Sen Bill R. DeSteph (SD-008)
Virginia Senatesince 10 months
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SB266 - Animal control officers; additional training.
Bill R. DeSteph, Christie New Craig, Emily M. Brewer
Last updated 11 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Animal control officers; additional training. Increases the number of hours of required additional training in animal control and protection from 15 to 24 every three years for all animal control officers and deputy animal control officers employed by a locality.
STATUS
Introduced
SB665 - Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; soil erosion control and stormwater management plans.
Bill R. DeSteph
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Southwest Regional Recreation Authority; soil erosion control and stormwater management plans; land-disturbing activities. Adds the Southwest Regional Recreation Authority to the list of entities that may submit standards and specifications for its conduct of land-disturbing activities to the Department of Environmental Quality for approval by the Department as an alternative to submitting soil erosion control and stormwater management plans.
STATUS
Introduced
SB267 - Local wetlands boards; permit application approval.
Bill R. DeSteph
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Local wetlands boards; permit application approval. Changes the standard for approval of a wetlands permit application from three members of a five-member wetlands board or four members of a seven-member wetlands board to a simple majority of those board members present and voting. The bill also changes the standard for approval of a coastal primary sand dune permit application from three members of a five-member wetlands board or four members of a seven-member wetlands board to a simple majority of a quorum of such board. The bill requires certain localities to amend the related ordinances to conform to the provisions of the bill no later than January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB558 - School choice educational savings accounts; permits parents of qualified students to apply to DOE.
Bill R. DeSteph, Christie New Craig
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
School choice educational School choice educational savings accounts. Permits the parents of qualified students to apply to the Department of Education for a renewable school choice education savings account, consisting of a monetary amount that is equivalent to a certain percentage of all applicable annual Standards of Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the resident school division in which the qualified student resides, from which the parent of such student may use the funds to make education-related qualifying expenditures, including tuition, deposits, fees, and required textbooks and instructional materials, at (i) a private elementary or secondary school located in the Commonwealth, (ii) certain nonpublic online learning programs, and (iii) institutions of higher education and requires the Department of Education to establish certain policies, procedures, and processes relating to the savings accounts. The bill defines the term "qualified student" to provide for the annual expansion of the students who are eligible to receive savings accounts, from including for the 2024–2025 school year only students who meet a limited set of criteria and gradually expanding to declare eligible for the 2028–2029 school year and each year thereafter any student who (a) is deemed to reside in a school division in the Commonwealth, (b) for whom compulsory attendance is required pursuant to relevant law, (c) is eligible to enroll in a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth, and (d) is entering kindergarten or was enrolled at and attended a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth during the two semesters immediately preceding the semester for which the child's parent initially applies for a savings account. The bill contains several provisions relating to the terms and conditions to which the parent of any qualified student is required to agree to receive a savings account, requirements relating to renewal of savings accounts and the management of funds remaining when accounts are closed or become inactive, and the consequences of noncompliance with the terms and conditions. The bill also provides that the Department of Education shall be responsible for the administration of the savings accounts, including (1) making quarterly disbursements in the appropriate amount to each savings account and managing retained savings; (2) developing informational materials for interested parents relating to the savings accounts; and (3) developing policies and procedures relating to the administration and management of the savings accounts, the application process, quarterly reviews and annual audits of each savings account, and addressing incidents of intentional and substantial misrepresentation, fraud, or noncompliance in relation to expenditures from savings accounts.
STATUS
Introduced
SB365 - Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan.
Bill R. DeSteph
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Regulated land-disturbing activities; submission and approval of erosion and sediment control plan. Prohibits a person from engaging in any land-disturbing activity until, where Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permit coverage is required, the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program (VESCP) authority has obtained evidence of such permit coverage from the Department of Environmental Quality's online reporting system prior to issuing its land-disturbance approval. Current law requires the VESCP authority to obtain such evidence of VPDES permit coverage prior to approving an erosion and sediment control plan.
STATUS
Passed
SJR39 - Commending Scott Chambers.
Christie New Craig, Bill R. DeSteph, Emily M. Brewer
Last updated 10 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SR14 - Commending Master Sergeant Jack Dixon Peed, Jr., VA VNG.
Bill R. DeSteph, Christie New Craig
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB655 - Virginia Employment Commission; appeals proceedings, appeal tribunals and Board of Review.
Bill R. DeSteph
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Virginia Employment Commission; appeals proceedings; appeal tribunals and Board of Review; repeal. Specifies that any determination made by the Virginia Employment Commission in regard to any amount required to be deducted and withheld from unemployment compensation for purposes of child support obligations is final. The bill contains a number of technical amendments related to the Commission's appeals proceedings. The bill also repeals provisions related to appeal tribunals and the Commission-appointed Board of Review and contains technical amendments.
STATUS
Passed
SJR73 - Commending Daniel M. Gade.
Bryce E. Reeves, Christie New Craig, Bill R. DeSteph
Last updated 10 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SR26 - Commending Margaret L. Sanner.
Ghazala F. Hashmi, Lashrecse D. Aird, Lamont Bagby
Last updated 10 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
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