SJR8 - Celebrating the life of Ronald Lee Jett.

2 Co-Sponsors

SJR245 - Commending the Honorable Avelina S. Jacob.

1 Co-Sponsor

SB134 - Economic Development Authority; bd. of supervisors of Craig Co. to appoint one member to Authority.

1 Co-Sponsor

Economic development authorities; Craig County. Allows the board of supervisors of Craig County to appoint one of its members to the Economic Development Authority of the County of Craig.

SB173 - Adult day care centers; name changes to adult day centers throughout the Code.

1 Co-Sponsor

Adult day care centers; name change. Renames "adult day care centers" as "adult day centers" throughout the Code of Virginia.

SB385 - Artificial intelligence technology; use in education.

1 Co-Sponsor

Study; Board of Education; work group on the use of artificial intelligence technology in education; report. Requires the Board of Education, in collaboration with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to convene a work group to study and make recommendations on guidelines for the use and integration of AI technology in education in public elementary and secondary schools and public institutions of higher education. The bill requires the work group to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Department of Education, the Governor, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2024.

SJR220 - Commending Greg Nuckols.

1 Co-Sponsor

SB326 - Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates.

1 Co-Sponsor

Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates. Prohibits candidates, campaign committees, and political committees from soliciting or accepting contributions from any public utility, as defined in the bill, and prohibits any public utility or any political committee established by such public utility from making any such contribution.

SB478 - Vacant bldg. registration; Town of Waverly with authority to require owner to register annually.

1 Co-Sponsor

Vacant building registration; Town of Waverly; civil penalty. Adds the Town of Waverly to the list of localities with the authority to require the owner of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months or more and that meet the definition of "derelict building" to register such buildings on an annual basis and to impose an annual registration fee not to exceed $100 to defray the cost of processing such registration. Failure to register is punishable by a $200 civil penalty and in some cases a $400 civil penalty.

SB153 - Medical Ethics Defense Act; established.

1 Co-Sponsor

Medical Ethics Defense Act established. Establishes the right of a medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer not to participate in or pay for any medical procedure or service that violates such medical practitioner's, health care institution's, or health care payer's conscience, as those terms and conditions are defined in the bill. The bill provides protections for medical practitioners who disclose violations of the bill or report violations of laws or ethical guidelines for the safe provision of any medical procedure or service. The bill also provides a private right of action for any party harmed by violations of the bill.

SB493 - Medical malpractice; limitations on recovery, certain actions.

1 Co-Sponsor

Medical malpractice; limitations on recovery; certain actions. Eliminates the cap on the recovery in actions against health care providers for medical malpractice where the act or acts of malpractice occurred on or after July 1, 2024, and occurred against a patient age 10 or younger.

SJR39 - Commending Scott Chambers.

3 Co-Sponsors

SB548 - Virginia Retirement System; return to work, break in service.

1 Co-Sponsor

Virginia Retirement System; return to work; break in service. Reduces, from six months to one month, the length of the required break in service after retirement for a teacher, bus driver, specialized student support instructor, or law-enforcement officer before such person may return to work full time and continue to receive his pension under the Virginia Retirement System (VRS).

SJR133 - Celebrating the life of the Reverend Jamie Jerome Duncan.

1 Co-Sponsor

SB89 - Fort Monroe Authority; powers and duties.

2 Co-Sponsors

Fort Monroe Authority; powers and duties. Renames the executive director of the Fort Monroe Authority as the chief executive officer of the Authority.

SJR29 - Celebrating the life of George M. Hampton, Ph.D.

0 Co-Sponsors