SJR24 - Study; JLARC; barrier crimes for employees of and persons regulated by the Department.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lamont Bagby
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Study; JLARC; barrier crimes for employees of and persons regulated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study barrier crimes for employees of and persons regulated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The resolution requires JLARC in conducting the study to (i) identify all barrier crimes and related exceptions for employees of and persons regulated by the Department; (ii) determine (a) whether any offenses should be removed from such list of barrier crimes, (b) whether any barrier crime exceptions and waiver processes should be broadened, and (c) whether the required amount of time that must pass after conviction of certain barrier crimes should be shortened; and (iii) identify other changes that could be made to such barrier crime laws that would improve the organization, effectiveness, and fairness of such provisions. The resolution requires JLARC to report its finding to the Governor and the General Assembly by the first day of the 2025 Regular Session.
STATUS
Introduced
SB679 - Enterprise zones; extension.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Chris T. Head, Tammy Brankley Mulchi
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Enterprise zones; extension. Provides that any enterprise zone in existence as of June 30, 2024, shall be extended for a period of four years in addition to any renewal periods currently authorized by law and authorizes the Governor, upon the recommendation of the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, to renew enterprise zones for up to four five-year renewal periods for zones designated on or after July 1, 2005, and for up to two five-year renewal periods for zones designated before July 1, 2005.
STATUS
Passed
SB82 - Concealed handgun permit; changes to a concealed weapons permit.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
John J. McGuire
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Concealed handgun permit; concealed weapons permit. Changes the concealed handgun permit to a concealed weapons permit. The bill provides that a person who obtains a concealed weapons permit may carry such concealed weapons in any place where a person may carry a concealed handgun with a concealed handgun permit under current law. The expanded types of weapons that may be carried concealed are specified in the bill. The bill provides that any concealed handgun permit issued prior to July 1, 2024, shall include weapons other than handguns, as such weapons are specified in the bill, and shall be treated as a concealed weapons permit.
STATUS
Introduced
SR44 - Commending ReEstablish Richmond.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ghazala F. Hashmi
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB553 - Nursing education programs; out-of-state clinical sites.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Travis Hackworth, Todd E. Pillion
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Board of Nursing; certain nursing education programs; out-of-state clinical sites. Directs the Board of Nursing to amend its regulations to permit nursing education programs in the Commonwealth located within 60 miles of a bordering state or the District of Columbia to contract for an unlimited number of required clinical hours at out-of-state clinical sites. The bill requires the regulations to specify that the Board must accept such hours for licensure. Board of Nursing; certain nursing education programs; out-of-state clinical sites. Directs the Board of Nursing to amend its regulations to permit nursing education programs in the Commonwealth located within 60 miles of a bordering state or the District of Columbia to contract for an unlimited number of required clinical hours at out-of-state clinical sites. The bill requires the regulations to specify that the Board must accept such hours for licensure.
STATUS
Passed
SR78 - Celebrating the life of Joe Morris Lucas.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Travis Hackworth
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SR85 - Celebrating the life of Marie Brinkley Hill.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Emily M. Brewer
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB74 - Prescription Monitoring Program; release of records to drug court administrators.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Tara A. Durant
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Prescription Monitoring Program; release of records to drug court administrators and behavioral health docket administrators. Requires the Director of the Department of Health Professions to release otherwise confidential information from the Prescription Monitoring Program when such information is relevant to a specific investigation, supervision, or monitoring of a specific recipient for purposes of the administration of criminal justice to drug court administrators and behavioral health docket administrators who have completed the Virginia State Police Drug Diversion School designated by the Director of the Department of Corrections or his designee. The bill requires release of the information upon receiving a request for information in accordance with the Department of Health Profession's regulations and in compliance with applicable federal law and regulations.
STATUS
Passed
SJR143 - Celebrating the life of Stanley William Roberts.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bryce E. Reeves, Jennifer Barton Boysko, J.D. Diggs
Last updated 7 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SJR4 - Commending the Westmoreland Volunteer Fire Department.
Virginia - 2024 Regular Session
Last updated 8 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SR95 - Celebrating the life of Flaudean Bolling.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Travis Hackworth
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SR141 - Celebrating the life of Marvin Joseph Weniger.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bill R. DeSteph, Lamont Bagby, Jennifer Barton Boysko
Last updated 7 months ago35 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB623 - Firefighters and emergency medical services; collective bargaining by providers.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Louise Lucas, Jennifer D. Carroll Foy, Saddam Azlan Salim
Last updated 9 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Collective bargaining by firefighters and emergency medical services providers. Authorizes firefighters and emergency medical services providers employed by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to engage in collective bargaining through labor organizations or other designated representatives. The bill provides for the appointment of a three-member board of arbitration regarding any dispute arising between an employer and firefighters or emergency medical services providers. Under the bill, determinations made by such board of arbitration are final on a disputed issue and are binding on the parties involved. Collective bargaining by firefighters and emergency medical services providers. Authorizes firefighters and emergency medical services providers employed by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to engage in collective bargaining through labor organizations or other designated representatives. The bill provides for the appointment of a three-member board of arbitration regarding any dispute arising between an employer and firefighters or emergency medical services providers. Under the bill, determinations made by such board of arbitration are final on a disputed issue and are binding on the parties involved.
STATUS
Introduced
SB264 - Student online activity data; definition, data collection, monitoring and restrictions.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Christie New Craig
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Department of Education; school boards; student online activity; data collection, monitoring, and restrictions. Requires the Department of Education to establish reporting expectations for school divisions that collect student online activity data and provides that if no school within a school division does so, the school board, upon submission of written documentation to the Department stating that no school within the school division collects student online activity data, shall be deemed to have satisfied such reporting expectations. The reporting expectations include: (i) making certain disclosures to parents, including what online activity is being tracked, monitored, and collected when using school devices on school property and what types of student online activity or online activity data would create an alert; (ii) including in the school division's acceptable use policy for the Internet that student online activity is being tracked and data collected; (iii) providing, to the extent available for the school division, parents the ability to access any collected student online activity data; (iv) notifying the parent of a student for whom an alert is created or an action taken on such student's online activity or associated data before the student is notified, except as provided in the bill; (v) prohibiting the inclusion of student online activity data in a student's permanent record except in the most severe cases, as defined, set forth, and made publicly available by the Department. The bill requires the Department to create and distribute to each school board (a) a template for making the required parental disclosures and (b) best practices for deleting student online activity data. Department of Education; school boards; student online activity; data collection, monitoring, and restrictions. Requires the Department of Education to establish reporting expectations for school divisions that collect student online activity data and provides that if no school within a school division does so, the school board, upon submission of written documentation to the Department stating that no school within the school division collects student online activity data, shall be deemed to have satisfied such reporting expectations. The reporting expectations include: (i) making certain disclosures to parents, including what online activity is being tracked, monitored, and collected when using school devices on school property and what types of student online activity or online activity data would create an alert; (ii) including in the school division's acceptable use policy for the Internet that student online activity is being tracked and data collected; (iii) providing, to the extent available for the school division, parents the ability to access any collected student online activity data; (iv) notifying the parent of a student for whom an alert is created or an action taken on such student's online activity or associated data before the student is notified, except as provided in the bill; (v) prohibiting the inclusion of student online activity data in a student's permanent record except in the most severe cases, as defined, set forth, and made publicly available by the Department. The bill requires the Department to create and distribute to each school board (a) a template for making the required parental disclosures and (b) best practices for deleting student online activity data.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB169 - Virginia Rap Back Service; criminal history record monitoring.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bryce E. Reeves
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Virginia Rap Back Service; criminal history record monitoring. Changes the time frame for which a participating entity in the Virginia Record of Arrest and Prosecution (Rap) Back Service is required to disenroll any individual who is deceased or no longer qualifies as an individual for the purposes of the Virginia Rap Back Service from within 30 days to within five business days. The bill also removes the provision stating that an individual who moves from one participating entity in the Virginia Rap Back Service to another need not be refingerprinted.
STATUS
Passed