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State Delegate
Josh Thomas
(D) - Virginia
Virginia House District 021
In Office - Started: 01/10/2024
contact info
Capitol Office
General Assembly Building
201 N. 9th St.
Richmond, VA 23219
201 N. 9th St.
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804-698-1021
District Mailing Address
P.O. Box 922
Gainesville, VA 20156
Gainesville, VA 20156
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1601 | Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. | Siting of data centers; site assessment; high energy use facility. Provides that prior to any approval of a rezoning application, special exception application, or special use permit for the siting of a new high energy use facility (HEUF), as defined in the bill, a locality shall require that an applicant perform and submit a site assessment to examine the sound profile of the HEUF on residential units and schools located within 500 feet of the HEUF property boundary. The bill also allows a locality to require that a site assessment examine the effect of the proposed facility on (i) ground and surface water resources, (ii) agricultural resources, (iii) parks, (iv) registered historic sites, and (v) forestland on the HEUF site or immediately contiguous land. The provisions of the bill shall not apply to a site with an existing legislative or administrative approval where an applicant is seeking an expansion or modification of an already existing or approved facility and such expansion does not exceed an additional 100 megawatts or more of electrical power. Finally, the bill provides that its provisions shall not be construed to prohibit, limit, or otherwise supersede existing local zoning authority. This bill is identical to SB 1449. | Vetoed |
| HB2657 | Involuntary manslaughter; certain drug offenses. | Involuntary manslaughter; certain drug offenses. Provides that any person who knowingly, intentionally, and feloniously manufactures, sells, or distributes a controlled substance knowing that such controlled substance contains a detectable amount of fentanyl, including its derivatives, isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, and unintentionally causes the death of another person is guilty of involuntary manslaughter if (i) such death results from the use of the controlled substance and (ii) such controlled substance is the proximate cause of the death. The bill provides that venue for a prosecution of this crime shall lie in the locality where the manufacturing, sale, or distribution of such controlled substance occurred, where the use of the controlled substance occurred, or where death occurred.The bill also provides that if a person gave or distributed such controlled substance only as an accommodation to another individual who is not an inmate in a community correctional facility, local correctional facility, or state correctional facility, or in the custody of an employee thereof, and not with intent to profit thereby from any consideration received or expected nor to induce the recipient of the controlled substance to use or become addicted to or dependent upon such controlled substance, he is not guilty of involuntary manslaughter but is guilty of a Class 6 felony. This bill is identical to SB 746. | 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 |
| HB1609 | Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. | Health insurance; coverage for fertility services; essential health benefits benchmark plan. Requires the Health Insurance Reform Commission to consider coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and for standard fertility preservation procedures in its 2025 review of the essential health benefits benchmark plan. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HR852 | Commending Sarah Everhardt. | Commending Sarah Everhardt. | 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 |
| HR801 | Commending My Cravingz. | Commending My Cravingz. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR822 | Commending Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. | Commending Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB2050 | Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established. | Drinking water; Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program established. Creates the Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program to reduce excessive levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in public drinking water derived from the Occoquan Reservoir. The bill requires certain facilities to monitor for PFAS on or before October 1, 2025, using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Method 1633 or an alternative method approved by the EPA. The bill requires any such facility to report all results to the Department of Environmental Quality no later than the tenth day of the next month after the month in which the result is reported by the laboratory and to include in such report all PFAS analytes measured by the test method. The bill requires by July 1, 2027, for any facility that measures exceedances in its discharge of the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for PFAS in drinking water promulgated on or before January 1, 2025, the Department, for an individual Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit if the facility discharges directly to surface waters, or a major publicly owned treatment works, for an indirect discharger, to modify the applicable discharge permit to require that the facility's discharge not exceed that MCL. The bill requires the modified permit to provide a compliance schedule that requires compliance with such level as soon as possible but no later than July 1, 2029. The bill exempts from its provisions any industrial discharger not listed in the bill, any publicly owned treatment works or drinking water treatment plant, or a municipal solid waste facility but provides that any public water system may follow the requirements of the bill for the purpose of planning for compliance with the MCL for PFAS in finished water. The bill clarifies that its provisions will not limit the authority of the Department or the owner or operator of any publicly owned treatment works to which any user discharges wastewater to require monitoring or reporting or otherwise regulate the discharge of any PFAS chemicals or other pollutants under other applicable legal authority. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1608 | Firearm industry members; standards of responsible conduct, civil liability. | Firearm industry members; standards of responsible conduct; civil liability. Creates standards of responsible conduct for firearm industry members and requires such members to establish and implement reasonable controls regarding the manufacture, sale, distribution, use, and marketing of the firearm industry member's firearm-related products, as those terms are defined in the bill. Such reasonable controls include reasonable procedures, safeguards, and business practices that are designed to (i) prevent the sale or distribution of a firearm-related product to a straw purchaser, a firearm trafficker, a person prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law, or a person who the firearm industry member has reasonable cause to believe is at substantial risk of using a firearm-related product to harm themselves or unlawfully harm another or of unlawfully possessing or using a firearm-related product; (ii) prevent the loss of a firearm-related product or theft of a firearm-related product from a firearm industry member; (iii) ensure that the firearm industry member complies with all provisions of state and federal law and does not otherwise promote the unlawful manufacture, sale, possession, marketing, or use of a firearm-related product; and (iv) ensure that the firearm industry member does not engage in an act or practice in violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill also provides that a firearm industry member may not knowingly or recklessly create, maintain, or contribute to a public nuisance, as defined in the bill, through the sale, manufacturing, importing, or marketing of a firearm-related product. The bill creates a civil cause of action for the Attorney General or a local county or city attorney to enforce the provisions of the bill or for any person who has been injured as a result of a firearm industry member's violation to seek an injunction and to recover costs and damages. | Vetoed |
| SB1319 | Industrial wastewater; publicly owned treatment works. | Self-reporting of PFAS manufacture and use for PFAS assessment; Department of Environmental Quality; industrial wastewater; publicly owned treatment works. Requires every publicly owned treatment works to require certain new or existing industrial users to self-report use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as part of a pretreatment program. The bill requires every publicly owned treatment works receiving such self-report of PFAS from an industrial user to convey the information to the Department of Environmental Quality within 90 days of receipt. The bill amends the defined meaning of "use of PFAS" to exclude use of surface water or groundwater supply from the definition. Currently, "use of PFAS" does not include manufacturing equipment that contains PFAS. The bill also directs any industrial user required to self-report use of PFAS to submit such report within 90 days of notification from the publicly owned treatment works of this reporting requirement and requires the publicly owned treatment works to notify relevant industrial users of the requirement to self-report use of PFAS within 90 days of notification from the Department to make such notification. The bill requires the Department to notify publicly owned treatment works of the industrial user self-reporting requirements within 30 days of the bill's effective date. Finally, the bill directs the PFAS Expert Advisory Committee to include in its 2025 annual report recommendations on the development of an inventory of PFAS testing methodologies and control technologies for industrial sources. | 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 |
| HB1724 | Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established, drug cost affordability review, report. | Prescription Drug Affordability Board established; drug cost affordability review. Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products. The bill requires the Board to meet in open session at least four times annually, with certain exceptions and requirements enumerated in the bill. Members of the Board are required to disclose any conflicts of interest, as described in the bill. The bill also creates a stakeholder council for the purpose of assisting the Board in making decisions related to drug cost affordability. The bill tasks the Board with identifying prescription, generic, and other drugs, as defined in the bill, that are offered for sale in the Commonwealth and, at the Board's discretion, conducting an affordability review of any prescription drug product. The bill lists factors for the Board to consider that indicate an affordability challenge for the health care system in the Commonwealth or high out-of-pocket costs for patients. The bill also provides that any person aggrieved by a decision of the Board may request an appeal of the Board's decision and that the Attorney General has authority to enforce the provisions of the bill. The bill provides that the Board shall establish no more than 12 upper payment limit amounts annually between July 1, 2026, and January 1, 2029.The bill requires the Board to annually report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly, beginning on December 31, 2026. Provisions of the bill apply to state-sponsored and state-regulated health plans and health programs and obligate such policies to limit drug payment amounts and reimbursements to an upper payment limit amount set by the Board, if applicable, following an affordability review. The bill specifies that Medicare Part D plans are not bound by such decisions of the Board.The bill also requires the nonprofit organization contracted by the Department of Health to provide prescription drug price transparency to provide the Board access to certain data reported by manufacturers. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. | Vetoed |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HR750 | Commending Virginia Union University. | Commending Virginia Union University. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR752 | Commending Shaboozey. | Commending Shaboozey. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR686 | Commending the Honorable Dr. William Ferguson Reid. | Commending the Honorable Dr. William Ferguson Reid. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR674 | Commending Arthur Ellsworth Dick Howard. | Commending Arthur Ellsworth Dick Howard. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR592 | Celebrating the life of Demonté Lamont Tillery. | Celebrating the life of Demonté Lamont Tillery. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR637 | Commending Mizuno Japanese Restaurant. | Commending Mizuno Japanese Restaurant. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR587 | Commending McKay Used Books. | Commending McKay Used Books. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR586 | Commending the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue Swift Water Rescue Team. | Commending the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue Swift Water Rescue Team. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR585 | Commending Grant Holloway. | Commending Grant Holloway. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR603 | Commending 30-year members of the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue. | Commending 30-year members of the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR600 | Commending 35-year members of the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue. | Commending 35-year members of the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR601 | Commending 20-year members of the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue. | Commending 20-year members of the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR598 | Commending 25-year members of the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue. | Commending 25-year members of the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR593 | Celebrating the life of William Eugene Goodman, Jr. | Celebrating the life of William Eugene Goodman, Jr. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR610 | Commending the Virginia Women and Family Support Center. | Commending the Virginia Women and Family Support Center. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1726 | Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; definitions, contracted defense facility, penalty. | Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility; penalty. Creates a Class 4 felony for any person who knowingly, intentionally, and without authorization causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter the property of and obtains or attempts to obtain any videographic or still image that contains or reveals any controlled technical information located within a contracted defense facility, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill also provides that the owner or operator of a contracted defense facility and its employees shall be immune from criminal prosecution and civil liability as a result of preventing, stopping, deterring, interrupting, or repelling, or attempting to prevent, stop, deter, interrupt, or repel, an unmanned aircraft system from entering the property of such contracted defense facility or from stopping, interrupting, or repelling, or attempting to stop, interrupt, or repel, an unmanned aircraft system that has entered such property, provided that such action does not result in injury to any person. This bill is identical to SB 757. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR752 | Commending Christian Parker. | Commending Christian Parker. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR755 | Commending Willing Warriors. | Commending Willing Warriors. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR753 | Commending Ken Luersen. | Commending Ken Luersen. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1635 | Certified nurse midwives; licensed certified midwives; independent practice; organized medical staff. | Certified nurse midwives; licensed certified midwives; independent practice; organized medical staff. Permits licensed certified midwives who have completed 1,000 hours of practice under a practice agreement to practice without a practice agreement upon receipt of an attestation from the licensed physician or midwife with whom they entered into a practice agreement. The bill also permits certified nurse midwives and licensed certified midwives to enter into practice agreements with certified nurse midwives or licensed certified midwives who are authorized to practice independently. The bill directs the Department of Health to amend its regulations to clarify that an organized medical staff may include other practitioners, including independent practice midwives, in addition to physicians and dentists. This bill is identical to SB 1352. | 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 |
| 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 |
| HJR685 | Commending the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. | Commending the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR721 | Commending Norfolk State University. | Commending Norfolk State University. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR736 | Commending Northern Virginia Veterinary Medical Association. | Commending Northern Virginia Veterinary Medical Association. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1595 | Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program; changes to eligibility criteria. | Higher education; financial assistance; Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program; eligibility criteria. Makes several changes to the Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program, including (i) making the provisions relating to the requirements and conditions for eligibility for and award of grants under the Program subject to regulations as prescribed by the Adjutant General, (ii) eliminating the requirement to satisfy financial obligations with the institution of higher education at the beginning of each semester, (iii) simplifying the requirements relating to academic performance and good standing, and (iv) providing that, upon acceptance of an application for a grant, grant funds are to be disbursed to the applicable institution of higher education for credit against the recipient student's account. This bill is identical to SB 1106. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HJR2 | Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. | \r\n\r\n | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1880 | Public schools; enrollment of certain military children with disabilities; provision of special education services and accommodations. | Public schools; enrollment of certain military children with disabilities; provision of special education services and accommodations. Provides that whenever a child of a service member who enrolls in a school division in accordance with applicable law is also a child with disabilities, the school board of the school division is required to, upon receipt of documentation from the service member parent or an official letter from the service member's command indicating such service member's relocation to such school division, coordinate with such child's parent and such child's previous school division to facilitate the prompt provision of comparable special education services and accommodations for such child. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1881 | Public elementary/secondary schools; enrollment of dependent student of active duty service members. | Public elementary and secondary schools; enrollment; dependent students of active duty service members; policies. Permits any school board to establish and implement policies providing for the enrollment of any student, upon request of such student's parent, (i) who does not reside within the applicable school division, (ii) whose parent is a full-time active duty member of the uniformed services of the United States and for whom the Commonwealth is the home of record, and (iii) who meets the other requirements set forth in the bill. The bill permits such policies to provide for the denial of any such enrollment request if the school board can demonstrate that it lacks the resources or capacity. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1626 | Public elementary & secondary school teachers; certain training activities, requirements, etc. | Public elementary and secondary school teachers; certain training activities; requirements and limitations. Prohibits any public elementary or secondary school teacher from being required to participate in any non-academic training activity, as that term is defined in the bill, more frequently than once within six months of employment with the applicable school board and once every five years thereafter, except in the case of certain training relating to secure mandatory test violations upon determination by the school board or division superintendent that additional training is necessary. The bill also provides that the total frequency and duration of non-academic training activities in which each such teacher is required to participate pursuant to state law or regulation or policy or regulation of the applicable school board shall not exceed 25 hours every five years. This bill is identical to SB 822. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1627 | Criminal history record information; dissemination of record information. | Dissemination of criminal history record information. Requires an attorney for the Commonwealth to provide a physical or electronic copy of a person's criminal history record information, including criminal history record information maintained in the National Crime Information Center and the Interstate Identification Index System that is in his possession, pursuant to the rules of court for obtaining discovery or for review by the court. The bill also provides that no criminal history record information provided shall be disseminated further.Current law provides that nothing shall preclude the dissemination of a person's criminal history record information pursuant to such rules of court but does not require the attorney for the Commonwealth to provide the copy nor identify specific types of information. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. This bill incorporates HB 2314 and is identical to SB 1193. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1868 | Real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of members of armed forces who died in line of duty. | Real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty; clarification for deaths resulting from suicide. Clarifies that the real property tax exemption currently available to the surviving spouse of any member of the armed forces of the United States who died in the line of duty with a Line of Duty determination from the U.S. Department of Defense includes the death of any such member that was the result of suicide. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2533 | Counties, cities, and towns; comprehensive plan may include tiny homes or accessory dwelling units. | Local comprehensive plan; tiny homes; accessory dwelling units. Clarifies that the comprehensive plan prepared by a local planning commission and adopted by a local governing body may include the use of tiny homes and accessory dwelling units, defined in the bill, as part of any residential development and use designated within such plan. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill incorporates HB 1832. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2500 | Florence Neal Cooper Smith Sickle Cell Research Endowment Fund; established. | Florence Neal Cooper Smith Sickle Cell Research Endowment Fund established. Establishes the Florence Neal Cooper Smith Sickle Cell Research Endowment Fund to support medical and biomedical sickle cell disease research conducted in institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth that relates to the causes and potential cures of sickle cell disease. The Fund shall be administered by the Commonwealth Health Research Board. | 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 |
| HB1694 | Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Prog.; number of qualified survivors and dependents, etc. | State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; Department of Veterans Services; Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; enrollment and eligibility data; report. Directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in coordination with the Department of Veterans Services, to submit to the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1 of each year a report on (i) the number of individuals who are qualified survivors and dependents, as that term is defined in applicable law, and have been certified as eligible to participate in the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program but are not yet admitted to a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and (ii) the best available estimate of the total number of qualified survivors and dependents who are participating in the Program and enrolled in the fall semester at each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. This bill incorporates HB 1613. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HB2691 | Relief; Duffy, Keshawn Clarence, compensation for wrongful incarceration. | Claims; Keshawn Clarence Duffy; compensation for wrongful incarceration. Grants relief in an amount to be appropriated to Keshawn Clarence Duffy, who was wrongly convicted of and subsequently incarcerated for two counts of forcible sodomy. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1698 | Retail sales and use tax; exemption for prescription medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians; sunset. | Retail sales and use tax; exemption for prescription medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians; sunset. Extends to July 1, 2028, the exemption from sales and use tax available for the purchase by veterinarians of prescription medicines and drugs that are administered or dispensed to patients within a veterinarian-client-patient relationship that is currently set to expire on July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 1369. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2303 | Large animal veterinary grant program; State Veterinarian to establish, report. | State Veterinarian; large animal veterinary grant program; report. Directs the State Veterinarian to establish a large animal veterinary grant program no later than July 1, 2026, to provide grants to increase or stabilize the number of large animal veterinarians, as defined in the bill, practicing in areas of the Commonwealth that have been identified by the State Veterinarian as having a shortage of such veterinarians. The bill directs the State Veterinarian to annually select from a pool of applicants no more than four large animal veterinarians to participate in the program and to develop, in consultation with the Board of Veterinary Medicine and relevant stakeholders, selection criteria for applicants to participate in the program. The bill also requires the State Veterinarian to submit a report evaluating the extent to which the program has helped to address the shortage of large animal veterinarians in the Commonwealth to the Board and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources no later than July 1, 2030. This bill is identical to SB 921. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2590 | Virginia STEP Grant Program; established. | Virginia Student Training Employment Pipeline for U.S. Procurement (STEP UP) Program established. Directs the Department of Education to establish the Virginia Student Training Employment Pipeline for U.S. Procurement (STEP UP) Program for the purpose of facilitating opportunities for any student enrolled in the eleventh or twelfth grade at a public high school in the Commonwealth or enrolled at a comprehensive community college or historically black college or university in the Commonwealth who enters into an agreement with an entity located in the relevant local school division or region that has a procurement contract with the federal government whereby such entity agrees to provide assistance to the student to obtain, prior to graduation, any federal security clearance at the public trust or national security level and any other education, training, or credential that is necessary for the student to be prepared for employment with such entity upon graduation in exchange for a commitment from the student to accept and remain in such an employment position for an agreed-upon period of time after graduation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1629 | Health care records; providers shall provide one free copy of records stored in EHR upon request. | Health care records; fees; certain requests by a patient or his attorney. Requires that a health care provider provide one free copy of a patient's medical records per calendar year if requested by a patient or his attorney for the purposes of supporting a claim or appeal under certain provisions of the Social Security Act or any federal or state financial needs-based benefit program. The bill provides that any additional request for medical records in the same calendar year is subject to a reasonable fee. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2071 | DVS; powers and duties of Commissioner, identification of incarcerated veterans. | Department of Veterans Services; powers and duties of Commissioner; identification of incarcerated veterans. Provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services shall assist the Department of Corrections, sheriffs, and local and regional jails in utilizing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Re-Entry Search Services system to identify veterans incarcerated in state prisons and local and regional jails to help such veterans prepare for release or reentry, reduce recidivism and homelessness, connect such veterans to resources to address the challenges of post-traumatic stress disorder, and divert eligible veterans to treatment dockets. This bill incorporates HB 2522 and is identical to SB 1251. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2645 | Early Childhood Care and Education, Commission on; expands membership. | Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education; members. Expands from 31 to 32 the minimum number of members of the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education by adding one representative of the Department of Veterans Services to the nonlegislative citizen members of the Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1391. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR634 | Celebrating the life of Matthew Robert Chiaverotti. | Celebrating the life of Matthew Robert Chiaverotti. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR616 | Commending Colonel Gary T. Settle. | Commending Colonel Gary T. Settle. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR618 | Commending the Culture Cup. | Commending the Culture Cup. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR617 | Commending Boxes of Basics. | Commending Boxes of Basics. | 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 |
| HJR607 | Commending Thomas Heilman. | Commending Thomas Heilman. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR584 | Celebrating the life of Dr. Golden Bethune-Hill. | Celebrating the life of Dr. Golden Bethune-Hill. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR600 | Commending Christian Tabash. | Commending Christian Tabash. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1653 | Real Estate Board; regulations related to fees charged to a licensee. | Real Estate Board; regulations related to fees charged to a licensee. Prohibits the Real Estate Board from charging a fee to a real estate licensee for the transfer of such licensee between offices within a licensed real estate firm, including from such firm's primary place of business to one of its branch offices or from a branch office to another branch office under the same primary place of business. This bill is identical to SB 785. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB2065 | Fire Programs Fund; aid to localities, requirement for emergency incidents reporting. | Fire Programs Fund; aid to localities; requirement for emergency incidents reporting. Requires that, in order to remain eligible for funding from the Fire Programs Fund, a locality must report all emergency incidents through the National Emergency Response Information System while sharing such emergency incident data with the Department of Fire Programs. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 1282. | 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 |
| HJR511 | Celebrating the life of Nikki Giovanni. | Celebrating the life of Nikki Giovanni. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR512 | Commending the Roanoke Star. | Commending the Roanoke Star. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR490 | Celebrating the life of John Lee Orrock. | Celebrating the life of John Lee Orrock. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HJR447 | Statewide food desert mapping tool; Virginia Commission to End Hunger to establish, report. | Virginia Commission to End Hunger; statewide food desert mapping tool; report. Directs the Virginia Commission to End Hunger to establish a statewide food desert mapping tool, using geographic, socioeconomic, and demographic data to identify food deserts and food apartheid zones in the Commonwealth in order to create a comprehensive and actionable statewide food desert mapping tool. The Commission is directed to collaborate with the Departments of Health, Agriculture and Consumer Services, and Social Services, in addition to universities and nonprofit organizations with relevant experience and expertise, to build the mapping tool. Technical assistance in building the mapping tool shall be provided to the Commission by Division of Legislative Automated Systems. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR481 | Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder. | Commending Lawrence Douglas Wilder. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SJR440 | Celebrating the life of John William Lyver IV. | Celebrating the life of John William Lyver IV. | Passed |
| SJR393 | Celebrating the life of His Highness Prince Karim Agakhan. | Celebrating the life of His Highness Prince Karim Agakhan. | Passed |
| SJR410 | Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. | Commending the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce. | Passed |
| SJR408 | Commending the United States Army. | Commending the United States Army. | Passed |
| SJR434 | Commending the Honorable William Ferguson Reid, M.D. | Commending the Honorable William Ferguson Reid, M.D. | Passed |
| SJR445 | Celebrating the life of Matthew Charles Obenshain. | Celebrating the life of Matthew Charles Obenshain. | Passed |
| HB2046 | 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 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 the 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 |
| SJR371 | Commending Hoda Kotb. | Commending Hoda Kotb. | Passed |
| SJR370 | Commending Linda Ford. | Commending Linda Ford. | Passed |
| SJR363 | Commending the Virginia Spaceport Authority. | Commending the Virginia Spaceport Authority. | Passed |
| HB1864 | Garnishments; automatic exemption, accounts with depository institution. | Poor debtor's exemption; depository institution account exemption. Allows a householder to hold exempt from creditor process up to $500 held in a depository institution. The bill provides that a depository institution shall, upon receipt of an order of garnishment, attachment, or other levy, answer such order and, if the householder maintains a deposit account or accounts with such depository institution, state that (i) the total amount in such account or accounts does not exceed $500 or (ii) the total amount in such account or accounts does exceed $500 and that the amount of funds in excess of $500 is being held by such institution pending further order of the court. The bill further provides that, beginning on April 1, 2027, any increases in exempt amounts shall be adjusted at three-year intervals to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The bill provides that such adjustments shall be calculated by the Department of Planning and Budget. | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB1624 | Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms; addictive feed prohibited for minors. | Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms; addictive feed prohibited for minors. Prohibits a person that operates a social media platform that has knowledge that a user of the social media platform is a child under the age of 18 from using an addictive feed, defined in the bill, unless the operator of such social media platform obtains verifiable parental consent. | Dead |
| HB1972 | Early childhood care & education; statewide unified public-private system, capacity & family choice. | Statewide unified public-private system for early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth; state goal; capacity and family choice. Requires the statewide, unified, public-private system for early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth to be established with the goal of increasing and maintaining capacity systemwide to provide each family with meaningful access to high-quality and affordable choices among publicly funded, federally funded, mixed delivery, and private providers. | Dead |
| HB1737 | Department of Veterans Services; powers and duties of Commissioner; online portal. | Department of Veterans Services; powers and duties of Commissioner; online portal. Provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services shall develop and maintain an online portal to connect veterans, members of the Virginia National Guard, Virginia residents in the Armed Forces Reserves who qualify for veteran status, and their immediate family members to available resources, programs, and services in the Commonwealth and provide a means to submit electronic applications for such resources, programs, and services. | Dead |
| HB2079 | Pharmacy, Board of; membership, EMS agencies authorized to obtain controlled substance registration. | Board of Pharmacy; membership; emergency medical services agencies authorized to obtain controlled substance registration. Adds a career fire/emergency medical services (EMS) member and a volunteer fire/EMS member to the Board of Pharmacy for a total of 12 members. In addition, the bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations authorizing EMS agencies and regional EMS councils to obtain a controlled substance registration. The authorization allows an EMS agency or regional EMS council to receive controlled substances in Schedules II through VI from a wholesale distributor, manufacturer, third-party logistics provider, warehouse, or pharmacy. The bill also directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations specifying a fire station with around the clock staffing is authorized to store controlled substances in a locked room with an access control device and camera monitoring system. | Dead |
| HB2193 | Virginia National Guard; deployment to active duty combat. | Virginia National Guard; deployment to active duty combat. Prohibits the Virginia National Guard from being deployed into active duty combat, defined in the bill, unless Congress has made an official declaration of war, defined in the bill, or has taken an official action as authorized by the Constitution of the United States for the purposes of expressly executing the laws of the United States, repelling invasion, or suppressing an insurrection. | Dead |
| HB1602 | Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth or political subdivisions; law-enforcement officers. | Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth or political subdivisions; law-enforcement officers. Provides that any person who is employed by the Commonwealth or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth as a law-enforcement officer shall receive paid leaves of absence for up to 388 work hours for which a leave of absence is required, during which such person is engaged in federally funded military duty, to include training duty, or is called forth by the Governor for military duty. | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB2078 | Charitable gaming; certain common interest communities qualified to conduct bingo. | Charitable gaming; common interest communities; bingo. Allows common interest communities that serve residents age 55 or older to become a qualified organization for the purposes of conducting bingo in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The bill limits such bingo games to residents of the common interest community and for no more than seven days per calendar year and sets value limits for the award of bingo prize money or merchandise. | Dead |
| HB2027 | State Corporation Commission; certificate of operation for high load facilities. | State Corporation Commission; certificate of operation for high load facilities. Prohibits any person from operating a high load facility, defined in the bill as a facility whose electricity demand exceeds 25 megawatts that was not operating before July 1, 2026, without first having obtained a certificate of operation from the State Corporation Commission. The bill requires the Commission to permit the operation of a high load facility upon a finding that such facility and associated facilities (i) will have no material adverse effect upon the rates paid by customers of any regulated public utility in the Commonwealth, taking into account any likely generation, transmission, or distribution needs attributable to the operation of the high load facility; (ii) will have no material adverse effect upon reliability of electric service provided by any regulated public utility; (iii) would be consistent with the Commonwealth Clean Energy Policy; and (iv) are not otherwise contrary to the public interest. The bill requires the Commission to consider certain factors in a review of a petition for a certificate to operate a high load facility, including whether there is sufficient energy, capacity, and grid infrastructure to support the operation of the high load facility and whether the operation of the high load facility would create an unreasonable cross-subsidy across customers served by the incumbent electric utility. Finally, the bill requires the Commission to conduct a proceeding to establish minimum criteria for the issuance of a certificate of operation for a high load facility and requirements for public notice and an opportunity for hearing. | Dead |
| HB2028 | School boards; entitlement to one-time fee from certain data centers. | School boards; entitlement to one-time fee from certain data centers. Provides that any school board that governs a school division that contains a public school located within three miles of a data center, as such term is defined in relevant law, that received its certificate of occupancy from the relevant locality after July 1, 2025, is entitled to a one-time fee of $250,000 to be paid by the owner of such data center no later than 90 days after the issuance of such data center's certificate of occupancy by the locality. | Dead |
| HB2026 | Data centers; industrial zoning. | Data centers; industrial zoning. Requires a locality to review and amend its zoning ordinance to (i) designate data centers as industrial uses for zoning purposes; (ii) review the locations of zones allowing data centers by right, and adjust the zoning map, if needed, considering proximity to residential areas; (iii) review the minimum requirements in the zoning ordinance, such as setbacks and building heights, for the purpose of mitigating negative impacts on residential or other sensitive areas and consider adding requirements specific to data centers as needed; (iv) identify optimal areas for data center development in the locality, including locations that are suitable from the locality's perspective as well as the industry's perspective; (v) consider zoning ordinance changes to reduce the likelihood of noisy data centers, including through limiting allowable locations and requiring sound modeling, and prohibit the constant low-frequency noise of data centers from reaching residential areas; and (vi) require commitments from data centers making zoning requests to sufficiently mitigate negative impacts on any nearby residential areas. The provisions of the bill shall only apply to localities where data centers are already addressed in the locality's zoning ordinance and where a locality is revising its zoning ordinance to include data centers. | Dead |
| HB2654 | Unlawful dissemination of intimate images of another; creates a tiered system of penalties. | Unlawful dissemination of intimate images of another; penalties. | Dead |
| HB338 | Siting of data centers; locality may perform site assessment before approval. | Siting of data centers; site assessment. Allows a locality, prior to any approval for the siting of a data center, to perform a site assessment to examine the effect of the data center on water usage and carbon emissions within the locality. | Dead |
| HB366 | Va. Nat'l Guard State Tuition Assistance Program; provisions relating to eligibility for grants. | Institutions of higher education; tuition grants; Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program. Makes several changes to the Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program, including (i) making the provisions relating to the requirements and conditions for eligibility for and award of grants under the Program subject to regulations as prescribed by the Adjutant General, (ii) eliminating the requirement to satisfy financial obligations with the institution of higher education at the beginning of each semester, (iii) simplifying the requirements relating to academic performance and good standing, and (iv) providing that upon acceptance, grant funds shall be disbursed to the applicable institution of higher education for credit against the recipient's student account. | 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 |
| 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 |
| HB1292 | Income tax, state; subtraction for professional firefighter pension. | Income tax subtraction; professional firefighter pension. Establishes an income tax subtraction for up to $20,000 of firefighter benefits in taxable year 2024, up to $30,000 in taxable year 2025, and up to $40,000 in taxable year 2026 and each year thereafter. The bill defines firefighter benefits to include retirement income related to firefighting services and benefits paid to the surviving spouse of a firefighter whose death occurred in the line of duty. | Dead |
| HB273 | Divorce; cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment. | Divorce; cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment; divorce from bed and board. Eliminates the one-year waiting period for being decreed a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment by either party. The bill also repeals the provision allowing for a divorce from bed and board on the grounds of cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment. The provisions of the bill apply to suits for divorce filed on or after July 1, 2024. | Dead |
| HJR36 | Clean energy; Dept. of Energy to study barriers for local governments to purchase. | \r\n\r\n | 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 |
| HB240 | Income tax, state; contributions to Virginia College Savings Plan accounts, report. | Income tax; contributions to Virginia College Savings Plan accounts; report. Increases the maximum individual income tax deduction for amounts paid or contributed to a prepaid tuition contract or college savings trust account entered into with the Virginia College Savings Plan from $4,000 to $7,500 in taxable year 2024, $11,000 in taxable year 2025, and $15,000 for taxable year 2026 and thereafter. Such amount shall be adjusted for changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) beginning in taxable year 2024. The deduction is limited to $4,000 for taxpayers with federal adjusted gross income that is greater than $100,000 for an individual or $200,000 for married persons filing a joint return. The bill also creates an individual or corporate deduction, as applicable, of up to $4,000 for the amount a child day center or child day program paid or contributed to a customer's or client's prepaid tuition contract or college savings trust account entered into with the Virginia College Savings Plan. The bill also provides a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028 for 35 percent of expenses incurred by a business during the taxable year for contributions into a Virginia College Savings Plan account owned by an employee of the business. If the employee receiving the contribution is a qualified employee, as defined in the bill, the bill specifies that the credit shall not exceed $500 annually for each such employee. If the employee receiving the contribution is a qualified employee who is not highly compensated, as defined in the bill, the bill specifies that the credit shall not exceed $1,000 annually for each such employee. The bill provides that the total amount of tax credits available for a calendar year shall not exceed $5 million and that any unused tax credit may be carried over for five years. | 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 |
| HB1096 | Housing opportunity; increases tax credit. | Housing opportunity tax credit. Increases, for calendar years 2023 through 2025, the amount of housing opportunity tax credits that may be claimed from $60 million per calendar year to $100 million per calendar year. | 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Absent |
| HB1934 | Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| HB2158 | DOC; functional literacy program for inmates, etc. | Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Absent |
| HB2157 | Richard Bland College; governance. | VOTE: Pass by for the day - Adoption (47-Y 46-N) | 04/02/2025 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA | Virginia House District 021 | House | Democrat | In Office | 01/10/2024 |