coverage for mental health and substance abuse disorders; generally accepted standards of care. Requires health insurance coverage, as defined in the bill, to provide coverage for mental health and substance use disorder benefits for children, adolescents, and adults and requires such coverage to apply the definitions of "generally accepted standards of mental health or substance use disorder care" and "medically necessary" provided in the bill for any determination of medical necessity, prior authorization, or utilization review under such coverage. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2195 | Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation and inspections, report. | Virginia Consumer Protection Act; Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; mold remediation; emergency. Prohibits the selling or offering for sale of services as a professional mold remediator to be performed upon any residential dwelling without holding a mold remediation certification from a nationally or internationally recognized certifying body for mold remediation. The bill also requires such professionals to comply with pertinent standards in conducting remediation. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to study the state of the mold inspection and mold remediation workforce in the Commonwealth to determine whether the licensure or certification of mold inspectors and remediators would benefit the public health, safety, and welfare and submit a report by January 1, 2026. This bill incorporates HB 2355 and contains an emergency clause. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2637 | Mental Health First Aid Program; DOE, et al., to develop, participation by school staff & students. | Department of Education; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; mental health first aid training program; development of plan to incentivize and facilitate participation. Directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to develop and implement a plan to incentivize and facilitate participation in the Commonwealth Mental Health First Aid Program, established pursuant to applicable law, by public school staff and students. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 1377. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR616 | Commending Colonel Gary T. Settle. | Commending Colonel Gary T. Settle. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR648 | Commending Patricia Miller. | Commending Patricia Miller. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2736 | Virginia Values Veterans Program; military spouse eligibility. | Virginia Values Veterans Program; military spouse eligibility. Provides that the comprehensive program developed by the Department of Veterans Services to reduce unemployment among veterans extends to military spouses. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR584 | Celebrating the life of Dr. Golden Bethune-Hill. | Celebrating the life of Dr. Golden Bethune-Hill. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR580 | Commending Ross A. Mugler. | Commending Ross A. Mugler. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR607 | Commending Thomas Heilman. | Commending Thomas Heilman. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR600 | Commending Christian Tabash. | Commending Christian Tabash. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR591 | Commending Noah Lyles. | Commending Noah Lyles. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR573 | Commending Computer CORE. | Commending Computer CORE. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR567 | Commending the Campagna Center. | Commending the Campagna Center. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR570 | Celebrating the life of Russ Adams. | Celebrating the life of Russ Adams. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR566 | Commending Port City Brewing Company. | Commending Port City Brewing Company. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR569 | Commending Tammy Mann, Ph.D. | Commending Tammy Mann, Ph.D. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR571 | Commending the Alexandria Historical Society. | Commending the Alexandria Historical Society. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR572 | Commending ACT for Alexandria. | Commending ACT for Alexandria. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR574 | Commending the Virginia chapter of the American Association of University Women. | Commending the Virginia chapter of the American Association of University Women. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR568 | Celebrating the life of Louis Peter Kokonis. | Celebrating the life of Louis Peter Kokonis. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR578 | Commending Art on the Avenue. | Commending Art on the Avenue. | 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 |
| HJR575 | Commending St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School. | Commending St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1993 | Public school buses; display of advertising, hiring of school bus drivers. | Public school buses; display of advertising; hiring of school bus drivers in the local school division. Permits any local school board, notwithstanding any regulation to the contrary, to display decals, posters, and stickers on the sides and rear of school buses advertising the hiring of school bus drivers in the local school division, provided that the local school board is responsible for the cost of such decals, posters, and stickers and that no such decal, poster, or sticker obstructs the name of the school division or the number of the school bus. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1940 | International licensure and certification; regulations. | Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; international licensure and certification; regulations. Directs the regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation to promulgate regulations allowing the issuance of a license or certification to any applicant who holds a comparable international license or certification issued by another country. This bill incorporates HB 2251 and is identical to SB 1188. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1706 | Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware. | Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; required disclosures for buyer to beware; aircraft noise. Requires that the owner of a residential real property include in the residential property disclosure statement provided to a potential purchaser of such residential real property a statement that the owner makes no representations or warranties with respect to the property's proximity to a public use airport nor any noise from aircraft due to the proximity of the property to flight operations, and purchasers are advised to exercise whatever due diligence they deem necessary to determine whether the property is within proximity to a flight path or public use airport aircraft noise zone. The bill also requires the Department of Aviation to establish and provide to the Real Estate Board by July 31, 2025, a website address that allows purchasers to access public use airport aircraft noise zone maps, and requires the Real Estate Board to include such website address on the form for signature by the parties stating that the purchaser has been advised of the disclosures listed in the residential property disclosure statement. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1210. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1606 | Claims to unclaimed property; authority of administrator. | Claims to unclaimed property; authority of administrator; emergency. Authorizes the State Treasurer or his designee to make payments relating to unclaimed property without receiving a claim if the property is cash property, the apparent owner is a natural person and the sole owner of such property, the apparent owner has been identified by the State Treasurer or his designee, and the amount to be paid does not exceed $5,000. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 996. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1757 | Compensation of court-appointed counsel. | Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Clarifies that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, no person found indigent, or child's parents or other persons responsible for the care of a child found indigent, and who is represented by a public defender or court-appointed counsel shall have fees assessed against him for legal representation in an amount greater than the amount such person or such child would have owed if the assessment took place on or before June 30, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. This bill is identical to SB 901. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1996 | Planning and zoning; second public hearing notice. | Planning and zoning; public notice. Requires the second public hearing notice that a planning commission publishes for certain planning and zoning actions to be published no less than five days before the date of the meeting. Current law requires such notice to be published no less than seven days before the date of the meeting. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2104 | Seizure rescue meds.; administration by certain school employees, possession by certain students. | Seizure rescue medications; administration by certain school employees; possession by certain students. Permits a prescriber to authorize an employee of (i) a school board, (ii) a school for students with disabilities, (iii) an accredited private school, (iv) a local governing body, or (v) a local health department who is trained in the administration of seizure rescue medications for the treatment of seizures resulting from a condition causing seizures to administer such medications to a student diagnosed with a condition causing seizures when the student is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a seizure pursuant to a written order or standing protocol issued within the course of the prescriber's professional practice and with the consent of the student's parents. The bill provides that any such authorized employee who administers or assists in the administration of such medications to a student diagnosed with a condition causing seizures when the student is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a seizure in accordance with the prescriber's instructions shall not be liable for any civil damages for ordinary negligence in acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment. The bill also permits any local school board to adopt and implement policies (a) permitting any student enrolled in any elementary or secondary school in the local school division who has a diagnosis of a condition causing seizures to possess seizure rescue medications during the school day, at school-sponsored activities, or while on a school bus or other school property if the student's parent has submitted a seizure management and action plan that includes written consent of the parent and written approval of the student's primary care provider for such self-possession or (b) for the administration of seizure rescue medications to any student enrolled in any elementary or secondary school in the local school division who has a diagnosis of a condition causing seizures, consistent with the provisions of the bill relating to prescriber authorization. This bill is identical to SB 1036. | 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 |
| HJR511 | Celebrating the life of Nikki Giovanni. | Celebrating the life of Nikki Giovanni. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR433 | Commending the Alexandria Archaeological Commission. | Commending the Alexandria Archaeological Commission. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR481 | Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder. | Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR410 | Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. | Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. | Passed |
| SJR434 | Commending the Honorable William Ferguson Reid, M.D. | Commending the Honorable William Ferguson Reid, M.D. | Passed |
| HB1597 | Firearms; secure storage, penalties. | Secure storage of firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 4 misdemeanor for any person who fails to securely store a firearm on any premises where such person knows, or reasonably should know, that a minor or a person who is prohibited by law from possessing a firearm is, or is likely to be, present. The bill increases the penalty to a Class 1 misdemeanor if a minor or a person who is prohibited by law from possessing a firearm obtains such firearm. The bill includes certain exceptions and requires firearms dealers to post a notice stating firearm storage requirements and the penalty for improperly storing such firearms. The bill also creates a Class 4 misdemeanor for any person who fails to report to law enforcement the theft or loss of a firearm from a vehicle and a Class 1 misdemeanor if another person obtains such firearm. Finally, the bill requires the Superintendent of State Police, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Health, to create a public awareness campaign on the importance of the secure storage of firearms by January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| SJR370 | Commending Linda Ford. | Commending Linda Ford. | Passed |
| HB2538 | Public education; early childhood care and education, funding formula calculations. | Public education; early childhood care and education; funding formula calculations; Early Childhood Care and Education Fund established; report. Requires the Department of Education to (i) establish and maintain a funding formula for the provision of early childhood care and education services that establishes the minimum funding and number of slots per biennium for such providers based on a cost of quality rate per child, actual data from the prior year, unserved waitlists, and a multiplier based on enrollment and parent demand growth in prior biennia; (ii) make disbursements from the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund, established in the bill, to support the provision of early childhood care and education services in accordance with the funding formula set forth in the bill; and (iii) submit to the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education a report on the status of the Fund, including the data used to calculate the minimum funding and number of slots per biennium established pursuant to the funding formula. The bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to submit to the General Assembly by November 1 of each year a report on Fund revenues, distributions, and balances. The bill contains a reenactment clause. | Dead |
| 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 |
| HB2125 | 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 support their ability to compete for positions in agencies of the Commonwealth upon conclusion of their internships and completion of their educational programs. 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 |
| HB2060 | Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. | Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Increases from 52 weeks to 104 weeks the maximum duration after the date of diagnosis that workers' compensation benefits are payable for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters acting in the line of duty. | Dead |
| HB1761 | Public campaign financing; counties and cities may establish for certain offices. | Public campaign financing; counties and cities may establish for certain offices. Authorizes the governing body of a county or city to establish by ordinance a system of public campaign financing for elected local offices. The bill specifies certain requirements for a system of public campaign financing established by a governing body, including the provision of a public election fund to be administered by the treasurer of the county or city. A system of public campaign financing established by a county or city is permitted to more stringently regulate the campaign finance activity of participating candidates and shall be subject to regulation and oversight by the State Board of Elections to ensure its conformity with state law and policy to the extent practicable. | Dead |
| HB2102 | Pregnant individuals; DMAS to seek federal authority to implement presumptive eligibility, etc. | Department of Medical Assistance Services; presumptive eligibility for pregnant individuals; qualified entities; performance standards for 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. The bill directs qualified entities to provide (i) the necessary applications for medical assistance on the day in which the presumptive eligibility decision is made and (ii) assistance with completing such applications through available modalities. Under the bill, qualified entities are authorized to make determinations of presumptive eligibility for pregnant individuals who meet eligibility criteria for certain medical assistance programs and have not had a presumptive eligibility period during the current pregnancy. The bill also sets forth certain performance standards that qualified entities must meet to remain a qualified entity, described in the bill. | Dead |
| HB1738 | Veterans or military service members; deaths by suicide. | Deaths by suicide of veterans or military service members; inquiry by State Registrar of Vital Records; Department of Veterans Services annual report. Requires the State Registrar of Vital Records, when a death certificate is filed and lists suicide as the cause of death, to make an inquiry into whether the decedent was a veteran or military service member and to provide any information concerning the suicide of such veteran or military service member to the Department of Veterans Services. The bill also provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services may request, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall deliver to the Commissioner, a copy of an autopsy report of a veteran or military service member whose cause and manner of death is determined to be a suicide. The bill also reestablishes the position of Suicide Prevention Coordinator as the Suicide Prevention Program and requires such Program to, in coordination with the State Police, compile and analyze data relating to such suicides to be included in the annual report submitted by the Department to the Governor and the General Assembly. | Dead |
| HB1959 | Child Care Subsidy Program waiting list; target timeline for assigning slots to priority groups. | Department of Education; Child Care Subsidy Program waiting list; additional priority group; target timeline for assigning slots to priority groups. Requires the Department of Education to amend its Child Care Subsidy Program Guidance Manual to add a seventh priority group to the Child Care Subsidy Program waiting list that consists of any family that meets all other Program eligibility criteria and includes a parent who is employed for at least 30 hours per week by a publicly funded child care provider in the Commonwealth that serves children from birth to age five, excluding employment by a local school division but including employment by a Head Start program that is located within a public school building. The bill also directs the Department of Education to require local departments of social services to target a maximum of 30 days for moving priority group families from the waiting list into services; regularly assess, in coordination with the Department of Social Services, the length of time it takes for priority groups to be assigned slots; and provide quarterly updates, beginning October 1, 2025, to the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education on such timeline and any other barriers experienced by families in priority groups on the waiting list in accessing services. | 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 |
| HB1980 | Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention. | Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board to adopt regulations establishing reasonable standards designed to protect employees from heat illness and establish a list of high-hazard industries, as defined in the bill. The bill authorizes a person aggrieved by a violation of its provisions or the regulations promulgated thereunder to seek to obtain injunctive relief, to recover statutory damages of $1000, or both, in an action commenced within one year of the cause of action. The bill requires the Safety and Health Codes Board, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industry, to develop a list of high-hazard industries by January 1, 2026, and to develop and adopt regulations requiring employers in high-hazard industries to implement standards for heat illness prevention by May 1, 2026. | Dead |
| HB1679 | SOL; Bd. of Education shall prioritize incorporation of assessments in languages other than English. | Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments; availability in commonly spoken languages other than English. Requires the Board of Education to prioritize the incorporation of Standards of Learning assessments in commonly spoken languages in the Commonwealth other than English into its statewide student assessment system, and in any contract that it enters into with a third party for the development, establishment, and maintenance of such system. | Dead |
| HB1771 | Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, report. | Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program. Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program (the Program) to provide matching funds to employers in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Program shall be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (the Foundation). To participate in the Program, an employer shall agree to make child care contributions to the eligible mixed-delivery provider on behalf of the employee and shall provide any other information deemed necessary by the Foundation. To the extent funds are available, the Foundation shall issue a state match directly to such eligible mixed-delivery provider or to a third-party administrator. Program funds shall be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis; however, the Foundation is encouraged to prioritize awards to proposals involving contributions from small businesses. The bill requires the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation to provide an interim report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2026, and a summative report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2027, on the effectiveness and impact of the Program. | Dead |
| HB1964 | Future in Focus Program; established. | Future in Focus Program. Establishes the Future in Focus Program to provide services and support to individuals 21, 22, and 23 years of age who participated in the Fostering Futures program immediately prior to attaining 21 years of age. Such services and support shall be designed to assist participants in transitioning to adulthood, becoming self-sufficient, and creating permanent, positive relationships. The bill directs the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations to implement the bill's provisions. | Dead |
| SJR327 | Commending Noah Lyles. | Commending Noah Lyles. | Passed |
| SJR326 | Self Storage Association; commemorating its 50th anniversary. | Commending the Self Storage Association. | Passed |
| SJR329 | Commending the Alexandria Little League Intermediate Division baseball team. | Commending the Alexandria Little League Intermediate Division baseball team. | Passed |
| SJR328 | Celebrating the life of Michele Irene Chapman. | Celebrating the life of Michele Irene Chapman. | Passed |
| HB2089 | Collective bargaining; individual home care providers. | Collective bargaining; individual home care providers. Establishes within the Department of Medical Assistance Services the Virginia Home Care Authority to ensure the effectiveness and quality of the services of home care programs in the Commonwealth. The bill authorizes individual providers, as defined in the bill, to select an exclusive bargaining representative and to collectively bargain with the Virginia Home Care Authority regarding matters including wages, benefits, and all terms and conditions of employment that are within the Authority's control. The bill's provisions do not become effective until July 1, 2026, and unless legislation is enacted in the Commonwealth authorizing public employees to engage in collective bargaining. | Dead |
| HB1598 | First-time Homebuyer Grant Program; established. | First-time Homebuyer Grant Program. Establishes a First-time Homebuyer Grant Program for the purpose of assisting first-time homebuyers with first-time homebuyer expenses, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill provides that the Department of Housing and Community Development shall award eligible first-time homebuyers a grant in an amount equal to five percent of such expenses incurred during a calendar year, not to exceed $10,000. Any grant awarded pursuant to the Program shall be repaid to the Commonwealth if the property for which expenses were incurred is sold within three years from the purchase date, unless the sale is made following a natural disaster or other act of God. | Dead |
| HB1701 | Income tax; housing opportunity tax credit; sunset extended. | Income tax; housing opportunity tax credit; sunset extended. Extends the housing opportunity tax credit sunset date from taxable year 2025 to taxable year 2030. The bill also increases the aggregate credit cap across all calendar years from $255 million to $595 billion and imposes an annual aggregate credit cap of $68 million in each calendar year between 2026 and 2030. The bill also provides that of the $68 million in credits authorized per calendar year from 2026 through 2030, 33 percent shall be reserved for qualified projects located in a geographic area within the Balance of State Pool, defined in the bill. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission. | Dead |
| HB1979 | Wage garnishment; recovery of certain improper payment, etc., state tax debt. | Wage garnishment; state or local tax debt. Provides that the maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any workweek that is subject to garnishment to collect delinquent taxes and charges owed to the state or any local government shall not exceed 25 percent of such individual's disposable earnings for that week. The bill contains technical amendments and applies only to garnishments issued on and after January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| HB2495 | Firefighters and emergency medical services providers; collective bargaining. | Collective bargaining by firefighters and emergency medical services providers. Authorizes firefighters and emergency medical services providers employed by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to engage in collective bargaining through labor organizations or other designated representatives. The bill establishes the Fire Service Cooperation Board to administer its provisions. The bill provides for the appointment of a three-member board of arbitration regarding any dispute arising between an employer and firefighters or emergency medical services providers. Under the bill, determinations made by such board of arbitration are final on a disputed issue and are binding on the parties involved. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026. | Dead |
| SJR324 | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frank Miller Ruff, Jr. | Celebrating the life of the Honorable Frank Miller Ruff, Jr. | Passed |
| HB1870 | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; algorithmic device services or products prohibited; civil penalty. | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; algorithmic device services or products prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits the sale of algorithmic device services or products, as defined in the bill, for the purpose of setting or recommending the amount of rent to be charged to a tenant for the occupancy of a dwelling unit. The bill also prohibits a person engaged in the business of providing algorithmic device services or products for the purpose of advising a landlord of the amount of rent that such landlord may consider charging a tenant for the occupancy of a dwelling unit from using nonpublic competitor data, defined in the bill, pertaining to residential properties in the Commonwealth in algorithmic calculations. A violation of such prohibited practices is considered an unfair deceptive trade practice for which the Attorney General may cause an action to be brought in the name of the Commonwealth. | Dead |
| HB1958 | School breakfasts; availability at no cost to students. | School breakfasts; availability at no cost to students. Requires each school board to require each public elementary and secondary school in the local school division to participate in the federal National School Lunch Program and the federal School Breakfast Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and to make breakfast available to any student who requests such a meal at no cost to the student, unless the student's parent has provided written permission to the school board to withhold such a meal from the student. The bill requires the Department of Education to reimburse each public elementary and secondary school for each school breakfast served to a student, with a maximum of one breakfast per student per school day and provides the formula for determining the state reimbursement rate for such meals. Finally, the bill repeals a provision of law relating to the federal School Breakfast Program that is rendered obsolete by the provisions of the bill. | Dead |
| HB1717 | Earned income tax credit. | Earned income tax credit. Allows eligible low-income taxpayers to claim a refundable income tax credit equal to 20 percent of the federal earned income tax credit claimed that year by the taxpayer for the same taxable year. The bill also states that individuals who would have been entitled to the federal equivalent of this credit but for the fact that the individual, the individual's spouse, or one or more of the individual's children does not have a valid social security number are eligible to claim this credit. Under current law, taxpayers may choose to claim either a nonrefundable tax credit equal to 20 percent of the federal earned income tax credit claimed that year or a refundable tax credit equal to 15 percent of the federal earned income tax credit claimed that year. | Dead |
| HB2333 | Income tax, state; establishes a new bracket beginning on and after January 1, 2025. | Imposition of income tax. Establishes a new income tax bracket beginning on and after January 1, 2025, that taxes income in excess of $1 million at a rate of 10 percent. Currently, all income in excess of $17,000 is taxed at the rate of 5.75 percent. The bill provides that, from the additional revenue generated from such increased tax rate upon income in excess of $1 million, 50 percent will be dedicated to providing additional basic aid funding for public schools, 30 percent will be dedicated to the Child Care Subsidy Program, and 20 percent will be dedicated to the Virginia Housing Trust Fund. The bill contains technical amendments. | Dead |
| HB2175 | 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, described in the bill as the maximum amount a landlord can increase a tenant's rent during any 12-month period, in effect at the time of the increase. The bill sets such allowance as equal to the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index or seven percent, whichever is less, states that such allowance is effective for a 12-month period beginning July 1 each year, and 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 that will develop and implement rules and procedures by which landlords may apply for and be granted exemptions from the rent increase limits set by the ordinance. 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 |
| HB1612 | Board of Education; Child Care Subsidy Program; maximum reimbursement rate; vendors providing care outside of normal business hours. | Board of Education; Child Care Subsidy Program; maximum reimbursement rate; vendors providing care outside of normal business hours. Directs the Board of Education to amend its regulations relating to the Child Care Subsidy Program to permit payment over the maximum reimbursable rate for any vendor that provides child care outside of normal business hours, provided that such rate may not exceed twice the maximum reimbursable rate for child care provided within normal business hours. | Dead |
| 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 |
| HB696 | Recovery high schools; establishment, authorization in certain Superintendents' regions. | Establishment of recovery high schools; authorization in certain Superintendent's regions. Authorizes any school board that governs a school division located in Superintendent's Region 2, 4, or 7 to establish a recovery high school in the relevant school division as a year-round high school (i) for which enrollment is open to any high school student who resides in the relevant Superintendent's region and is in the early stages of recovery from substance use disorder or dependency and (ii) for the purpose of providing such students with the academic, emotional, and social support necessary to make progress toward earning a high school diploma and reintegrating into a traditional high school setting. | Dead |
| HB878 | Affordable housing; purchase of development rights. | Purchase of development rights for affordable housing. Permits any local government to purchase development rights or accept the donation of development rights in an effort to preserve and provide affordable housing. The bill grants local governments the powers necessary to carry out the purchase of such development rights. The bill prohibits the conversion or diversion of such affordable housing once the development rights are purchased unless the local government determines that such diversion is essential to the development and growth of the locality and in accordance with the locality's comprehensive plan. | Dead |
| HB1263 | 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 |
| HB1284 | Firefighters and emergency medical services; collective bargaining by providers, definitions. | Collective bargaining by firefighters and emergency medical services providers. Authorizes firefighters and emergency medical services providers employed by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to engage in collective bargaining through labor organizations or other designated representatives. The bill provides for the appointment of a three-member board of arbitration regarding any dispute arising between an employer and firefighters or emergency medical services providers. Under the bill, determinations made by such board of arbitration are final on a disputed issue and are binding on the parties involved. | Dead |
| HB1355 | Information Technology Access Act; numerous organizational changes to Act. | Information Technology Access Act; digital accessibility. Makes numerous organizational changes to the Information Technology Access Act. The bill defines "information and communications technology" as it relates to digital accessibility, defined in the bill, for all persons with disabilities. The bill permits the head of each covered entity, defined in the bill, to designate an employee to serve as such covered entity's digital accessibility coordinator and provides that such digital accessibility coordinator is responsible for developing and implementing such covered entity's digital accessibility policy. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| HB1375 | Early childhood care and education; publicly funded providers. | Early childhood care and education; publicly funded providers. Provides that any locality wishing to participate in the Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) must submit a proposal by May 15 of each year identifying a lead VPI agency responsible for developing a local plan for the delivery of preschool services to at-risk children. A local match based on the composite index of local ability to pay is required to fund such a proposal. The proposal must include the number of at-risk four-year-olds and three-year-olds to be served and eligibility criteria for participation. Upon acceptance, the Department will disburse state VPI funds to the lead VPI agency in such localities, which may be used with local matching funds to provide preschool education, health services, social services, parental involvement services, and transportation. The Department must establish academic standards for VPI programs that prepare students to successfully enter kindergarten. Full day VPI programs must operate for a minimum of five and a half instructional hours per day, while half day VPI programs operate for a minimum of three instructional hours per day. The bill requires the Department of Education to collect information from VPI and the Mixed Delivery Grant Program to compile a comprehensive report on the use of state funds, including the number of slots and funding allocated to each local program or provider and the number of slots that have been filled. The bill codifies the Child Care Subsidy Program, which is currently established pursuant to regulations of the Board of Education, for the purpose of assisting families who meet certain eligibility criteria with the cost of child care provided by approved vendors. The bill requires the Child Care Subsidy Program to be overseen by the Department of Education and permits the Department to contract with state and local agencies to administer the Program. The bill requires the Department and Board of Education, as applicable, to establish rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards for the Program. The bill also codifies the Mixed Delivery Grant Program, which is currently established pursuant to the general appropriation act, for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis to local public entities that enter into partnerships with local private early childhood care and education entities and other community organizations, as applicable, to provide, under the direction and leadership of a lead agency identified in the grant proposal, high-quality care and education, either part time or full time, for at-risk infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children who reside in the locality. The bill requires the Mixed Delivery Grant Program to be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation in partnership with the Department of Education and, consistent with any provisions relating to the Program in the general appropriation act, requires the Foundation and the Department to establish policies, procedures, and standards for the Program. | Dead |
| HB68 | Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by dispatchers. | Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by dispatchers. Allows dispatchers, as defined in the bill, to claim workers' compensation benefits relating to post-traumatic stress disorder under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. Currently, only law-enforcement officers and firefighters may claim such benefits. | Dead |
| HB969 | Child tax credit; creates a credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028. | Child tax credit. Creates a tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028 for individuals whose households include dependents younger than the age of 18. The bill provides that the amount of the credit will be equal to $500 for each such dependent for an individual or married persons filing a joint return whose family Virginia adjusted gross income, as defined by Virginia code, does not exceed $100,000. The bill provides that if the taxpayer is a resident of the Commonwealth for the full taxable year, and the amount of such credit exceeds the taxpayer's liability for the taxable year, the excess shall be refunded by the Tax Commissioner. | 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 |
| HB1121 | Online educational courses; DOC to establish, etc., an educational program for prisoners. | Department of Corrections; online educational courses. Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to establish, develop, and implement an educational program with the Online Virginia Network Authority for the purposes of providing a means for prisoners to earn degrees and postsecondary education credentials through accessing online degree and credential programs that are offered by George Mason University, Old Dominion University, James Madison University, and comprehensive community colleges. | Dead |
| HB1492 | Trauma-informed training and education; work group to study. | Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia; work group to study trauma-informed training and education; report. Directs the Office of the Executive Secretary to convene a work group to make recommendations on the development, adoption, and implementation of trauma-informed training and education for judges, magistrates, and court personnel. The bill requires the work group to submit its recommendations by December 1, 2024, to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice. | Dead |
| HB1253 | Affordable dwelling unit ordinances; accessible units for persons with a physical disability. | Affordable dwelling unit ordinances; accessible units. Provides that any locality that has adopted an affordable dwelling unit ordinance may require under such ordinance that a set percentage of the units built by a developer are compliant with the appropriate requirements of the American National Standards for Building and Facilities for Type A units or with any other standards adopted as part of regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development providing accessibility and usability for persons with a physical disability. | Dead |
| HB1414 | Estate tax; reinstates tax for persons dying on and after July 1, 2024. | Reinstatement of the estate tax. Reinstates the estate tax for persons dying on and after July 1, 2024. The bill provides that no estate tax shall be imposed on a gross estate if the majority of the assets of the estate are an interest in a closely held business or a working farm. The bill designates revenues from the estate tax to be used for early childhood care and education purposes. | Dead |
| HB627 | Early childhood care; Child Care Subsidy Program expansion, provision of free child care. | Early childhood care; Child Care Subsidy Program expansion; provision of free child care to certain child care provider employees. Requires the Child Care Subsidy Program, established pursuant to applicable regulations, to be expanded to assist employees of any licensed child care provider in the Commonwealth with the costs of child care by providing any such employee who meets the eligibility criteria set forth in the bill child care at no cost to and with no copayment required of such employee. The bill directs the Board of Education to adopt any regulations and the Department of Education to implement any policies and procedures necessary for the implementation and administration of the provisions of the bill. | Dead |
| HB565 | Voter registration; registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers, automatic update. | Voter registration; registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers; automatic update. Provides that the information gathered by the Department of Motor Vehicles for a person who indicates that he is already registered to vote is to be automatically transmitted to the Department of Elections for the purpose of updating an existing voter registration record. Under current law, a person must be presented with the option to decline to have his information transmitted to the Department of Elections before such information may be transmitted. | Dead |
| HB286 | Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures, Task Force on. | Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures; report. Directs the State Health Commissioner to reestablish the Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures for the purpose of evaluating maternal health data collection processes to guide policies in the Commonwealth to improve maternal care, quality, and outcomes for all birthing people in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Task Force to report its findings and conclusions to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 of each year regarding its activities. This bill reestablishes the Task Force on Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures that concluded on December 1, 2023. | Dead |
| HB33 | Public drinking water; Commissioner of Health's work group to study occurrence of microplastics. | Commissioner of Health; work group to study the occurrence of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water; report. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group to study the occurrence of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water and develop recommendations for the reduction of microplastics in the Commonwealth's public drinking water. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Education and Health by December 1, 2024. | Dead |
| HB386 | Public schools; increase staffing ratios for specialized student support positions. | Public school staffing ratios; specialized student support positions. Increases the number of specialized student support positions required to be employed by each local school board from at least three to at least four such positions per 1,000 students in the local school division. Such specialized student support positions include school social workers, school psychologists, school nurses, licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts, and other licensed health and behavioral positions. | Dead |
| HB502 | Nonbinary sex or gender; all forms or applications to offer any applicant the option to designate. | Nonbinary sex or gender designation option. Requires all forms or applications to offer any applicant the option of "male," "female," or "nonbinary" when designating the applicant's sex or gender. The bill contains technical amendments. | Dead |
| HB1124 | Faith in Housing for the Commonwealth Act; construction of affordable housing. | Faith in Housing for the Commonwealth Act. Permits a religious organization, defined in the bill, to construct affordable housing on real estate owned by such religious organization (i) on or before January 1, 2024, or for a period of not less than five years, and (ii) for which the religious organization retains a majority ownership interest. | Dead |
| HB408 | Child Care Subsidy Program vendors; basis for periodic reimbursement. | Child Care Subsidy Program vendors; basis for periodic reimbursement. Requires the Department of Education to periodically reimburse child care providers that are vendors through the Child Care Subsidy Program on the basis of authorized child enrollment but provides that if any such enrolled child is absent from the provider for 10 or more days during one month, the Department shall periodically reimburse such provider on the basis of such child's attendance. | Dead |
| HB564 | Public schools; classified instructional support staff, competitive compensation, biennial review. | Public schools; classified instructional support staff; competitive compensation; biennial review. Declares that it is a goal of the Commonwealth that its classified instructional support staff, defined in the bill as any individual who works more than 90 days total in a 200-day school year as a substitute for a licensed teacher, be compensated at a rate that is competitive in order to provide a quality education in the absence of a licensed teacher. The bill requires the Department of Education to conduct a biennial review of the compensation for classified instructional support staff and to consider the Commonwealth's compensation for classified instructional support staff relative to the national average teacher salary and report the results of such review to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Board of Education by June 1 of each odd-numbered year. | Dead |
| HB865 | Income tax, state; establishes a new tax bracket beginning on and after January 1, 2024. | Imposition of income tax. Establishes a new income tax bracket beginning on and after January 1, 2024, that taxes income in excess of $1 million at a rate of 10 percent. The bill provides that 50 percent of revenues generated by the new tax bracket will be dedicated to providing additional basic aid funding for public schools, 30 percent of such revenues will be dedicated to the Child Care Subsidy Program, and 20 percent of such revenues will be dedicated to the Virginia Housing Trust Fund. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB738 | Public elementary & secondary schools; bell-to-bell student cell phone & smart device possession. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (91-Y 2-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB742 | Richard Bland College; governance. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1600 | Budget Bill. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation #`s 15, 17, 20, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, 36, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 51, 55, 62, 67, 82, 88, 91, 99, 101, 112, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 156, 158, 164, 171, 173, 175, 181, 191, 200, 201, 204 (95-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1589 | Virginia Parole Board; powers and duties, membership, voting requirements, etc. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (9-Y 86-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB838 | Recovery residences; certification required penalty, report. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (93-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1601 | Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. | Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (51-Y 44-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1601 | Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (11-Y 85-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1649 | Board of Medicine; continuing education; unconscious bias and cultural competency. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1607 | Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. | House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1630 | Discovery materials or evidence; allows accused to request the Commonwealth to copy or photograph. | VOTE: Pass by for the day - Adoption (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1614 | Postpartum doula care; DMAS to amend state plan for medical assistance services. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1642 | Artificial intelligence-based tool; definition, use of tool. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1609 | Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. | Passed in enrolled form (64-Y 31-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1609 | Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (26-Y 67-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1657 | Voter registration; regular periodic review of registration records. | House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1675 | Board of Medicine; continuing education; unconscious bias and cultural competency. | VOTE: Pass by for the day - Adoption (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1665 | Fines, restitution, forfeiture, etc.; criminal and traffic cases, itemized statement. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1716 | Contraception; establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement. | Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (Y-55 N-41 A-0) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1716 | Contraception; establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (42-Y 54-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1796 | Corporations; creates a regulatory framework for decentralized autonomous organizations. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (28-Y 68-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1791 | Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund; established and created. | House sustained Governor's veto (51-Y 45-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1766 | Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (Y-63 N-33 A-0) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1725 | Medical Debt Protection Act; created, prohibited practices, penalties. | Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (51-Y 45-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1725 | Medical Debt Protection Act; created, prohibited practices, penalties. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (33-Y 63-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1712 | Law-enforcement agencies and officers; establishing training curriculum on certain arrests. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 5-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1699 | Tax exemptions; Confederacy organizations. | Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (52-Y 42-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1699 | Tax exemptions; Confederacy organizations. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (20-Y 74-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1721 | Condemnation of conservation or open-space easement; compensation, Uniform Easement Relocation Act. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1723 | Assistance w/food access, etc.; methods to improve participation in fed. public assistance programs. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (31-Y 63-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1730 | Personal injury or death by wrongful act; liability of employer to vulnerable victims. | Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (54-Y 41-N 1-A) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1730 | Personal injury or death by wrongful act; liability of employer to vulnerable victims. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (31-Y 63-N 1-A) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1833 | Small Family Day Home Provider Incentive Pilot Program; established, sunset. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (35-Y 60-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1876 | Capitol Sq. or building owned/leased by the Commonwealth, carrying firearm/explosive material, etc. | House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1869 | Firearms; purchase, etc., assault and battery of family member or intimate partner, penalties. | House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1821 | Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers, zero-carbon electricity. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1888 | Tort actions; immunity of persons based on statements made at a Title IX hearing. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 1-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1844 | Baby Food Protection Act; testing and labeling requirements for toxic heavy metals. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1824 | High school graduation requirements; history and social studies credits, etc. | Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (51-Y 45-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1824 | High school graduation requirements; history and social studies credits, etc. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (26-Y 70-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1835 | Geologists; regulation, licensure, penalty. | Passed by for the day | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1883 | Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (29-Y 67-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| SB903 | Dogs; sale and procurement by pet shops, pet shop regulations. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 1-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB866 | Real Estate Board; membership, qualifications. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB936 | Decreasing probation period; criteria for mandatory reduction, effective clause, report. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (62-Y 34-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1923 | Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners, etc. | Passed in enrolled form (70-Y 24-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1923 | Health insurance; reimbursement for services rendered by certain practitioners, etc. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (14-Y 81-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1961 | Public elementary & secondary schools; bell-to-bell student cell phone & smart device possession. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1957 | SOL assessments & related student assessment methods; assessment development, etc., reform. | House rejected Governor's recommendation #1 (33-Y 61-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1957 | SOL assessments & related student assessment methods; assessment development, etc., reform. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation #'s 2-12 (88-Y 5-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1924 | School boards; prohibition against hiring or contracting for the services of certain individuals. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 2-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1928 | Minimum wage. | House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1929 | Pregnancy mobile application; promoting awareness of gov't. maternal & infant health programs, etc. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1934 | Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1918 | Women's Menstrual Health Program; established, information collection, etc. | Passed in enrolled form (94-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1918 | Women's Menstrual Health Program; established, information collection, etc. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (16-Y 80-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB1936 | Teacher training; Department of Education to establish and maintain an index of each training, etc. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1970 | Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning, provisions are declaratory of existing law. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1977 | Weapons; possession prohibited in a hospital that provides mental health or developmental services. | House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2024 | Virginia Public Procurement Act; solar photovoltaic equipment and facilities. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 4-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2002 | Voter registration; cancellation of registration, sources of data. | House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB1989 | Medical cannabis program; changes requirements for product labels, dispensing cannabis products. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2008 | Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program authority; right of entry. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (14-Y 80-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2018 | Teachers; career and technical education, alternative pathway to provisional licensure. | Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (58-Y 36-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2018 | Teachers; career and technical education, alternative pathway to provisional licensure. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (22-Y 73-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2036 | Reckless driving; definition of "exhibition driving," penalties. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2034 | Tidal and nontidal wetlands; policy task force to evaluate policies regarding protection, etc. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2096 | Intelligent Speed Assistance Program; established, penalty. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (86-Y 9-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2109 | Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures, Task Force on; State Health Commissioner to reestablish. | VOTE: Pass by for the day - Adoption (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2082 | Medical Assistance Services, Department of; appeals of agency determinations. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2050 | Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2103 | Regulations Governing Allowable Credit for Teaching Experience; etc. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (45-Y 50-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2087 | Electric utilities; transportation electrification, definitions. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2040 | Speech-language pathology assistants; licensure, qualifications, scope of practice. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (91-Y 3-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| SB999 | Appeals; procedure on appeal, payment of expenses. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2056 | Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices, days and hours of operation. | House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 44-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2161 | VCU Health System Authority; changes relating to board of directors and chief executive officer. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2158 | DOC; functional literacy program for inmates, etc. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2157 | Richard Bland College; governance. | VOTE: Pass by for the day - Adoption (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2153 | Comprehensive plan; housing development by nonprofit organizations. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (84-Y 12-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2134 | American Indians, Va. recognized tribes, and federally recognized tribes; definitions, sovereignty. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2360 | High School diploma seal of biliteracy; designation as high-demand industry workforce credential. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2210 | Real Estate Board; membership, qualifications. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2313 | Boarding establishments; work group to consider whether to propose state license, etc. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (79-Y 15-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2351 | Civil litigation; suspension bonds and irrevocable letters of credit upon appeal. | VOTE: Pass by for the day - Adoption (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2350 | Emergency Management, Department of; powers & duties, development & implementation of guidelines. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (20-Y 75-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2458 | Vehicles used for agricultural purposes; reflectors/reflectorized material on rear end of trailers. | House rejected Governor's amendments #'s 2-7 (46-Y 50-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2458 | Vehicles used for agricultural purposes; reflectors/reflectorized material on rear end of trailers. | House rejected Governor's amendment #1 (45-Y 51-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2218 | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; rental payment methods. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 4-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2426 | Small renewable energy projects; amends definition, permit by rule. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (27-Y 69-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2371 | Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. | Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (59-Y 37-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2371 | Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 78-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2346 | Virtual power plant pilot program; each Phase II Utility shall petition SCC for approval to conduct. | Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (53-Y 41-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2346 | Virtual power plant pilot program; each Phase II Utility shall petition SCC for approval to conduct. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (10-Y 85-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2352 | Dumfries, Town of; amending charter, town powers, etc. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2446 | Postpartum Depression Education Act; Department of Health to establish a public awareness campaign. | Passed in enrolled form (93-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2446 | Postpartum Depression Education Act; Department of Health to establish a public awareness campaign. | House rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 78-N) | 04/02/2025 | Nay |
| HB2454 | Public school accountability system; Three "E" Readiness Framework. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2302 | Real property tax; exemption for religious buildings, rebuilding structure. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2266 | Electric utilities; distribution cost sharing program established, etc. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (85-Y 9-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| HB2221 | Prisoners; Department of Corrections-issued identification, report. | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N) | 04/02/2025 | Yea |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
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| VA | Virginia House District 005 | House | Democrat | In Office | 01/10/2024 | |
| VA | Virginia House District 045 | House | Democrat | Out of Office | 01/12/2022 | 01/12/2024 |