SB1 - Minimum wage; increases wage to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Louise Lucas, Jennifer D. Carroll Foy, Jennifer Barton Boysko
Last updated 6 months ago8 Co-Sponsors
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from the current rate of $12.00 per hour to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2026. The bill satisfies a reenactment clause included in Chapters 1204 and 1242 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020.
STATUS
Vetoed
SR98 - Celebrating the life of Marion Gertrude Oyer.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
J.D. Diggs
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SR96 - Celebrating the life of Edwin L. Barnes.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Travis Hackworth
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB661 - Nursing facilities; electronic monitoring in resident rooms.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Christie New Craig
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Nursing facilities; electronic monitoring in resident rooms. Gives residents of nursing facilities the right to place electronic monitoring devices in their rooms. "Electronic monitoring" is defined in the bill as video or audio monitoring or recording of residents of a nursing facility as a means of monitoring resident wellbeing. Nursing facilities; electronic monitoring in resident rooms. Gives residents of nursing facilities the right to place electronic monitoring devices in their rooms. "Electronic monitoring" is defined in the bill as video or audio monitoring or recording of residents of a nursing facility as a means of monitoring resident wellbeing.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR131 - Celebrating the life of Captain Anderson Keaton King, USAR.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Timmy F. French, Lashrecse D. Aird, Jennifer Barton Boysko
Last updated 7 months ago38 Co-Sponsors
Celebrating the life of Captain Anderson Keating King, USAR.
STATUS
Passed
SB161 - High school graduation; alternative pathway to advanced studies diploma & associated diploma seal.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
John J. McGuire
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Board of Education; high school graduation; alternative pathway to advanced studies diploma and associated diploma seal; career and technical education. Directs the Board of Education to establish an alternative pathway to the advanced studies high school diploma and an associated diploma seal for students who successfully follow and demonstrate excellence on such pathway, that requires advanced coursework in a career and technical education field but does not require coursework in laboratory science. Under current law, one computer science course credit may count as one of the laboratory science course credits required for an advanced studies high school diploma but there is no pathway to an advanced studies diploma that does not require any laboratory science coursework. The bill requires such pathway and associated diploma seal to become effective for the 2025-2026 school year and to be available to any student, regardless of the school year during which the student enters ninth grade.
STATUS
Introduced
SB458 - Virginia Retirement System; plan credits and accounts.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dave W. Marsden
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Virginia Retirement System; plan credits and accounts. Allows members of the Virginia Retirement System to purchase service credit for prior full-time active duty military service of at least 180 consecutive days in any federally established branch of the armed services. Under current law, such purchases are restricted to prior full-time active duty military service of at least 180 consecutive days in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard. Virginia Retirement System; plan credits and accounts. Allows members of the Virginia Retirement System to purchase service credit for prior full-time active duty military service of at least 180 consecutive days in any federally established branch of the armed services. Under current law, such purchases are restricted to prior full-time active duty military service of at least 180 consecutive days in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard. The bill also provides that any funds or other property held in a Virginia Retirement System defined contribution plan, deferred compensation plan, or cash match plan remaining unclaimed for more than five years shall be presumed abandoned under the Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act and may escheat to the state treasury. Under current law, the Act does not apply to any Virginia Retirement System defined benefit plan funds or other property.
STATUS
Passed
SB107 - Campaign finance; fundraising during special sessions prohibited.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
David R. Suetterlein, Jennifer D. Carroll Foy, Russet W. Perry
Last updated 8 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Campaign finance; fundraising during special sessions prohibited. Prohibits campaign fundraising by a member of the General Assembly or statewide official on any day the General Assembly is scheduled to meet during a special session. Currently, such campaign fundraising is prohibited only during regular sessions of the General Assembly.
STATUS
Engrossed
SJR21 - Secretariat of Rural Affairs; JLARC to study need for and feasibility of creating position.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lashrecse D. Aird, Russet W. Perry
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Study; JLARC; creation of Secretariat of Rural Study; JLARC; creation of Secretariat of Rural Affairs; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the need for and feasibility of creating a Secretariat of Rural Affairs in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB15 - Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain criminal violations.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Barbara A. Favola, Russet W. Perry, Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 6 months ago16 Co-Sponsors
Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes. Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves the receipt or provision of or assistance with reproductive health care services within the Commonwealth unless the alleged criminal violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws of the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that such limit on extradition shall not apply when the person who is subject to such demand for extradition by another state was physically present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged offense and thereafter fled from such state. Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes. Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves the receipt or provision of or assistance with reproductive health care services within the Commonwealth unless the alleged criminal violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws of the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that such limit on extradition shall not apply when the person who is subject to such demand for extradition by another state was physically present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged offense and thereafter fled from such state.
STATUS
Vetoed
SB268 - Marine Resources Commission; permits, public notice.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bill R. DeSteph, Christie New Craig
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Marine Resources Commission; permits; public notice. Requires the Commissioner of Marine Resources to ensure that for any project under consideration for a Commission-issued permit the Commission sends public notice electronically to any business, residence, or civic organization that has requested to be added to the Commission's public notice email list. Marine Resources Commission; permits; public notice. Requires the Commissioner of Marine Resources to ensure that for any project under consideration for a Commission-issued permit the Commission sends public notice electronically to any business, residence, or civic organization that has requested to be added to the Commission's public notice email list.
STATUS
Introduced
SB349 - Vehicle inspections; extends timeframe for new motor vehicles.
Virginia - 2024 Regular Session
Last updated 9 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Vehicle inspections; new motor vehicles. Extends the timeframe following the first inspection of a new motor vehicle in which such vehicle must be inspected from 12 months after the first inspection to either 36 months after the first inspection or within such time as such new motor vehicle reaches a mileage of 36,000 miles. The bill provides that the inspection approval sticker provided by the Department of State Police for such new motor vehicle shall designate its validity period and directs the Department to develop, create, and distribute such new stickers.
STATUS
Introduced
SB340 - Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions from mandatory disclosure, purchase card statement.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Saddam Azlan Salim, Scott A. Surovell
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions from mandatory disclosure; purchase card statement. Clarifies that the name of a public employee, officer, or official as it appears on a purchase card statement or other payment record and the description of individual purchases are not exempt from disclosure by the State Comptroller.
STATUS
Passed
SB301 - Campaign finance; appeal of penalties.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bill R. DeSteph
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Campaign finance; appeal of penalties. Provides for an appeal process for any person or committee assessed a civil penalty under the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006. Upon petition, the State Board of Elections may provide relief to the petitioner for good cause shown. Such relief may include forgiveness of all or a portion of an assessed civil penalty, the retroactive extension of a deadline, or other appropriate remedy. Campaign finance; appeal of penalties. Provides for an appeal process for any person or committee assessed a civil penalty under the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act of 2006. Upon petition, the State Board of Elections may provide relief to the petitioner for good cause shown. Such relief may include forgiveness of all or a portion of an assessed civil penalty, the retroactive extension of a deadline, or other appropriate remedy.
STATUS
Failed
SB653 - State psychiatric hospitals; temporary detention orders, delayed admission to determine med. needs.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Tara A. Durant
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
State psychiatric hospitals; temporary detention orders; delayed admission to determine medical needs. Allows state psychiatric hospitals to delay admission of an individual under a temporary detention order until the state psychiatric hospital has determined that the individual does not have potentially life-threatening medical needs that require immediate evaluation and treatment that the state psychiatric hospital is incapable of providing. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission and the Behavioral Health Commission.
STATUS
Introduced