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HB859 - Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
Wren M. Williams, Karrie K. Delaney, Shelly Anne Simonds
Last updated 11 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Authorizes the Department of Criminal Justice Services to register and issue licenses for human trafficking investigators. The bill provides that a human trafficking investigator is a private investigator who is GSA compliant and engages in the business of, or accepts employment to make, investigations to obtain information on sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking as defined in the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and in the federal Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1120 - K-12 schools and higher educational institutions; student participation in women's sports, etc.
Delores Oates, Mark L. Earley, Timothy P. Griffin
Last updated 11 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
K-12 schools and institutions of higher education; student participation in women's sports; civil cause of action. 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 the biological sex of the students who participate on the team or in the sport: (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 and females. The bill prohibits any such team or sport that is expressly designated for females from being open to students whose biological sex is male. The bill also provides that in the event of a dispute as to the biological sex of any student seeking to participate on any interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport that is expressly designated for males or females, such student may establish biological sex by presenting to the school or institution a signed physician's statement that attests to such student's biological sex based solely on (a) the student's internal and external reproductive anatomy; (b) the student's normal endogenously produced levels of testosterone; and (c) an analysis of the student's genetic makeup. K-12 schools and institutions of higher education; student participation in women's sports; civil cause of action. 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 the biological sex of the students who participate on the team or in the sport: (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 and females. The bill prohibits any such team or sport that is expressly designated for females from being open to students whose biological sex is male. The bill also provides that in the event of a dispute as to the biological sex of any student seeking to participate on any interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport that is expressly designated for males or females, such student may establish biological sex by presenting to the school or institution a signed physician's statement that attests to such student's biological sex based solely on (a) the student's internal and external reproductive anatomy; (b) the student's normal endogenously produced levels of testosterone; and (c) an analysis of the student's genetic makeup. The bill prohibits any government entity, licensing or accrediting organization, or athletic association or organization from entertaining a complaint, opening an investigation, or taking any other adverse action against any such school or institution of higher education based on a violation of the provisions of the bill and creates a cause of action for any school or institution of higher education that suffers harm as a result of a violation of the bill. Finally, the bill creates a civil cause of action for any student who 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.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR137 - Celebrating the life of Charles D. Grant.
Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
STATUS
Passed
HB1381 - Rural Virginia, Center for; renames Center the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia.
Chris S. Runion, Jonathan Arnold, Bonita Grace Anthony
Last updated 8 months ago
100 Co-Sponsors
Center for Rural Virginia; name change. Renames the Center for Rural Virginia as the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia.
STATUS
Passed
HB84 - Mineral mining and exploration; public notification.
Shelly Anne Simonds, Nadarius E. Clark, Debra D. Gardner
Last updated 10 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Mineral mining and exploration; public notification. Requires an explorer conducting any mineral exploration activities, as those terms are defined in the bill, prior to the start of such activities, to (i) publish a notice in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality where the exploration activity will occur at least once a week for two successive weeks, (ii) notify the governing body of such locality at least 15 days in advance of such activity, and (iii) notify all individual residences and properties within 500 yards of the property lines where the exploration activity will take place at least 15 days in advance of such activity. The bill requires such notices to include certain information related to the exploration activity.
STATUS
Engrossed
HJR74 - International Dark Sky Week; designating as week of new moon April 2024.
David A. Reid, Joseph P. McNamara, Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
International Dark Sky Week. Designates the week of the new moon in April, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as International Dark Sky Week in Virginia.
STATUS
Passed
HR84 - Commending the Fauquier Free Clinic.
Michael J. Webert, Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
HB1215 - Asbestos and lead project permit; usage of licensing fees.
Geary M. Higgins
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Department of Labor and Industry; asbestos and lead project permit; usage of licensing fees. Provides that fees collected by the Department of Labor and Industry paid by licensed asbestos and certified lead contractors for obtaining asbestos and lead project permits are to be used by the Department in carrying out its mission under the Virginia Asbestos NESHAP Act.
STATUS
Passed
HR177 - Commending the Honorable Michael P. Mullin.
William Chad Green, Bonita Grace Anthony, Jonathan Arnold
Last updated 9 months ago
97 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
HJR120 - Commending the ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation.
Sam Rasoul, Nadarius E. Clark, Jonathan Arnold
Last updated 9 months ago
100 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
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