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HB1523 - State parks; procurement exemption, Natural Area Preservation Funds created.
Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
State parks; procurement exemption; Natural Area Preservation Funds created. Exempts the Department of Conservation and Recreation from competitive sealed bidding or competitive negotiation for the purchase of items for resale at retail outlets and food services operations at state parks. The bill also establishes the Natural Areas Preservation Projects Fund and the Natural Areas Preservation Acquisition and Development Fund.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1232 - Perinatal services for parents; DOH to obtain all available federal funding for services.
Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Department of Health; perinatal services for parents. Directs the Department of Health to obtain all available federal funding for services for expecting mothers and fathers.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1222 - Assistance for certain voters outside of the polling place; expands definition of disability.
Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Assistance for certain voters outside of the polling place; definition of disability. Expands the definition of disability for purposes of providing assistance outside of a polling place to voters with disabilities to include developmental disabilities.
STATUS
Introduced
HB441 - Polling place; assistance for certain voters, clarifies definition of "person with a disability."
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker, Michelle E. Lopes-Maldonado, Adele Y. McClure
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Assistance for certain voters outside of the polling place; definition of "person with a disability"; training. Amends the definition of "person with a disability" for purposes of the Elections title to mean any person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of his major life activities or who has a record of such impairment. The bill provides that any qualified voter who is a person with a disability shall be eligible for assistance outside of the polling place and makes technical amendments for consistency. The bill requires the training required for all officers of election to include specific training on voting outside of a polling place and directs the Department of Elections to incorporate into guidance documents for election officials the processes and procedures for voting outside of the polling place, including best practices for providing assistance for voters with disabilities.
STATUS
Passed
HB74 - Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving.
David A. Reid, Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Unpaved secondary highway funds. Clarifies that the improvement of nonsurface treated secondary highways includes improvements other than paving, as described in the bill. The bill also clarifies that the local governing body of the county receiving funds for such improvements will select the highways or highway segments to be improved, after consulting with the Department of Transportation.
STATUS
Passed
HB1233 - Unpaved secondary highway funds; improvements, enhanced maintenances, report.
Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Unpaved secondary highway funds; improvements; report. Provides that improvements to nonsurface treated secondary highways may, at the discretion of the locality, include changes other than paving, including enhanced maintenance and capital improvements to such highway. The bill directs the Department of Transportation to review and consider methods of improving unpaved secondary highways other than paving such highways and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation by November 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1223 - Land preservation tax credit; maximum amount increase.
Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Land preservation tax credit; maximum amount increase. Increases from $75 million to $100 million, beginning in 2024, the maximum amount of land preservation tax credits that may be issued in a calendar year.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1218 - Public schools; guidelines and policies regarding school-connected overdoses, parental notification.
Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Public schools; guidelines and policies regarding school-connected overdoses; parental notification; response and prevention. Directs the Board of Education to develop and distribute to each local school board guidelines on policies and procedures relating to school-connected overdose response and prevention. The bill requires each school board to notify the parent of each student in the local school division of any school-connected overdose within 24 hours of such overdose occurring and permits each school board to provide such notification through telephone, email, or other methods of notification, provided that such method of notification is consistent with the guidelines developed by the Board. Finally, the bill directs each school board to fully implement the provisions of the bill by the 2024-2025 school year. Public schools; guidelines and policies regarding school-connected overdoses; parental notification; response and prevention. Directs the Board of Education to develop and distribute to each local school board guidelines on policies and procedures relating to school-connected overdose response and prevention. The bill requires each school board to notify the parent of each student in the local school division of any school-connected overdose within 24 hours of such overdose occurring and permits each school board to provide such notification through telephone, email, or other methods of notification, provided that such method of notification is consistent with the guidelines developed by the Board. Finally, the bill directs each school board to fully implement the provisions of the bill by the 2024-2025 school year.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1229 - Elementary & secondary schools & higher educational institutions; student participation in sports.
Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education; student participation in sports; access to restrooms and changing rooms. Requires each interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a public school, or any other school that is a member of the Virginia High School League, or by a public institution of higher education to be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex: (i) males, men, or boys; (ii) females, women, or girls; or (iii) coed or mixed if participation on such team or sport is open to both males, men, or boys and females, women, or girls. The bill prohibits any such team or sport that is expressly designated for females, women, or girls from being open to students whose biological sex is male. The bill creates a civil cause of action for any student that suffers harm as a result of a knowing violation of a provision of the bill by a school or institution or as a result of the student's reporting a violation of a provision of the bill by a school, institution, athletic association, or organization. The bill also limits access to any restroom or changing room that is capable of being accessed by more than one individual at one time in any public elementary or secondary school building or building owned or controlled by any public institution of higher education exclusively to individuals of the same biological sex.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1231 - JROTC; DOE to notify school boards of any federal legal obligation to participate in program.
Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Department of Education; communication to local school boards; JROTC; legal obligations. Requires the Department of Education to notify each school board of any obligation imposed on the school board or any public school in the local school division pursuant to any federal law or regulation relating to student eligibility to participate in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) programs offered by any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States in public schools. Department of Education; communication to local school boards; JROTC; legal obligations. Requires the Department of Education to notify each school board of any obligation imposed on the school board or any public school in the local school division pursuant to any federal law or regulation relating to student eligibility to participate in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) programs offered by any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States in public schools.
STATUS
Passed
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Representative from Virginia district HD-030
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