SB482 - Juveniles; expungement and sealing of court records.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Expungement and sealing of juvenile court records. Provides for the sealing of juvenile court records in those instances where a juvenile was found guilty of a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult and such juvenile has attained the age of 18 years and three years have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile. Under current law, such records are open to the public. The bill also provides that any juvenile court records that may be expunged shall be expunged when the juvenile who is the subject of the records has attained the age of 18 years and three years have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile. Under current law, such juvenile shall have attained the age of 19 years and five years shall have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR197 - Commending the Parry McCluer High School boys' cross country team.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris T. Head
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB627 - College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund; established and created.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Louise Lucas, Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Department of Education and Virginia Community College System; College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund established. Establishes the College and Career Ready Virginia Fund and requires the Department of Education and the Virginia Community College System to establish the College and Career Ready Virginia Program whereby each school board is required to offer each qualified high school student in the local school division access at the high school to the dual enrollment courses that are sufficient to complete the Passport Program and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies Program at a public institution of higher education at no cost to such students. The bill establishes several enumerated duties for the Department and the System in the administration of the College and Career Ready Virginia Program, including the establishment of a work group to make recommendations no later than November 1, 2024, on the incorporation of a career and technical education program of coursework into the College and Career Ready Virginia Program.
STATUS
Passed
SJR18 - Dillon Rule; joint subcommittee to study.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ghazala F. Hashmi
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Study; joint subcommittee; Dillon Rule; report. Creates a 13-member joint subcommittee for a one-year study of the Dillon Rule and its impact on Virginia's localities.
STATUS
Introduced
SB171 - Zoning; enhanced civil penalties for violations involving nonpermitted commercial uses.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Christie New Craig, Angelia Williams Graves
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Zoning; civil penalties; commercial uses. Allows enhanced civil penalties for zoning violations involving nonpermitted commercial uses. The bill also requires that for any violation involving nonpermitted commercial uses, a person who admits liability shall be required to abate or remedy the nonpermitted commercial use violation within a period of time specified by the locality that is no less than 30 days but no more than 24 months from the date of admission of liability.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR106 - Celebrating the life of Carol DeLong.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Saddam Azlan Salim
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SJR26 - Drugs; JLARC to study scope and cost of penalizing possession as a felony.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Stella G. Pekarsky
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Study; JLARC; scope and cost of penalizing possession Study; JLARC; scope and cost of penalizing possession of drugs as a felony. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the scope and cost of the current laws in the Commonwealth penalizing possession of drugs as a felony.
STATUS
Passed
SJR69 - Commending Scott McGeary.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Barbara A. Favola, Jennifer Barton Boysko, Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 8 months ago37 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB198 - License plates; creates plates for collector motor vehicles, penalty.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
J.D. Diggs
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
License plates; collector motor vehicles; penalty. Creates license plates for collector motor vehicles, defined in the bill, which the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue to any applicant who owns or has regular use of another passenger car, autocycle, or motorcycle and who owns at least a total of three collector motor vehicles. The bill designates the fee for such plates and registration as $50, specifies that the collector motor vehicles shall not be used for general transportation purposes and may only be used (i) for participation in shows, parades, charitable functions, and historical exhibitions for display, maintenance, and preservation; (ii) on the highways of the Commonwealth for the purpose of testing their operation or selling the vehicle, obtaining repairs or maintenance, transportation to and from events, and for occasional pleasure driving not exceeding 250 miles from the residence of the owner; and (iii) to carry or transport passengers and personal effects. The bill also prohibits such vehicles from being registered as antique vehicles or military surplus motor vehicles. Finally, the bill makes it a Class 4 misdemeanor to violate any provision relating to the registration of collector motor vehicles.
STATUS
Introduced
SB418 - Virginia Museum of Transportation; established.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris T. Head
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Virginia Museum of Transportation; established. Establishes the Virginia Museum of Transportation as a public entity and educational institution under the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Museum is governed by a 15-member board of trustees.
STATUS
Introduced
SR179 - Celebrating the life of Kenneth Robert Krieger.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Danica A. Roem
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB590 - Community services boards; emergency services and core of services.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Creigh Deeds, Russet W. Perry
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Community services boards; core of services. Adds to the list of the core services to be provided by community services boards (i) crisis services for individuals with a mental illness or substance use disorder, (ii) outpatient mental health and substance abuse services, (iii) psychiatric rehabilitation services, (iv) peer support and family support services, (v) mental health services for members of the armed forces located 50 miles or more from a military treatment facility and veterans located 40 miles or more from a Veterans Health Administration medical facility, and (vi) care coordination services. The bill removes language that conditions the duty of community services boards to provide case management services on the availability of funding. The bill further requires community services boards to provide any such services (a) to every adult who has a serious mental illness, child who has or is at risk of serious emotional disturbance, and individual who has a substance use disorder and (b) in a timely manner and at a location that is near the individual. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026, for most provisions. Community services boards; core of services. Adds to the list of the core services to be provided by community services boards (i) crisis services for individuals with a mental illness or substance use disorder, (ii) outpatient mental health and substance abuse services, (iii) psychiatric rehabilitation services, (iv) peer support and family support services, (v) mental health services for members of the armed forces located 50 miles or more from a military treatment facility and veterans located 40 miles or more from a Veterans Health Administration medical facility, and (vi) care coordination services. The bill removes language that conditions the duty of community services boards to provide case management services on the availability of funding. The bill further requires community services boards to provide any such services (a) to every adult who has a serious mental illness, child who has or is at risk of serious emotional disturbance, and individual who has a substance use disorder and (b) in a timely manner and at a location that is near the individual. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026, for most provisions.
STATUS
Engrossed
SJR19 - Roadway & pedestrian improvements in Gainesville; VDOT to study implementation in Prince Wm. County.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Danica A. Roem, Jennifer Barton Boysko, Suhas Subramanyam
Last updated 7 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Study; Department of Transportation; roadway and pedestrian improvements in Gainesville; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of implementing certain roadway and pedestrian improvements in Gainesville in Prince William County, particularly along Somerset Crossing Drive. Study; Department of Transportation; roadway and pedestrian improvements in Gainesville; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of implementing certain roadway and pedestrian improvements in Gainesville in Prince William County, particularly along Somerset Crossing Drive.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB413 - Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain meetings, hearings, etc.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris T. Head, J.D. Diggs
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain meetings, hearings, or intended actions. Standardizes the frequency with which and length of time in which notices of certain meetings, hearings, and other intended actions of localities must be published. The notice provisions included in the bill are organized into three groups: (i) publication required at least seven days before the meeting, hearing, or intended action; (ii) publication required twice, with the first notice appearing no more than 28 days before and the second notice appearing no less than seven days before the meeting, hearing, or intended action; and (iii) publication required three times, with the first notice appearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice appearing no less than seven days before the meeting, hearing, or intended action. The bill also standardizes descriptive information in such notices related to (a) proposing, amending, or repealing ordinances; (b) local budget adoption; and (c) zoning ordinances and planning-related actions.
STATUS
Passed
SJR21 - Secretariat of Rural Affairs; JLARC to study need for and feasibility of creating position.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lashrecse D. Aird, Russet W. Perry
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Study; JLARC; creation of Secretariat of Rural Study; JLARC; creation of Secretariat of Rural Affairs; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the need for and feasibility of creating a Secretariat of Rural Affairs in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Engrossed