SJR66 - Celebrating the life of Charles Cragg Hines.

17 Co-Sponsors

SJR13 - Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Honorable Yvonne Bond Miller's service in the Virginia G.A

34 Co-Sponsors

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Honorable Yvonne Bond Miller's service in the Virginia General Assembly.

SB499 - Health insurance; coverage for donor human milk.

1 Co-Sponsor

Donor human milk banks, health insurance; coverage for donor human milk; penalty; emergency. Prohibits any person from establishing or operating a donor human milk bank, as defined in the bill, without first obtaining a license from the State Health Commissioner and makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to establish or operate a donor human milk bank in the Commonwealth without obtaining such license. The bill directs the State Board of Health to establish a regulatory and statutory scheme for the licensure and regulation of donor human milk banks operating or doing business in the Commonwealth. The bill also directs the Commissioner to implement and enforce numerous regulations relating to the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, and revocation of such licenses. The bill specifies procedures relating to disciplinary actions, application fees, and inspections and interviews related to such donor human milk banks. Donor human milk banks, health insurance; coverage for donor human milk; penalty; emergency. Prohibits any person from establishing or operating a donor human milk bank, as defined in the bill, without first obtaining a license from the State Health Commissioner and makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to establish or operate a donor human milk bank in the Commonwealth without obtaining such license. The bill directs the State Board of Health to establish a regulatory and statutory scheme for the licensure and regulation of donor human milk banks operating or doing business in the Commonwealth. The bill also directs the Commissioner to implement and enforce numerous regulations relating to the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension, and revocation of such licenses. The bill specifies procedures relating to disciplinary actions, application fees, and inspections and interviews related to such donor human milk banks. The bill requires health insurers, corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for expenses incurred in the provision of pasteurized donor human milk. The bill specifies that the requirement applies if the covered person is an infant younger than the age of six months and a licensed medical practitioner has issued an order for such infant who satisfies certain criteria enumerated in the bill. The bill applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. The bill also requires the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance services incurred in the provision of pasteurized donor human milk. The bill specifies that certain provisions will not become effective until the State Board promulgates regulations for the licensure of donor human milk banks and directs the State Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement certain provisions of the bill.

SJR185 - Celebrating the life of Harris Nathan Miller.

20 Co-Sponsors

SB651 - Income tax, state; military benefits subtraction, eliminates age requirement.

1 Co-Sponsor

Military benefits income tax subtraction; age requirement; emergency. Eliminates the age requirement to claim the individual income tax subtraction for military benefits beginning in taxable year 2023. Under current law, only taxpayers 55 years of age or older may claim the subtraction prior to taxable year 2024. The bill contains an emergency clause.

SB496 - Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board; Virginia investment performance grants.

1 Co-Sponsor

Virginia Growth and Opportunity Act; Virginia investment performance grants; Virginia economic development incentive grants. Reduces the local funding match requirement for GO Virginia grants from being equal to the grant amount to being at least equal to half of the grant amount until July 1, 2028. The bill adds the Secretary of Labor to the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board. The bill also requires, for a Virginia investment performance grant award determination that includes a job creation requirement, an eligible manufacturer or research and development service to pay an average wage, excluding fringe benefits, that is no less than the prevailing average wage for such new jobs. Under the bill, beginning July 1, 2024, (i) the aggregate amount of Virginia investment performance grants payable to all grant recipients in any fiscal year shall not exceed $7 million and (ii) grants shall be payable in amounts up to $5 million per eligible manufacturer or research and development service in five equal, annual installments of up to $1 million, beginning in the first year after verification of capital investment and pledged employment. The bill also provides that eligible companies shall be eligible to receive Virginia economic development incentive grants in the first year after verification that requirements applicable to such grant are satisfied. The bill contains an enactment clause clarifying that no existing agreement entered into prior to the effective date of the bill shall be impacted by the bill. Virginia Growth and Opportunity Act; Virginia investment performance grants; Virginia economic development incentive grants. Reduces the local funding match requirement for GO Virginia grants from being equal to the grant amount to being at least equal to half of the grant amount until July 1, 2028. The bill adds the Secretary of Labor to the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board. The bill also requires, for a Virginia investment performance grant award determination that includes a job creation requirement, an eligible manufacturer or research and development service to pay an average wage, excluding fringe benefits, that is no less than the prevailing average wage for such new jobs. Under the bill, beginning July 1, 2024, (i) the aggregate amount of Virginia investment performance grants payable to all grant recipients in any fiscal year shall not exceed $7 million and (ii) grants shall be payable in amounts up to $5 million per eligible manufacturer or research and development service in five equal, annual installments of up to $1 million, beginning in the first year after verification of capital investment and pledged employment. The bill also provides that eligible companies shall be eligible to receive Virginia economic development incentive grants in the first year after verification that requirements applicable to such grant are satisfied. The bill contains an enactment clause clarifying that no existing agreement entered into prior to the effective date of the bill shall be impacted by the bill.

SJR210 - Commending William A. Pruitt.

40 Co-Sponsors

SJR246 - Commending the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department.

7 Co-Sponsors

SJR61 - Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness.

38 Co-Sponsors

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness. Designates May, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness in Virginia.

SB356 - Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees.

2 Co-Sponsors

Compensation of court-appointed counsel. Raises the limitation of fees that court-appointed counsel can receive for representation on various offenses in district and circuit courts. The bill also limits the fees charged for the cost of court-appointed counsel or public defender representation to persons determined to be indigent to an amount no greater than the amount such person would have owed if such fees had been assessed on or before June 30, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.