SB574 - Behavioral Health Commission; Commission to study processes related to civil admissions.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Creigh Deeds, Russet W. Perry
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Behavioral Health Commission; behavioral health and crisis response services; civil admissions laws and processes; work group; report. Directs the Behavioral Health Commission to convene a work group to study how to effectively align current civil admissions laws and processes with new behavioral health and crisis response services and resources in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Behavioral Health Commission to make recommendations for any statutory, regulatory, licensing, training, and reimbursement changes related to Virginia's current civil admissions process and to report such recommendations by July 1, 2025. Behavioral Health Commission; behavioral health and crisis response services; civil admissions laws and processes; work group; report. Directs the Behavioral Health Commission to convene a work group to study how to effectively align current civil admissions laws and processes with new behavioral health and crisis response services and resources in the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Behavioral Health Commission to make recommendations for any statutory, regulatory, licensing, training, and reimbursement changes related to Virginia's current civil admissions process and to report such recommendations by July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SJR83 - Commending Susan F. Dewey.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Travis Hackworth
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SB721 - Local government actions related to comprehensive plans, etc.; approval process.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Tammy Brankley Mulchi
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Local government actions related to comprehensive plans, local planning commissions, subdivision plats and site plans, and zoning ordinances; approval process. Makes several changes to local government land use approval processes, including (i) prohibiting use of the comprehensive plan as the basis, in whole or in part, for the disapproval of a site plan that is otherwise in conformity with duly adopted standards, ordinances, and statutes and (ii) allowing automatic approval of certain land use applications rather than a right to petition the circuit court, as provided under current law, if a locality does not approve or disapprove the application within the required timeframe. The bill also reduces from 12 months to four months the time within which a locality must initially act upon certain proposed zoning ordinance amendments and requires a locality to act on all such proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance or map that it has previously disapproved within 45 days after an amended proposal has been resubmitted for approval.
STATUS
Introduced
SB662 - Income tax, state; subtraction for state police retirement benefits.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mark J. Peake, Christie New Craig
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Income tax subtraction; state police retirement benefits. Establishes an income tax subtraction for up to $10,000 of state police retirement benefits in taxable year 2024 and each year thereafter. The bill defines state police retirement benefits to include retirement income received by a Virginia State Police officer who is at least 55 years of age and benefits paid to the surviving spouse of such officer whose death occurred in the line of duty.
STATUS
Introduced
SR6 - Commending the Honorable Dr. Luke E. Torian.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy, Lashrecse D. Aird, Lamont Bagby
Last updated 8 months ago39 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SR184 - Celebrating the life of David R. Rathburn.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
David R. Suetterlein
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Celebrating the life of David R. Rathburn. Celebrating the life of David R. Rathburn.
STATUS
Passed
SB714 - Vehicle exhaust systems; inspection and administrative fee.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dave W. Marsden, Jennifer Barton Boysko
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Vehicle exhaust systems; inspection and administrative fee. Prohibits passenger vehicle exhaust systems from emitting noise in excess of 95 decibels in Planning District 8 on a highway; any driveway or premises of a church, school, recreational facility, or business; any governmental property open to the public; any industrial establishment providing parking space for customers, patrons, or employees; and any highway under construction or not yet open to the public. Vehicle exhaust systems; inspection and administrative fee. Prohibits passenger vehicle exhaust systems from emitting noise in excess of 95 decibels in Planning District 8 on a highway; any driveway or premises of a church, school, recreational facility, or business; any governmental property open to the public; any industrial establishment providing parking space for customers, patrons, or employees; and any highway under construction or not yet open to the public. The bill allows, in Planning District 8, a law-enforcement officer to stop a passenger vehicle he determines is emitting exhaust system noise in excess of such limit and issue a notice of an administrative fee of $250 to be assessed at the time of the vehicle's next registration renewal and establishes a process for inspecting such vehicle. The bill has a contingent effective date of January 1, 2025, provided that the Department of Environmental Quality has received the necessary funding to supply the necessary equipment for such vehicle exhaust system inspections to inspection stations. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2027.
STATUS
Introduced
SR9 - Celebrating the life of Jon Robert Tabb.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Emily M. Brewer
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Introduced
SB643 - Failure to appear; contempt of court, penalties.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lashrecse D. Aird, Creigh Deeds, Jennifer D. Carroll Foy
Last updated 8 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Penalties for failure to appear; contempt. Provides that any person (i) charged with a felony offense or misdemeanor offense or (ii) convicted of a felony offense or misdemeanor offense and execution of sentence is suspended who willfully fails to appear before any court or judicial officer as required may be punished for contempt. Under current law, such person is guilty of a Class 6 felony, if charged with a felony, or a Class 1 misdemeanor, if charged with a misdemeanor, for such a violation. The bill excludes from such penalty persons who are incarcerated or in the custody of a law-enforcement officer at the time such person is required to appear. The bill also eliminates a court's authority to punish summarily a contempt of court for willful failure to appear.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB344 - Charitable gaming; clarifies definition of "social organization."
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bryce E. Reeves
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Charitable gaming. Amends charitable gaming law to allow, as a condition of receiving a charitable gaming permit or authorization to conduct electronic gaming, certain organizations to use a predetermined percentage of its receipts for expenses related to the rental of real property where such real property is involved in the operation of the organization and used for lawful religious, charitable, community, or educational purposes. The bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from promulgating electronic gaming regulations that prohibit (i) devices that display spinning, rotating, or rolling reels or animations or flashing lights; (ii) devices that accept vouchers; or (iii) the purchase and play of an electronic pull tab with a single press or touch of a button.
STATUS
Passed
SB528 - Crimes; offenses against the sovereignty of the Commonwealth, unfaithful delegates to a convention.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Glen H. Sturtevant
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Crimes; offenses against the sovereignty of the Commonwealth; unfaithful delegates to a convention for proposing amendments held under Article V of the Constitution of the United States; penalties. Provides that a delegate or interim delegate to a convention for proposing amendments held under Article V of the Constitution of the United States may not vote or otherwise act beyond the authority granted in his commission, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that a delegate or interim delegate who exceeds the scope of his authority is guilty of a Class 5 felony. The bill also provides that any individual who knowingly bribes, threatens, intimidates, or unlawfully obstructs or attempts to bribe, threaten, intimidate, or unlawfully obstruct any delegate or interim delegate to the such convention is guilty of a Class 5 felony. Crimes; offenses against the sovereignty of the Commonwealth; unfaithful delegates to a convention for proposing amendments held under Article V of the Constitution of the United States; penalties. Provides that a delegate or interim delegate to a convention for proposing amendments held under Article V of the Constitution of the United States may not vote or otherwise act beyond the authority granted in his commission, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that a delegate or interim delegate who exceeds the scope of his authority is guilty of a Class 5 felony. The bill also provides that any individual who knowingly bribes, threatens, intimidates, or unlawfully obstructs or attempts to bribe, threaten, intimidate, or unlawfully obstruct any delegate or interim delegate to the such convention is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
STATUS
Introduced
SB711 - Taxation; secrecy of information; taxpayer waiver.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bill R. DeSteph
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Taxation; secrecy of information; taxpayer waiver. Allows a taxpayer to waive confidentiality and secrecy of information provisions of Virginia law with respect to tax information upon executing a written acknowledgement waiver.
STATUS
Introduced
SR86 - Commending Michael Charles Huntley II.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Tara A. Durant, Bryce E. Reeves
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SR67 - Commending Earth Force.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adam P. Ebbin
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
SJR63 - Commending Peter A. Blake.
Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Ghazala F. Hashmi, Lashrecse D. Aird, Lamont Bagby
Last updated 8 months ago40 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
Sen Emmett W. Hanger (SD-024)
Virginia Senatesince 8 months
Sen Janet D. Howell (SD-032)
Virginia Senatesince 8 months