SB624 - Public education; student literacy measures.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Louise Lucas, Suhas Subramanyam
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Public education; student literacy measures. Clarifies several provisions of the Virginia Literacy Act (the Act), enacted during the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly and effective with the 2024-2025 school year, including (i) clarifying that the term "evidence-based literacy instruction" does not include practices that instruct students to gain meaning from print through the use of (a) three-cueing, which includes semantic, syntactic, and graphophonic cues; (b) meaning, structure, and visual cues; or (c) visual memory for word recognition; (ii) removing the option to use a literacy screener approved by the Department of Education for certain purposes enumerated in the Act; (iii) requiring the Department to develop a list of core literacy curricula for students in kindergarten through grade five and supplemental instruction practices and programs and intervention programs for students in kindergarten through grade eight that consist of evidence-based literacy instruction aligned with science-based reading research; and (iv) requiring each divisionwide literacy plan to address how the local school board will align (a) core reading and literacy curriculum for students in kindergarten through grade five and (b) screening, supplemental instruction, and interventions for students in kindergarten through grade eight with evidence-based literacy instruction practices aligned with science-based reading research.
STATUS
Passed
SJR34 - Governor; confirming appointments.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Aaron R. Rouse
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Confirming Governor's appointments; June 1. Confirms appointments of certain persons made by Governor Glenn Youngkin and communicated to the General Assembly June 1, 2023. Confirming Governor's appointments; June 1. Confirms appointments of certain persons made by Governor Glenn Youngkin and communicated to the General Assembly June 1, 2023.
STATUS
Passed
SB603 - Incarcerated women who are pregnant, etc.; DCJS, et al., to make recommendations for treatment.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
John J. McGuire
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Department of Criminal Justice Services; priority treatment for incarcerated women who are pregnant and in need of substance abuse treatment; work group; report. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Department of Health, to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to study and make recommendations related to prioritizing treatment for incarcerated women who are pregnant and in need of substance abuse treatment. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SB690 - Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program; raises fee that may be charged.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mark D. Obenshain
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program; fee. Raises from $300 to $350 the maximum fee that may be charged to a person required by the court to enter the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program upon conviction of certain offenses related to driving a motor vehicle or commercial vehicle while intoxicated, operating a boat while intoxicated, or refusing to have samples of breath taken for chemical tests to determine alcohol content of blood.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR65 - Celebrating the life of Ivan Herman Tepper.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mark J. Peake
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB421 - Foster Child Scholarship Program; established, report.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Glen H. Sturtevant
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Foster Child Scholarship Program; established. Establishes Foster Child Scholarship Program; established. Establishes the Foster Child Scholarship Program (the Program), to be administered by the Department of Education, for the purpose of providing school-age children in foster care the option to attend the participating public or private school of their caregiver's choice. The bill provides that any student is eligible to participate in the Program who (i) is a foster child, (ii) resides in a school division in the Commonwealth, (iii) is subject to compulsory attendance requirements, and (iv) is entering kindergarten or was eligible to enroll at a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth during the semester immediately preceding the semester or term for which the child's parent initially applies for the Program or who is entering kindergarten. The bill provides that the caregiver of any eligible student may apply for the Program and, upon approval of such application, receive an annual scholarship, through quarterly disbursements into such eligible student's Foster Child Scholarship Account (FCSA), for the purposes of paying for education-related expenses, as set forth in the bill, at the participating school of the caregiver's choice in which the eligible student enrolls under the Program. The bill contains provisions relating to (a) the Department's powers and duties in administering the Program, including establishing and implementing policies and procedures for reviewing and approving applications, conducting public awareness campaigns, establishing procedures for audit and review of FCSAs and of participating schools, and establishing procedures and requirements for the management of and disbursing of funds into FCSAs; (b) the duties of participating schools in the Program relating to the acceptance of eligible students participating in the Program; (c) requirements for the division superintendent of each school division to report each year to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to report each year to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, on data relating to participation in the Program by eligible students and participating schools; and (d) the conditions and limitations to which caregivers of eligible students must agree in order to participate in the Program.
STATUS
Introduced
SB523 - Sales tax revenues; entertainment arena.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Angelia Williams Graves
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Sales tax revenues; entertainment arena. Adds entertainment arena to the definition of public facility to allow a locality to collect all sales tax revenues generated by transactions at such a facility, provided that a locality owns an interest in the facility and contributes to financing its construction. The bill also allows a municipality to issue bonds to finance a public facility on or after July 1, 2024, but prior to July 1, 2027.
STATUS
Introduced
SB455 - Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund; created, report.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dave W. Marsden
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund established; report. Establishes the Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund to provide grants for projects that conserve or enhance wildlife corridors prioritized by the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan and associated wildlife crossing infrastructure projects. The bill directs the Director of Wildlife Resources to administer the Fund and to consult with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Forestry, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Wildlife Resources on disbursing moneys from the Fund. The bill also requires the Director to submit a report to the General Assembly by November 1 of each odd-numbered year concerning funding of the Fund, the awarding of grants from the Fund, and the progress of projects funded by the Fund, including data on the use of project infrastructure by wildlife. Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund established; report. Establishes the Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund to provide grants for projects that conserve or enhance wildlife corridors prioritized by the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan and associated wildlife crossing infrastructure projects. The bill directs the Director of Wildlife Resources to administer the Fund and to consult with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Forestry, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Wildlife Resources on disbursing moneys from the Fund. The bill also requires the Director to submit a report to the General Assembly by November 1 of each odd-numbered year concerning funding of the Fund, the awarding of grants from the Fund, and the progress of projects funded by the Fund, including data on the use of project infrastructure by wildlife.
STATUS
Engrossed
SJR60 - Celebrating the life of Annie Delilah Jones Doggett.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Emily M. Brewer
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB735 - Health insurance; denial of referral by direct primary care provider prohibited.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Glen H. Sturtevant
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Health insurance; denial of referral by direct primary care provider prohibited. Prohibits a health insurance carrier from (i) denying payment for any health care service covered under an enrollee's health benefit plan based solely on the basis that such enrollee's referral was made by a direct primary care provider or (ii) imposing a cost-sharing requirement greater than the applicable cost-sharing requirement that would apply to the same health care service if the service was referred by a participating provider. The bill provides that a health insurance carrier may require a direct primary care provider to provide information demonstrating that such provider has entered into a direct primary care agreement with the enrollee.
STATUS
Introduced
SB459 - Income tax, state; rolling conformity.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dave W. Marsden
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Income tax; rolling conformity. Provides that when Virginia does not conform on a rolling basis to federal tax laws due to any changes in a single act of Congress with an impact of more than $15 million on revenues in the year in which the amendment was enacted or any of the next four years, such nonconformity shall not be considered for purposes of calculating the nonconformity threshold for all amendments in a year with a cumulative projected impact of more than $75 million in the year in which the amendments were enacted or any of the next four years.
STATUS
Introduced
SB601 - Capital outlay plan; repeals existing six-year capital outlay for projects to be funded.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Louise Lucas
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Capital outlay plan. Updates the six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources.
STATUS
Introduced
SB647 - Virginia Public Procurement Act; apprenticeship programs, competitive sealed bidding.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Virginia Public Procurement Act; competitive sealed bidding; required criteria in invitations to bid. Requires all public bodies to include in any Invitation to Bid criteria that will be used in determining whether a bidder who is not prequalified by the Virginia Department of Transportation is a responsible bidder. Current law authorizes, but does not require, localities to include such criteria in Invitations to Bid.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR74 - Celebrating the life of Annie Walker.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bryce E. Reeves, Barbara A. Favola, Ryan T. McDougle
Last updated 8 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed