SR166 - Celebrating the life of Dana Bertrand Hamel.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ghazala F. Hashmi, Lamont Bagby, Barbara A. Favola
Last updated 7 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SR47 - Celebrating the life of Rachel Gayle Davis Fowlkes.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Todd E. Pillion
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SR129 - Celebrating the life of Priit Juho Vesilind.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Danica A. Roem
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SJR157 - Commending Gilbert A. Smith.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB269 - General oyster-planting ground leases; riparian assignments, Marine Resources Commission.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bill R. DeSteph, Christie New Craig
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
General oyster-planting ground leases; riparian assignments; Marine Resources Commission. Directs the Marine Resources Commission to not issue or renew any private leases for general oyster-planting grounds in the Commonwealth on or after July 1, 2024, and to promulgate regulations to conform to the provisions of the bill. The bill returns any general oyster-planting grounds that are unassigned or currently leased by the Commission to public oyster rocks, beds, and shoals that are unassignable to any person for private use but does not curtail the length of time remaining on existing leases.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR153 - Commending the Fairfax County Public Library.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adam P. Ebbin, Dave W. Marsden, Jennifer Barton Boysko
Last updated 7 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB581 - Environmental Quality, Department of; groundwater and surface water withdrawal permits.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Richard H. Stuart
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Department of Environmental Quality; data; groundwater and surface water withdrawal permits. Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to utilize and incorporate comprehensive groundwater, surface water, and aquifer data in its decision-making processes related to the issuance and renewal of groundwater withdrawal permits and surface water withdrawal permits. Such data may include information relating to water levels, flow rates, and water quality. Department of Environmental Quality; data; groundwater and surface water withdrawal permits. Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to utilize and incorporate comprehensive groundwater, surface water, and aquifer data in its decision-making processes related to the issuance and renewal of groundwater withdrawal permits and surface water withdrawal permits. Such data may include information relating to water levels, flow rates, and water quality.
STATUS
Passed
SJR162 - Celebrating the life of James Douglas Coleburn.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Tammy Brankley Mulchi
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB646 - Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Timmy F. French
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims. Provides that in claims for an award under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund involving claims of sexual abuse of a minor where the conduct constitutes a felony, the passage of time shall not be a barrier to when the victim can file a claim. Under current law, such claim involving sexual abuse of a minor shall be filed within 10 years after the minor's eighteenth birthday.
STATUS
Passed
SB401 - Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth, etc.; includes prof. firefighters.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Tara A. Durant, Jennifer D. Carroll Foy, Russet W. Perry
Last updated 6 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Military leaves of absence for employees of Commonwealth or political subdivisions; professional firefighters. Provides that any person who is employed by the Commonwealth or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth as a professional firefighter shall receive paid leaves of absence for up to 388 work hours that a leave of absence is required, regardless of whether such amount of work hours exceeds 21 workdays per federal fiscal year, 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. Under current law, employees of the Commonwealth or a political subdivision of the Commonwealth are limited to an eight-hour, 21-workday cap, which equates to seven workdays for such employees working in 24-hour shifts. The 388-work-hour cap would provide leave for a little over 16 workdays for such employees working in 24-hour shifts.
STATUS
Passed
SB698 - Dam Safety, Flood Prevention, and Protection Assistance Fund; percentage of funds available.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Timmy F. French
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Dam Safety, Flood Prevention, and Protection Assistance Fund; percentage of funds available; owner match requirements. Reduces from 50 percent to 30 percent the project match required of applicants to receive funds from the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention, and Protection Assistance Fund for grants (i) to a local government that owns a dam, (ii) to a local government for a dam located within the locality, or (iii) to a private entity that owns a dam for the design, repair, and safety modifications of such a dam if it is identified in a safety report. The bill provides that grants made from the Fund to a local government or private entity for the determination of the hazard classification for impounding structures, dam break analysis, the mapping and digitization of dam break inundation zones, incremental damage analysis, and other engineering requirements shall require no more than a 10 percent match by the applicant except that such applicant shall be required to provide a minimum of $5,000 of the cost of the project, if funded, and such match provided by such applicant may be used to pay the application fees for the necessary impounding structure operation and maintenance certificate. The bill removes the 50 percent limit on matching grants that owners of impounding structures may be eligible for from the Fund and other sources of funding available to the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation to assist in the development of dam break inundation zone maps and for conducting incremental damage assessments in accordance with the Virginia Impounding Structure Regulations. The bill also removes the limitation that the total amount of expenditures for grants in any fiscal year are not to exceed 50 percent of the total noninterest or income deposits made to the Fund during the previous fiscal year together with the total amount collected in interest or income from the investment of moneys in the Fund from the previous year as determined at the beginning of the fiscal year. Dam Safety, Flood Prevention, and Protection Assistance Fund; percentage of funds available; owner match requirements. Reduces from 50 percent to 30 percent the project match required of applicants to receive funds from the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention, and Protection Assistance Fund for grants (i) to a local government that owns a dam, (ii) to a local government for a dam located within the locality, or (iii) to a private entity that owns a dam for the design, repair, and safety modifications of such a dam if it is identified in a safety report. The bill provides that grants made from the Fund to a local government or private entity for the determination of the hazard classification for impounding structures, dam break analysis, the mapping and digitization of dam break inundation zones, incremental damage analysis, and other engineering requirements shall require no more than a 10 percent match by the applicant except that such applicant shall be required to provide a minimum of $5,000 of the cost of the project, if funded, and such match provided by such applicant may be used to pay the application fees for the necessary impounding structure operation and maintenance certificate. The bill removes the 50 percent limit on matching grants that owners of impounding structures may be eligible for from the Fund and other sources of funding available to the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation to assist in the development of dam break inundation zone maps and for conducting incremental damage assessments in accordance with the Virginia Impounding Structure Regulations. The bill also removes the limitation that the total amount of expenditures for grants in any fiscal year are not to exceed 50 percent of the total noninterest or income deposits made to the Fund during the previous fiscal year together with the total amount collected in interest or income from the investment of moneys in the Fund from the previous year as determined at the beginning of the fiscal year.
STATUS
Introduced
SB137 - Electric utilities; SCC to ensure energy policy at lowest reasonable cost.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Electric utilities; State Corporation Commission; energy policy of the Commonwealth. Requires the State Corporation Commission to ensure that the Commonwealth implements the energy policy of the Commonwealth, as defined by relevant law, at the lowest reasonable cost, taking into account all cost-effective demand-side management options and the security and reliability benefits of the regional transmission entity that each incumbent electric utility has joined. The bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that plans, petitions, or proposals from utilities that do not ensure such implementation at the lowest reasonable cost are not in the public interest.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR92 - Celebrating the life of the Honorable Bernard Waugh Crigler.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bryce E. Reeves, Jennifer Barton Boysko, Creigh Deeds
Last updated 7 months ago8 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SJR88 - Commending the Iranian American community in Virginia.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Glen H. Sturtevant
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Introduced
SR82 - Commending the Honorable Jennifer Wexton.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Russet W. Perry, Lashrecse D. Aird, Lamont Bagby
Last updated 7 months ago38 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed