SB395 - Public elementary & secondary schools; student athletes, pre-participation mental health assessment.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Stella G. Pekarsky
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Public elementary and secondary schools; student athletes; pre-participation mental health assessment required. Provides that no public elementary or secondary school student is permitted to be a participant on or try out for any school athletic team or squad with a predetermined roster, regular practices, and scheduled competitions with other elementary or secondary schools unless such student has submitted to the school principal a signed report from a licensed physician, licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician attesting that such student has, within the preceding 365 days, received both a physical examination and a mental health assessment. Current law only requires that the signed report attest that any such student has received a physical examination within the preceding 12 months. The bill prohibits any public elementary or secondary school from becoming a member of any organization or entity that regulates or governs interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation any student who has satisfied the requirements for eligibility in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The provisions of the bill other than the requirement for the Board of Education to convene a work group have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB62 - New College Institute; duties.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William M. Stanley
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
New College Institute; duties. Requires the New College Institute to design and implement, in collaboration with the Department of Education, the Virginia Community College System, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, and other relevant agencies and organizations, any workforce development programs necessary to support the initiatives of the Office of the Governor, including adult education and workforce training programs.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR95 - Celebrating the life of Commander Edward S. Stolle, Jr., USN, Ret.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bill R. DeSteph, Ryan T. McDougle, Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 7 months ago40 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SJR11 - Constitutional amendment; marriage between two individuals.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adam P. Ebbin, Jennifer Barton Boysko, Ghazala F. Hashmi
Last updated 9 months ago8 Co-Sponsors
Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage between two individuals; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of persons and prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from denying the issuance of a marriage license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. The Commonwealth and its political subdivisions are required to recognize any lawful marriage between two parties and to treat such marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. The amendment provides that religious organizations and clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuse to perform any marriage. Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage between two individuals; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of persons and prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from denying the issuance of a marriage license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. The Commonwealth and its political subdivisions are required to recognize any lawful marriage between two parties and to treat such marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. The amendment provides that religious organizations and clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuse to perform any marriage.
STATUS
Introduced
SB263 - Investigation prior to release; input from the attorney for the Commonwealth.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Christie New Craig
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Investigation prior to release; input from the attorney for the Commonwealth. Provides that when the Parole Board is conducting the required investigation to determine if a prisoner will be released on parole, the Board must notify the attorney for the Commonwealth in each jurisdiction in which an offense occurred for which the prisoner is incarcerated, and the attorney for the Commonwealth may submit his input to the Board regarding the impact that the release of the prisoner will have on public safety.
STATUS
Introduced
SR40 - Celebrating the life of Joan Simpkins Jett.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Travis Hackworth
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB6 - Restricted driver's license; issuance for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated, etc.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bryce E. Reeves, Tara A. Durant
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Issuance of restricted driver's license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated; completion of specialty dockets. Provides that a person whose driver's license has been revoked for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated may file a petition for the issuance of a restricted driver's license without having to wait for the expiration of three years from the date of his last conviction, regardless of the date of such conviction, when such person's last conviction resulted from a final order being entered by a court after the successful completion of a Veterans Treatment Court Program, behavioral health docket, or other specialty docket.
STATUS
Passed
SB487 - Artificial intelligence by public bodies; Joint Commission on Technology & Science to examine use.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lashrecse D. Aird, Todd E. Pillion, Suhas Subramanyam
Last updated 6 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Joint Commission on Technology and Science; analysis of the use of artificial intelligence by public bodies; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS), in consultation with relevant stakeholders, to conduct an analysis of the use of artificial intelligence by public bodies in the Commonwealth and the creation of a Commission on Artificial Intelligence. JCOTS shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Communications, Technology and Innovation and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and General Laws and Technology no later than December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SR35 - Celebrating the life of Wanda Sue Varney.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Travis Hackworth
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB81 - Voter identification; identification containing a photograph required.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
John J. McGuire
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Elections; voter identification; identification containing a photograph required. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. The bill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, that he is the named registered voter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.
STATUS
Introduced
SB663 - Veterinary Medicine, Board of; powers and duties, satellite offices.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Travis Hackworth
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Board of Veterinary Medicine; powers and duties; veterinary satellite offices. Requires the Board of Veterinary Medicine to regulate, inspect, and register all satellite offices where veterinary medicine is practiced. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. Board of Veterinary Medicine; powers and duties; veterinary satellite offices. Requires the Board of Veterinary Medicine to regulate, inspect, and register all satellite offices where veterinary medicine is practiced. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
STATUS
Passed
SR16 - Judges; nominations for election to circuit court.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Scott A. Surovell
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Nominating persons to be elected to circuit court judgeships.
STATUS
Passed
SB297 - Agricultural best management practices; extends sunset date.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Timmy F. French
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Agricultural best management practices tax credit; sunset date. Extends the sunset date of the individual and corporate agricultural best management practices tax credit from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2030.
STATUS
Passed
SB539 - License plate readers; requirements for use by law-enforcement agencies, penalties.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lamont Bagby, Saddam Azlan Salim
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
License plate readers; penalties. Provides requirements for the use of license plate readers, defined in the bill, by law-enforcement agencies. The bill requires such agencies to enter into an agreement with the license plate reader owners or other responsible non-law-enforcement entity to operate a data trust, defined in the bill, to store the data collected by a license plate reader and requires any such law-enforcement agency to apply to the data trust for access to such data. The bill limits the use of license plate readers to scanning, detecting, and identifying license plate numbers for the purpose of identifying vehicles involved in certain crimes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB128 - Public schools; Standards of Quality funding calculations.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Public school funding; certain calculations. Places several parameters on Standards of Quality funding calculations performed by the Department of Education, including (i) requiring the Department, when calculating the cost of salaries under the Standards of Quality funding formula, to include facilities staff and transportation staff salaries in the calculation of any cost of competing adjustment to salaries for instructional and support positions that is provided as part of the state share of basic aid pursuant to the general appropriation act; (ii) requiring the Department, when estimating the cost of any compensation supplement for instructional and support positions under the Standards of Quality funding formula, to include and estimate the cost of such a compensation supplement for facilities staff; (iii) prohibiting the Department from applying any cap on inflation rate adjustments to non-personal cost categories during the biennial process of rebenchmarking the direct aid to public education budget; and (iv) requiring the Department to utilize a three-year average of the most recently available data to calculate the composite index of local ability-to-pay for each school division.
STATUS
Introduced