SB469 - Controlled substances; manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing misbranded drugs, etc.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mark D. Obenshain, Christie New Craig, Bill R. DeSteph
Last updated 6 months ago18 Co-Sponsors
Controlled substances; manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, etc.; adulterated or misbranded drugs; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person, except for permitted manufacturers, to possess, purchase, sell, give, distribute, or possess with intent to sell, give, or distribute an encapsulating machine or a tableting machine that manufactures, compounds, converts, produces, processes, prepares, or otherwise introduces into the human body a controlled substance. The bill makes it a Class 5 felony if such person knows, intends, or has reasonable cause to believe that such action will result in the unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance or counterfeit controlled substance that contains (i) a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or Schedule II of the Drug Control Act or (ii) a controlled substance analog as defined in relevant law. Controlled substances; manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, etc.; adulterated or misbranded drugs; penalties. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person, except for permitted manufacturers, to possess, purchase, sell, give, distribute, or possess with intent to sell, give, or distribute an encapsulating machine or a tableting machine that manufactures, compounds, converts, produces, processes, prepares, or otherwise introduces into the human body a controlled substance. The bill makes it a Class 5 felony if such person knows, intends, or has reasonable cause to believe that such action will result in the unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance or counterfeit controlled substance that contains (i) a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or Schedule II of the Drug Control Act or (ii) a controlled substance analog as defined in relevant law. The bill also makes it a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than 10 nor more than 40 years for any person 18 years of age or older to knowingly allow a minor or a mentally incapacitated or physically helpless person of any age to be present during the manufacture or attempted manufacture of any substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl. The bill also increases from a Class 2 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for violations related to adulterated or misbranded drugs and cosmetics.
STATUS
Passed
SB493 - Medical malpractice; limitations on recovery, certain actions.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William M. Stanley
Last updated 9 months ago1 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.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR39 - Commending Scott Chambers.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Christie New Craig, Bill R. DeSteph, Emily M. Brewer
Last updated 8 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB548 - Virginia Retirement System; return to work, break in service.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Christie New Craig
Last updated 9 months ago1 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).
STATUS
Introduced
SB371 - Planning districts; King George County.
Virginia - 2024 Regular Session
Last updated 9 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Planning districts; King George County. Moves King George County from Planning District 16 (George Washington Regional Commission) to Planning District 17 (Northern Neck Planning District Commission). The bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to assist with this transition.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR133 - Celebrating the life of the Reverend Jamie Jerome Duncan.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lamont Bagby
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB518 - Public high schools; college and career specialist required.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Angelia Williams Graves
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Public high schools; personnel; college and career specialist required. Requires each school board to employ at least one college and career specialist, as defined in the bill, in each public high school in the local school division. The bill provides that each such individual shall be employed in addition to and not as a replacement for the required school counselor positions, specialized student support positions, or support services positions.
STATUS
Introduced
SB471 - Powers of attorney, certain; transfer on death deeds.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mark D. Obenshain
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Certain powers of attorney; transfer on death deeds. Provides that an agent under a power of attorney shall not have the authority to create, change, or revoke a transfer on death deed unless specifically granted the power to create or change a beneficiary designation as otherwise provided by law.
STATUS
Passed
SB89 - Fort Monroe Authority; powers and duties.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mamie E. Locke, Christie New Craig
Last updated 7 months ago2 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.
STATUS
Passed
SJR29 - Celebrating the life of George M. Hampton, Ph.D.
Virginia - 2024 Regular Session
Last updated 8 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB200 - Legal notices; locality to advertise on their website.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
J.D. Diggs
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Advertisement of legal notices; website. Allows a locality to advertise legal notices on the locality's website instead of, or in addition to, publishing such notices in a newspaper having general circulation in the locality.
STATUS
Introduced
SB411 - Animal testing facilities; DACR shall convene task force to identify potential deficiencies.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jennifer Barton Boysko, William M. Stanley
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Task Force on Transparency in Publicly Funded Animal Testing Facilities; report. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a Task Force on Transparency in Publicly Funded Animal Testing Facilities, consisting of legislators and stakeholders, for the purpose of identifying potential deficiencies in publicly funded animal testing facilities in the Commonwealth and recommending methods and context for making certain information about such animal testing facilities publicly available. The bill requires the Task Force to report its findings to certain committees of the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SJR130 - Celebrating the life of John F. Benton.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adam P. Ebbin, Barbara A. Favola
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB113 - Veterans' Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program; created, report.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bryce E. Reeves, Tara A. Durant
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Department of Veterans Services; Veteran's Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program. Creates, within the Department of Veterans Services, the Veteran's Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program (the Program) through which the Department shall collaborate with Virginia Commonwealth University to recruit veterans to participate in undergraduate-level and graduate-level cohorts to assist such veterans in pursuing educational pathways to employment with the Commonwealth. The Department shall report annually to the General Assembly by November 1 regarding the progress of the participants, the return on investment for the Commonwealth, and recommendations for Program enhancements. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027.
STATUS
Introduced
SB314 - Farm to School Program Task Force; Department of Education to establish.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Danica A. Roem, Christie New Craig
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Department of Education; establishment of Farm to School Program Task Force. Requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint such members as it deems necessary or appropriate to the Farm to School Program Task Force for the purpose of increasing student access throughout the Commonwealth to high-quality farm to school programs, defined in the bill as programs (i) whereby public schools purchase and feature prominently in school meals locally produced food or (ii) that involve experiential student learning opportunities relating to local food and agriculture, including school and community garden programs and local farm visits. The bill requires the Task Force to collaborate with local school boards, community-based organizations, farmers, relevant state and local agencies, and other relevant stakeholders to (a) assess existing farm to school programs within the Commonwealth to identify and disseminate to each local school board best practices for implementing and sustaining such programs, (b) establish and distribute to each local school board a guidance document for the establishment and operation of school garden programs, (c) provide information and resources to each local school board to assist it in leveraging grant funds to support farm to school programs, and (d) collect such data and make such policy recommendations to local school boards, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly as it deems appropriate.
STATUS
Passed