SB347 - VA Military Survivors & Dependents Education Program; work group to evaluate, etc., Program.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bryce E. Reeves, Christie New Craig
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; work group to evaluate and make recommendations on improving long-term viability; report. Directs the Secretary of Finance, in collaboration with the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs and the Secretary of Education, to convene a stakeholder work group for the purpose of evaluating the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and making recommendations on legislative actions and budgetary modifications that could improve the stability, strength, and long-term viability of the Program. The bill requires the Secretary of Finance to submit the work group's recommendations to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024. Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; work group to evaluate and make recommendations on improving long-term viability; report. Directs the Secretary of Finance, in collaboration with the Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs and the Secretary of Education, to convene a stakeholder work group for the purpose of evaluating the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and making recommendations on legislative actions and budgetary modifications that could improve the stability, strength, and long-term viability of the Program. The bill requires the Secretary of Finance to submit the work group's recommendations to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB200 - Legal notices; locality to advertise on their website.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
J.D. Diggs
Last updated 11 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
SB485 - Employee protections; employer-sponsored meetings on political matters, civil action.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Employee protections; employer-sponsored meetings on political matters; civil action. Prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee (i) because such employee declines to attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting or receive an employer's communications conveying an opinion about political matters, as defined in the bill; (ii) as a means of inducing an employee's attendance at such meeting or receipt of such communications; or (iii) because the employee reports a suspected violation of the bill's provisions. The bill permits an employee alleging a violation of the bill's provisions to bring an action in civil court within 90 days after such violation occurs for appropriate relief, including injunctive relief, reinstatement, compensation for lost wages, benefits, and other remuneration, interest, and reasonable attorney fees and costs.
STATUS
Introduced
SB325 - Vital records; birth certificates, adoption, members of the military.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Danica A. Roem, Tara A. Durant
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Vital records; birth certificates; adoption; members of the military. Directs the State Registrar to expedite issuance of a new birth certificate upon receipt of certain documentation for a person born in the Commonwealth if at least one adoptive parent is an active duty or retired member of the military or military reserves. The bill directs the court decreeing the adoption to deliver such records to the State Registrar no later than five business days from such decree.
STATUS
Passed
SB251 - Content manufacturing tax credit; removes sunset for the motion picture credit, redesignates credit.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ghazala F. Hashmi, Christie New Craig, Lamont Bagby
Last updated 11 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Content manufacturing tax credit. Removes the sunset for the motion picture tax credit, which currently is set to expire after taxable year 2026, and expands and redesignates the tax credit as the content manufacturing tax credit. The bill increases the total amount of credits that can be allocated to taxpayers to $46.5 million beginning in fiscal year 2024; however, should less than $100 million worth of certain new investments, as described by the bill, occur in Virginia by January 1, 2027, the cap will be reduced to $10 million per fiscal year. The bill also amends the definition of the "qualifying expenses" eligible for the content manufacturing tax credit to mean certain amounts spent in connection with the production of an eligible project filmed in the Commonwealth. The bill defines "eligible project" to be the production of a motion picture or an episodic television series.
STATUS
Introduced
SB33 - Certified registered nurse anesthetists; supervision during an operation or procedure.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mamie E. Locke, Todd E. Pillion
Last updated 10 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Supervision of certified registered nurse anesthetists; work group; report. Clarifies that supervision of a certified registered nurse anesthetist requires that a licensed doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or dentistry is present during an operation or procedure or is immediately available to respond and provide patient care as needed. The bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, in collaboration with the Board of Medicine, Board of Nursing, and Department of Health Professions, to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to evaluate and make recommendations to increase the anesthesia provider workforce in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the work group to report its recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health and Human Services by November 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
SJR20 - Comprehensive community colleges; funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Study; Board of Workforce Development; adequacy of the funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs; work group; report. Requests the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to study the current funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs offered at comprehensive community colleges in order to identify areas of inadequacy and make recommendations on options for reforming the funding model to address those inadequacies and improve the sustainability of offering and providing noncredit workforce credential programs to ensure that the Virginia Community College System as a whole is capable of continuing to meet the increasing demand for highly skilled credentialed workers in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Introduced
SB419 - Family caregiver; creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris T. Head, Jennifer Barton Boysko, Suhas Subramanyam
Last updated 11 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Family caregiver tax credit. Creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028 for expenses incurred by an individual in caring for an eligible family member, defined in the bill, who requires assistance with one or more activities of daily living, also defined in the bill. The credit equals 50 percent of eligible expenditures incurred by the caregiver up to $1,000. In order to qualify for the credit, the family caregiver must (i) not receive any compensation or reimbursement for the eligible expenditures and (ii) have federal adjusted gross income that is no greater than $100,000 for an individual or $200,000 for married persons.
STATUS
Introduced
SB252 - Consumer Data Protection Act; controller privacy notice, consumer consent.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ryan T. McDougle
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Consumer Data Protection Act; controller privacy notice; cookies; consumer consent. Requires the privacy notice that a controller must provide to consumers to include a method by which a consumer may opt out of the automatic placement of a data file, commonly referred to as a "cookie," on the consumer's computer or web browser and a disclosure of the purposes for which the data files are used. The bill prohibits controllers from using cookies, except those that are strictly necessary, without the prior express consent of the consumer and prohibits controllers from preventing access to their services if such consent is not granted. The bill also requires controllers to document and store proof of such consent and make available an easily accessible method by which consumers may withdraw such consent.
STATUS
Introduced
SB101 - Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adam P. Ebbin, Jennifer Barton Boysko, Lamont Bagby
Last updated 8 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license. Provides that no person authorized to issue a marriage license shall deny the issuance of such license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill also requires that such lawful marriages be recognized in the Commonwealth regardless of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill provides that religious organizations or members of the clergy acting in their religious capacity shall have the right to refuse to perform any marriage.
STATUS
Passed
SB163 - Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; powers.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Travis Hackworth
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; powers. Provides for the Attorney General to provide legal services in civil matters upon the request of the executive director or board of directors of the Southwest Regional Recreation Authority. The bill also provides for the board of the Authority to adopt policies for the procurement of goods and services and requires such policies to incorporate certain provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act. In addition, the bill (i) makes the provisions of the Virginia Personnel Act and the policies of the Department of Human Resource Management applicable to employees of the Authority and (ii) authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to lease vehicles and construction and forestry equipment to the Authority. Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; powers. Provides for the Attorney General to provide legal services in civil matters upon the request of the executive director or board of directors of the Southwest Regional Recreation Authority. The bill also provides for the board of the Authority to adopt policies for the procurement of goods and services and requires such policies to incorporate certain provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act. In addition, the bill (i) makes the provisions of the Virginia Personnel Act and the policies of the Department of Human Resource Management applicable to employees of the Authority and (ii) authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to lease vehicles and construction and forestry equipment to the Authority.
STATUS
Introduced
SB351 - Advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives; joint licensing.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jennifer Barton Boysko, David R. Suetterlein
Last updated 11 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Board of Medicine; Board of Nursing; joint licensing of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives. Moves the professions of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives from being licensed jointly by the Board of Medicine and the Board of Nursing to being licensed by the Board of Nursing only.
STATUS
Introduced
SB233 - Faith in Housing for the Commonwealth Act; construction of affordable housing.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ghazala F. Hashmi
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Faith in Housing for the Commonwealth Act. Permits a religious organization, defined in the bill, to construct affordable housing on real estate owned by such religious organization (i) on or before January 1, 2024, or for a period of not less than five years, and (ii) for which the religious organization retains a majority ownership interest.
STATUS
Introduced
SB520 - Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors.
Virginia - 2025 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Angelia Williams Graves, Stella G. Pekarsky
Last updated 11 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors. Provides that, for the purposes of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, "occupational disease" includes injuries or diseases from conditions resulting from repetitive and sustained physical stressors, including repetitive and sustained motions, exertions, posture stresses, contact stresses, vibrations, or noises. The bill provides that such injuries or diseases are covered under the Act and that such coverage does not require that such repetitive or sustained physical stress occurred over a particular time period, provided that the time period over which such physical stress occurred can be reasonably identified.
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 10 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
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