SR135 - Judges; nominations for election to circuit court.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Scott A. Surovell
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
STATUS
Passed
SR136 - Judges; nominations for election to general district court.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Scott A. Surovell
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Nominating persons to be elected to general district court judgeships.
STATUS
Passed
SB77 - Larceny; punishment for conviction of fourth or subsequent misdemeanor, penalty.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mark J. Peake
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Punishment for conviction of fourth or subsequent misdemeanor larceny; penalty. Provides that any person convicted of a fourth or subsequent larceny offense, regardless of whether the prior convictions were misdemeanors or felonies, or any combination thereof, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
STATUS
Introduced
SB407 - Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; enters the Commonwealth into Compact.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Tara A. Durant
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact. Enters the Commonwealth into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, the purpose of which is to facilitate the mobility of teachers across the member states, with the goal of supporting teachers through a new pathway to licensure. The Compact is presently in effect, as it has reached the enactment threshold of 10 state members.
STATUS
Introduced
SB513 - Funeral services; transportation protection agreements.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Angelia Williams Graves, Saddam Azlan Salim
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Funeral services; transportation protection agreements. Defines "transportation protection agreement" as an agreement that provides for the coordination and arranging of all professional services related to transportation of human remains or cremated remains beyond the distance stated in the preneed funeral contract. The bill clarifies that transportation protection agreements are not considered preneed funeral contracts.
STATUS
Passed
SB519 - Divorce; grounds, cruelty, abuse, desertion, or abandonment, eliminates waiting period.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Angelia Williams Graves, Jennifer Barton Boysko, Saddam Azlan Salim
Last updated 9 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Grounds for divorce; cruelty, abuse, desertion, or abandonment; waiting period. Eliminates the one-year waiting period for a divorce to be decreed on the grounds of cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR229 - Commending the Virginia-Taiwan Trade Office.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Scott A. Surovell, Bryce E. Reeves, Suhas Subramanyam
Last updated 7 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB564 - Distressed localities, certain; TAX, et al., to assess tax relief.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Travis Hackworth, Lashrecse D. Aird, Emily M. Brewer
Last updated 6 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Individual income tax subtraction; income earned in certain localities. Directs the Department of Taxation and the Commission on Local Government to assess the need for income tax relief in double distressed localities in the Commonwealth that have experienced significant loss of population since 2013. The Department and the Commission must report on their recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2024. Individual income tax subtraction; income earned in certain localities. Directs the Department of Taxation and the Commission on Local Government to assess the need for income tax relief in double distressed localities in the Commonwealth that have experienced significant loss of population since 2013. The Department and the Commission must report on their recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committees on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SJR206 - Commending ArtsLIVE!
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Tara A. Durant
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB428 - Elections; ranked choice voting, locally elected offices.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg, Adam P. Ebbin, Saddam Azlan Salim
Last updated 6 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices; report. Clarifies the requirements for conducting elections using ranked choice voting and requires the results for elections conducted by ranked choice voting to be reported along with other results reported on election night, except that such results must clearly be identified as preliminary and based on the first rankings in a ranked choice voting election. The bill provides that final tabulation for an election is required to be conducted on the same day as other results are canvassed by the local electoral board. The bill specifies that ranking data is required to be made publicly available by the Department of Elections and requires the State Board of Elections to provide standards and to approve vote tabulating software for use with existing voting systems in elections conducted by ranked choice voting. The bill specifies that risk-limiting audits of elections conducted using ranked choice voting are limited to the first choice rankings reported on voting systems and provides that, while risk-limiting audits of elections conducted using ranked choice voting may be requested by localities, no such election may be included in any random drawing required to satisfy the general requirements for risk-limiting audits nor shall a risk-limiting audit of such election count toward satisfying any such general requirements. The bill specifies that the State Board is required to produce generalized voter education materials on ranked choice voting and is also permitted to create and modify recount procedures to the extent necessary to accommodate a recount of an election. Finally, the bill directs the Department to review the testing and approval framework for voting equipment in the Commonwealth and to submit a report of such review no later than the first day of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices; report. Clarifies the requirements for conducting elections using ranked choice voting and requires the results for elections conducted by ranked choice voting to be reported along with other results reported on election night, except that such results must clearly be identified as preliminary and based on the first rankings in a ranked choice voting election. The bill provides that final tabulation for an election is required to be conducted on the same day as other results are canvassed by the local electoral board. The bill specifies that ranking data is required to be made publicly available by the Department of Elections and requires the State Board of Elections to provide standards and to approve vote tabulating software for use with existing voting systems in elections conducted by ranked choice voting. The bill specifies that risk-limiting audits of elections conducted using ranked choice voting are limited to the first choice rankings reported on voting systems and provides that, while risk-limiting audits of elections conducted using ranked choice voting may be requested by localities, no such election may be included in any random drawing required to satisfy the general requirements for risk-limiting audits nor shall a risk-limiting audit of such election count toward satisfying any such general requirements. The bill specifies that the State Board is required to produce generalized voter education materials on ranked choice voting and is also permitted to create and modify recount procedures to the extent necessary to accommodate a recount of an election. Finally, the bill directs the Department to review the testing and approval framework for voting equipment in the Commonwealth and to submit a report of such review no later than the first day of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
STATUS
Vetoed
SJR38 - Commending Amanda L. Newins.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Christie New Craig, Emily M. Brewer
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB477 - Blighted and derelict properties in certain localities; rate of tax.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Blighted and derelict properties in certain localities; rate of tax. Allows the governing body of a locality with a score of 100 or higher on the fiscal stress index to levy a real property tax on blighted and derelict properties at a rate exceeding the rate applicable to the general class of real property by up to 15 percent on blighted properties and by up to 30 percent on derelict properties. Blighted and derelict properties in certain localities; rate of tax. Allows the governing body of a locality with a score of 100 or higher on the fiscal stress index to levy a real property tax on blighted and derelict properties at a rate exceeding the rate applicable to the general class of real property by up to 15 percent on blighted properties and by up to 30 percent on derelict properties.
STATUS
Vetoed
SR43 - Celebrating the lives of Omar, Marieme, and Aicha Wade.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ghazala F. Hashmi
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB16 - Search warrants, subpoenas, court orders, or other process; menstrual health data prohibited.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Barbara A. Favola, Lashrecse D. Aird, Jennifer Barton Boysko
Last updated 6 months ago13 Co-Sponsors
Search warrants, subpoenas, court orders, or other process; menstrual health data prohibited. Prohibits the issuance of a search warrant, subpoena, court order, or other process for the purpose of the search and seizure or production of menstrual health data, as defined in the bill, including data stored on a computer, computer network, or other device containing electronic or digital information.
STATUS
Passed
SB637 - Fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, etc.; duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Emily M. Brewer
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Collections of fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, etc.; duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth; consultation with clerk. Requires that at least 30 days prior to the execution of a contract with a private attorney or private collection agency to undertake the collection of fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall consult with the clerk of the circuit court. Collections of fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, etc.; duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth; consultation with clerk. Requires that at least 30 days prior to the execution of a contract with a private attorney or private collection agency to undertake the collection of fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall consult with the clerk of the circuit court.
STATUS
Passed