SB430 - Residential development in certain areas; affordable housing.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Residential development in certain areas; affordable housing. Provides that any type of residential use that is permitted in a locality shall be considered a conforming residential use on any parcel other than parcels zoned for (i) agriculture, (ii) conservation, or (iii) a different residential use. The bill states that no local ordinance shall require that a special exception, special use, or conditional use permit be obtained for a conforming residential use and that rights under existing zoning shall be considered vested pursuant to existing vesting provisions. The bill further provides that any residential development pursuant to the authority granted in the bill shall dedicate a minimum of 10 percent of the total number of housing units to housing affordable to households making at or below 120 percent of the area median income.
STATUS
Introduced
SR146 - Commending Makayla Bays.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Todd E. Pillion
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SR94 - Celebrating the life of William Reese Hess.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Travis Hackworth
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB152 - Electric utilities; retail competition, aggregated competitive purchasers.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
David R. Suetterlein
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Electric utilities; retail competition; aggregated competitive purchasers. Creates a limited exception to the requirement that the State Corporation Commission must find that a petition for certain competitive purchasers to aggregate their demands to become qualified to purchase retail electric energy is consistent with the public interest in order for the Commission to approve such petition. The bill provides that a customer seeking such approval may remunerate the utility for any adverse effects to the incumbent utility or its remaining utility customers contrary to the public interest as determined by the Commission. The bill also provides that such customers shall not be denied permission to procure retail electric energy from a competitive supplier and that such remuneration fee shall be recalculated by the Commission on a triennial basis from when a customer commences a competitive service agreement.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR100 - Commending the Bath County Fair Association, Inc.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mark D. Obenshain, Creigh Deeds
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SR153 - Celebrating the life of Robert Lee Fultz, Sr.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Todd E. Pillion
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB472 - Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mark D. Obenshain, Christie New Craig
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. Allows local governments to provide enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to full-time salaried 911 dispatchers. The bill provides that such enhanced retirement benefits apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher on or after July 1, 2025, but allows an employer, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher before July 1, 2025, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. Allows local governments to provide enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to full-time salaried 911 dispatchers. The bill provides that such enhanced retirement benefits apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher on or after July 1, 2025, but allows an employer, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher before July 1, 2025, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB460 - Minors; parental admission for inpatient treatment.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dave W. Marsden
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Parental admission of minors for inpatient treatment. Clarifies that for the purposes of admission of a minor to a willing mental health facility for inpatient treatment, the finding required to be made by a qualified evaluator that the minor appears to have a mental illness serious enough to warrant inpatient treatment may include a finding of substance abuse and such inpatient treatment may be related to such mental illness, which may include substance abuse. The bill also specifies that a temporary detention order shall not be required for a minor 14 years of age or older who objects to admission to be admitted to a willing facility upon the application of a parent. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth.
STATUS
Passed
SR8 - Commending the Reverend Tyler C. Millner, Sr.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William M. Stanley
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB234 - Parking Lot Solar Development Program; established, report.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ghazala F. Hashmi, Suhas Subramanyam
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Parking Lot Solar Development Pilot Grant Program; report. Establishes the Parking Lot Solar Development Pilot Grant Program for the purpose of encouraging development of distributed parking lot solar projects up to one megawatt in size in Chesterfield County and Richmond City through grants. The bill directs the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, to administer such program, to establish and publish guidelines and criteria for solar projects funded through such program, and to report annually to the General Assembly regarding the administration of the program for the preceding fiscal year. Parking Lot Solar Development Pilot Grant Program; report. Establishes the Parking Lot Solar Development Pilot Grant Program for the purpose of encouraging development of distributed parking lot solar projects up to one megawatt in size in Chesterfield County and Richmond City through grants. The bill directs the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, to administer such program, to establish and publish guidelines and criteria for solar projects funded through such program, and to report annually to the General Assembly regarding the administration of the program for the preceding fiscal year.
STATUS
Engrossed
SJR199 - Commending the Honorable Frank W. Somerville.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bryce E. Reeves, Creigh Deeds, Jennifer Barton Boysko
Last updated 7 months ago9 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB230 - Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs, duty to implement the Energy Policy, etc.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ghazala F. Hashmi
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs; duty to implement the Energy Policy of the Commonwealth; RPS program requirements; competitive procurement. Provides that "in the public interest" for the purpose of assessing energy efficiency programs means that the State Corporation Commission determines that the program is cost-effective and directs the Commission to initiate a proceeding no later than December 31, 2025, to establish a single, consistent cost-effectiveness test for use in evaluating proposed energy efficiency programs. Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs; duty to implement the Energy Policy of the Commonwealth; RPS program requirements; competitive procurement. Provides that "in the public interest" for the purpose of assessing energy efficiency programs means that the State Corporation Commission determines that the program is cost-effective and directs the Commission to initiate a proceeding no later than December 31, 2025, to establish a single, consistent cost-effectiveness test for use in evaluating proposed energy efficiency programs. The bill provides (i) that "total electric energy" for purposes of the RPS Program requirements does not include energy sold to certain customers purchasing 100 percent renewable energy and (ii) that in any RPS program compliance year, any electric energy that was generated in the previous calendar year from certain nuclear generating plants, or any zero-carbon electric generating facilities, including small modular nuclear reactors and green hydrogen facilities, will reduce the utility's RPS Program requirements by an equivalent amount. The bill provides that the Commission and its staff have the affirmative duty to ensure the Commonwealth implements the Energy Policy of the Commonwealth 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 to which each incumbent electric utility has joined. The bill requires that for certain required petitions by Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia for approvals to construct, acquire, or purchase the generating capacity using energy derived from sunlight or onshore wind, at least 35 percent of such generating capacity is from the purchases of energy from solar or onshore wind facilities owned by persons other than such utilities. Current law requires 35 percent of such generating capacity to be from the purchases of energy from solar or onshore wind facilities owned by persons other than such utilities.
STATUS
Introduced
SR12 - Commending Rick and Cheryl Rowlands.
Virginia - 2024 Regular Session
Last updated 8 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SJR14 - Artificial intelligence; Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study advancements.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Suhas Subramanyam
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Joint Commission on Technology and Science; study; advancements in artificial intelligence; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), including assessing (i) the impacts of deep fakes, data privacy implications, and misinformation; (ii) measures to ensure these technologies do not indirectly or directly lead to discrimination; (iii) strategies to promote equity in AI algorithms; and (iv) ways in which AI can be utilized to improve government operations and services, and to make recommendations on any appropriate legislation for consideration by the General Assembly.
STATUS
Introduced
SB390 - SUDP; Office of Chief Medical Examiner to publish information on its website.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Stella G. Pekarsky
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy; protocol; information; training. Requires the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to take certain actions upon the finding that an individual died from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), defined in the bill. The bill directs the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to publish information on SUDEP and a SUDEP death investigation form on its website. Additionally, the bill requires the Chief Medical Examiner and local medical examiners to complete training in the investigation of SUDEP on a triennial basis. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced