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HB1468 - Consumer Data Protection Act; enforcement by the Attorney General, civil penalty.
James A. Leftwich
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Consumer Data Protection Act; enforcement by the Attorney General; civil penalty. Permits the Attorney General to prohibit TikTok from being available to known minors in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that a civil penalty of $7,500 may be assessed for violations by TikTok unless such website or application could not have reasonably known or have had reason to know of such operation in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1482 - Unlawful detainer actions; no rental agreement between owner and occupant.
James A. Leftwich, Jackie H. Glass
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; unlawful detainer action; emergency hearings. Provides for an emergency hearing to occur on a summons for unlawful detainer filed by an owner of a residential single family dwelling unit if the court finds based upon the evidence that (i) no rental agreement exists or has ever existed between the owner and the occupant; (ii) the occupant occupies such dwelling unit without permission of such owner; and (iii) the owner has given such occupant a written notice to vacate such dwelling unit at least 72 hours prior to the date of filing. Under the bill, an emergency hearing on such summons shall occur as soon as practicable, but not more than 14 days from the date of filing. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; unlawful detainer action; emergency hearings. Provides for an emergency hearing to occur on a summons for unlawful detainer filed by an owner of a residential single family dwelling unit if the court finds based upon the evidence that (i) no rental agreement exists or has ever existed between the owner and the occupant; (ii) the occupant occupies such dwelling unit without permission of such owner; and (iii) the owner has given such occupant a written notice to vacate such dwelling unit at least 72 hours prior to the date of filing. Under the bill, an emergency hearing on such summons shall occur as soon as practicable, but not more than 14 days from the date of filing.
STATUS
Passed
HB1387 - Veterinary medicine; exceptions for care of animals injured in line of duty.
James A. Leftwich
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Department of Health Professions; veterinary medicine; exceptions for care of animals injured in line of duty. Provides an exception to the unauthorized practice of veterinary medicine for any law-enforcement officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel who provides emergency treatment to any animal in his care that is injured in the line of duty.
STATUS
Introduced
HB680 - Human Resource Management, Department of; recruitment policy, direct work experience.
James A. Leftwich, Mark L. Earley, Joshua G. Cole
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Department of Human Resource Management; recruitment policy; direct work experience. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to develop a statewide recruitment policy designed to provide guidance to state agencies on how to remove postsecondary degree requirements from hiring considerations and recruit qualified employees utilizing appropriate baseline requirements, the specifics of which are outlined in the bill.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB688 - Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages & pre-mixed wine off-premises.
James A. Leftwich, Paul E. Krizek, Michael J. Webert
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Alcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption; third-party delivery license; sunset; repeal. Repeals the July 1, 2024, sunset on provisions that allow (i) distillers that have been appointed as agents of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, mixed beverage restaurant licensees, and limited mixed beverage restaurant licensees to sell mixed beverages for off-premises consumption and (ii) farm winery licensees to sell pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption. The bill also repeals, effective July 1, 2026, third-party delivery licenses. The bill requires the Authority to convene a work group to review third-party delivery licenses and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by November 15, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB759 - Food inspections; pickles and acidified vegetables, gross sales.
Nicholas J. Freitas, Mike A. Cherry, William Chad Green
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Food inspections; private homes; pickles and acidified vegetables; gross sales. Increases from $3,000 to $9,000 the gross sales annual revenue cap for sales of pickles and other acidified vegetables that have an equilibrium pH value of 4.6 or lower and are processed and prepared in a private home without an inspection as otherwise required to operate a food establishment. The bill expands the exemption for private homes where the resident processes and prepares certain food products to allow for such person to sell the food at a temporary event that operates for a period of no more than 14 consecutive days. The bill also clarifies that such person may advertise such food products over the Internet provided that the sale takes place in person and complies with certain restrictions. Food inspections; private homes; pickles and acidified vegetables; gross sales. Increases from $3,000 to $9,000 the gross sales annual revenue cap for sales of pickles and other acidified vegetables that have an equilibrium pH value of 4.6 or lower and are processed and prepared in a private home without an inspection as otherwise required to operate a food establishment. The bill expands the exemption for private homes where the resident processes and prepares certain food products to allow for such person to sell the food at a temporary event that operates for a period of no more than 14 consecutive days. The bill also clarifies that such person may advertise such food products over the Internet provided that the sale takes place in person and complies with certain restrictions.
STATUS
Passed
HB681 - Home-produced or small farm-produced food products; sale of products.
James A. Leftwich
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Home-produced or small farm-produced food products. Allows the sale of food products made from any fruit, grain, herbs, honey, meat, milk, mushrooms, nuts, poultry, seafood, or vegetables by a farm employing 10 or fewer people or by a private home, so long as (i) the sale is made directly to consumers and (ii) the product is labeled with the producer's name and address, the product's ingredients, and a disclosure statement indicating that the product is not subject to Virginia's food safety laws or regulations.
STATUS
Introduced
HB685 - Fentanyl; selling, giving, or distributing, penalties.
James A. Leftwich
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Selling, giving, or distributing fentanyl; penalties. Provides that any person who sells, gives, or distributes a substance he knows or should know contains two milligrams or more of any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, to another person without such person's knowledge that the substance sold, given, or distributed contains fentanyl is guilty of attempted murder of the second degree. The bill also provides that if such sale, gift, or distribution results in the death of the other person from his use of the substance containing fentanyl, then the person who sold, gave, or distributed the substance is guilty of murder of the second degree. The bill also makes it a felony punishable by not less than five nor more than 40 years, three years of which are a mandatory minimum, and a fine not to exceed $1 million for a person to transport into the Commonwealth by any means with intent to sell or distribute 100 milligrams or more of fentanyl.
STATUS
Introduced
HB683 - Zoning appeals, board of; appeal to general district court.
James A. Leftwich
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Board of zoning appeals; appeal to general district court. Provides that in the case of an appeal from the board of zoning appeals of an order, requirement, decision, or determination of a zoning administrator, a person aggrieved by any such order, requirement, decision, or determination may file the petition with the clerk of the general district court that shall have jurisdiction to hear such appeal.
STATUS
Introduced
HB679 - Magistrates; certain minimum standards for security and accessibility in quarters.
James A. Leftwich
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Quarters for magistrates; certain minimum standards for security and accessibility. Establishes certain minimum standards for ensuring security and accessibility in quarters for magistrates.
STATUS
Passed
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