SJR17 - General Assembly; JLARC to study salaries and expenses of legislators.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bryce E. Reeves, Christie New Craig, Adam P. Ebbin
Last updated 7 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Study; JLARC; salaries and expenses of legislators; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the salaries, expense allowances, retirement benefits, and other emoluments received by members of the General Assembly and to make recommendations for any adjustments to such salaries or expenses. As part of this study, JLARC will review the current salaries, expense allowances, retirement benefits, and other emoluments of the members of the General Assembly; examine the Commonwealth's history of legislative compensation; review the compensation, expenses, and benefits for legislative service in other states; assess various state methodologies in determining reasonable legislative compensation, including the tying of salaries to certain indexes or economic indicators; and make recommendations for any adjustments to such salaries, expenses, benefits, or other emoluments. Study; JLARC; salaries and expenses of legislators; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the salaries, expense allowances, retirement benefits, and other emoluments received by members of the General Assembly and to make recommendations for any adjustments to such salaries or expenses. As part of this study, JLARC will review the current salaries, expense allowances, retirement benefits, and other emoluments of the members of the General Assembly; examine the Commonwealth's history of legislative compensation; review the compensation, expenses, and benefits for legislative service in other states; assess various state methodologies in determining reasonable legislative compensation, including the tying of salaries to certain indexes or economic indicators; and make recommendations for any adjustments to such salaries, expenses, benefits, or other emoluments.
STATUS
Passed
SB415 - Virginia Freedom of Information Act; amends definition of "meeting."
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Richard H. Stuart
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of "meeting." Amends the definition of "meeting" as it relates to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to add an exception for local political party meetings. The bill is a recommendation of the FOIA Council.
STATUS
Failed
SJR217 - Celebrating the life of Neverett Alexander Eggleston, Jr.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lamont Bagby
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB175 - Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; former statewide legislators.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bill R. DeSteph, Christie New Craig
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; former statewide legislators and officials; clerk of a circuit court. Adds any (i) former member of the General Assembly; (ii) former Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General of the Commonwealth; or (iii) current or former clerk of a circuit court of the Commonwealth who is a resident of the Commonwealth to the list of persons who may perform the rites of marriage in the Commonwealth without the necessity of bond or order of authorization. Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; former statewide legislators and officials; clerk of a circuit court. Adds any (i) former member of the General Assembly; (ii) former Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General of the Commonwealth; or (iii) current or former clerk of a circuit court of the Commonwealth who is a resident of the Commonwealth to the list of persons who may perform the rites of marriage in the Commonwealth without the necessity of bond or order of authorization.
STATUS
Passed
SB220 - Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Barbara A. Favola, Lashrecse D. Aird, Suhas Subramanyam
Last updated 6 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Special education and related services. Makes several changes relating to special education and related services for children with disabilities in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth, including requiring (i) the Department of Education to (a) develop, establish, review and update as necessary at least once every five years, and make available to each local school board an IEP writing, facilitation, tracking, and transfer system to be referred to as the Virginia IEP that includes, at a minimum, an IEP template component and a data system component and (b) develop and publish a data dashboard for the annual public reporting of state-level, division-level, and school-level special education data; (ii) each local school board to designate a faculty member to serve as a special education parent/family liaison to be a resource to parents and families to understand and engage in the referral, evaluation, reevaluation, and eligibility process if they suspect that their child has a disability and in the IEP process; and (iii) the Parent Training and Information Center in the Commonwealth designated pursuant to relevant federal law to establish special education family support centers in eight distinct regions of the Commonwealth that shall each be staffed by a regional special education family liaison employed by such center, coordinate with the designated special education parent/family liaisons in the local school divisions in the region, develop and implement outreach and support to parents of children with disabilities in its region, and track and report to the State Parent Ombudsman for Special Education data on questions and concerns raised by parents.
STATUS
Passed
SB724 - Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William M. Stanley
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses; on-and-off premises wine and beer licenses. Defines performing arts facility and sports facility and standardizes the eligibility criteria for annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses and on-and-off-premises wine and beer licenses for performing arts food concessionaires. Under current law, the eligibility criteria for such licenses varies by location and includes inconsistent ownership, lease, capacity, and seating requirements. The bill also removes provisions that allow the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to grant annual mixed beverage motor sports facility licenses and motor car sporting event facility licenses and creates an annual mixed beverage sports facility license, which may be granted to persons operating a sports facility or food concessions at a sports facility and would authorize the licensee to sell mixed beverages during any event and immediately subsequent thereto to patrons within all seating areas, concourses, walkways, concession areas, and additional locations designated by the Board (i) in closed containers for off-premises consumption or (ii) in paper, plastic, or similar disposable containers or in single original metal cans for on-premises consumption.
STATUS
Passed
SB531 - Communications; application for and issuance of order authorizing interception.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Emily M. Brewer, Christie New Craig
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Application for and issuance of order authorizing interception of communications; Superintendent of State Police. Allows the Superintendent of State Police or his designee, if the Superintendent so designates in writing, to apply to a judge of competent jurisdiction for an order authorizing the interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications. The bill adds commercial sex trafficking and racketeering to the list of offenses for which an order authorizing the interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications may be sought. The bill also provides that an application for an order authorizing the interception of a wire, electronic, or oral communication may be verified by the Chief Deputy Attorney General, as designated by the Attorney General.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR104 - Commending Bishop B. Courtney McBath.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Angelia Williams Graves, Barbara A. Favola, Lamont Bagby
Last updated 7 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB154 - Advance Health Care Planning Registry; amendment of regulations.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris T. Head
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Advance Health Care Planning Registry; amendment of regulations. Amends the list of documents that may be submitted to the Advance Health Care Directive Registry to include any other document that supports advance health care planning. The bill also changes the name of the Advance Health Care Directive Registry to the Advance Health Care Planning Registry. The bill directs the Department of Health to amend certain Advance Health Care Planning Registry regulations.
STATUS
Passed
SB37 - Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence, parental notification.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
John J. McGuire
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence; parental notification of certain expressions and requests and parental permission for certain plans required; parental care. Requires each public elementary or secondary school principal or his designee to (i) as soon as practicable, inform at least one parent of a minor student enrolled in such school if such minor (a) expresses to any individual who is employed in such school that such minor is experiencing gender incongruence, as defined in the bill, or (b) requests that any such employee participate in social affirmation of such minor's gender incongruence or the transition of such minor to a sex or gender different from the minor's biological sex while at school and (ii) request and receive permission from at least one parent of a minor student enrolled at such school prior to the implementation at such school of any plan concerning any gender incongruence experienced by such minor, including any counseling of such minor at school. Any such plan shall include provision for parental participation to the extent requested by the parent. The bill also clarifies, in the definition of the term "abused or neglected child," that in no event shall referring to and raising the child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex, including related mental health or medical decisions, be considered abuse or neglect.
STATUS
Introduced
SB676 - Individuals with developmental disabilities; financial eligibility.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adam P. Ebbin, Jennifer D. Carroll Foy, Angelia Williams Graves
Last updated 6 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Department of Medical Assistances Services; financial eligibility standards for certain waivers providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the financial eligibility standards for individuals receiving services under the Family and Individual Support Waiver, Community Living Waiver, and Building Independence Waiver (the DD Waivers). The bill requires the Department, when determining financial eligibility for the DD Waivers, to disregard any Social Security Disability Insurance income above the maximum monthly Supplemental Security Income as determined by the U.S. Social Security Administration; however, such Social Security Disability Insurance income shall not be disregarded for purposes of determining an individual's patient pay obligation. The bill also requires the Department to (i) analyze the implications of such amendments to the financial eligibility standards for individuals under the DD waivers, which shall include a determination of the costs and the number of individuals who would benefit from such amendments and (ii) report its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Health and Human Services and Appropriations no later than November 1, 2024. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
SR65 - Celebrating the life of John Benjamin Graham, Jr.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
J.D. Diggs, Ryan T. McDougle
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB48 - Vacant buildings; registration.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mamie E. Locke, Lashrecse D. Aird, Angelia Williams Graves
Last updated 6 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Vacant buildings; registration. Permits any county, city, or town to require, by ordinance, the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and (i) that meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law, (ii) that meets the definition of "criminal blight" in relevant law, or (iii) in which a locality has determined a person is living without the authority of the owner to register such building annually. Under current law, any city and certain towns are permitted to require the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law to register such building annually.
STATUS
Passed
SJR51 - Celebrating the life of James Marlin Patton.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mamie E. Locke
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB144 - Nolle prosequi or dismissal without prejudice prior to preliminary hearing; subsequent indictment.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Nolle prosequi or dismissal prior to preliminary hearing; subsequent indictment. Provides that no person who was arrested on a warrant charging him with a felony offense shall be denied a preliminary hearing upon the question of whether there is probable cause to believe that he committed that offense and no indictment shall be returned in a court of record against any such person for such felony offense or any other offense arising out of the same facts and circumstances prior to such hearing unless such hearing is waived in writing by the accused. Nolle prosequi or dismissal prior to preliminary hearing; subsequent indictment. Provides that no person who was arrested on a warrant charging him with a felony offense shall be denied a preliminary hearing upon the question of whether there is probable cause to believe that he committed that offense and no indictment shall be returned in a court of record against any such person for such felony offense or any other offense arising out of the same facts and circumstances prior to such hearing unless such hearing is waived in writing by the accused. The bill provides that, on motion of the defendant made within 21 days of service of any such indictment upon such defendant that is returned without a preliminary hearing, the court shall stay prosecution in that court and remand the case to district court for a preliminary hearing. Upon conducting the preliminary hearing, the district court shall either (i) on a finding of probable cause, certify such indictment to the circuit court for further proceedings or (ii) if no probable cause is found, certify such finding to the circuit court, which shall dismiss such indictment with or without prejudice. Lastly, the bill tolls the time period to try an accused upon remand of an indictment to the district court for a preliminary hearing and restarts such time period upon a finding of probable cause by the district court.
STATUS
Vetoed