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HB748 - Electric Power-Assisted Bicycle Rebate Program; created.
Joshua E. Thomas, Rodney Turner Willett
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
E-bike rebate program. Creates the Electric Power-Assisted Bicycle Rebate Program for the purchase of new electric power-assisted bicycles, as defined in the bill, to be administered by the Department of Energy. Under the bill, a purchaser of a new electric power-assisted bicycle would receive a $500 rebate applied toward payment for the purchase, and a purchaser with an annual household income that does not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty level would be entitled to an additional $600 rebate for a new electric power-assisted bicycle. The bill provides for both rebates beginning January 1, 2025. Additional rebates are provided for in amounts of (i) up to $100 for related equipment, (ii) $300 for an electric power-assisted bicycle designed for carrying cargo, defined in the bill, and (iii) $250 for an adaptive electric power-assisted bicycle, also defined in the bill.
STATUS
Introduced
HB281 - Child day programs; use of office buildings, waiver of zoning requirements.
Atoosa R. Reaser, Shelly Anne Simonds, Alex Q. Askew
Last updated 6 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Early childhood care and education; child day programs; use of office buildings; waiver of zoning requirements. Permits any locality to by ordinance provide for the waiver of any requirements for zoning permits for the operation of a child day program in an office building, as defined by the bill, provided that such facility satisfies the requirements for state licensure as a child day program.
STATUS
Passed
HB284 - Teachers; criteria for initial renewable licensure for certain individuals.
Joshua E. Thomas, Bonita Grace Anthony, Sam Rasoul
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Board of Education; criteria for initial renewable teacher licensure for certain individuals. Requires the Board of Education to issue an initial renewable license as a teacher to any applicant who (i) is enrolled in an accredited education preparation program at an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; (ii) is recommended for such licensure by the dean of such education preparation program; (iii) has attempted, unsuccessfully, to obtain a qualifying score on the communication and literacy assessment prescribed by the Board; (iv) meets all other requirements for such license; and (v) meets any other criteria for the issuance of such license in such circumstances as may be established by the Board of Education.
STATUS
Introduced
HB48 - Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications, legacy admissions, etc.
Dan I. Helmer, Laura Jane Cohen, Kannan Srinivasan
Last updated 7 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; legacy admissions and admissions based on donor status prohibited. Prohibits any public institution of higher education from providing any manner of preferential treatment in the admissions decision to any student applicant on the basis of such student's legacy status, defined in the bill, or such student's familial relationship to any donor to such institution.
STATUS
Passed
HB583 - Public elementary school teachers; length of daily lunch breaks.
Shelly Anne Simonds, Laura Jane Cohen, Amy J. Laufer
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Public school teachers; daily lunch breaks; data collection; report. Requires the Department of Education to annually collect and present in the Virginia School Survey of Climate and Working Conditions school-level and division-level data on the share of teachers that are provided each working day a lunch break of at least 30 minutes in length and unencumbered by any teaching or supervisory duties. Public school teachers; daily lunch breaks; data collection; report. Requires the Department of Education to annually collect and present in the Virginia School Survey of Climate and Working Conditions school-level and division-level data on the share of teachers that are provided each working day a lunch break of at least 30 minutes in length and unencumbered by any teaching or supervisory duties.
STATUS
Passed
HB32 - Medicine, Board of; continuing ed. related to implicit bias and cultural competency in health care.
Nadarius E. Clark, Joshua E. Thomas, Bonita Grace Anthony
Last updated 9 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Board of Medicine; continuing education; implicit bias and cultural competency in health care. Requires the Board of Medicine to adopt and implement policies that require each practitioner licensed by the Board who has direct contact with persons who are or may become pregnant to complete two hours of continuing education related to implicit bias, defined in the bill, and cultural competency in health care at least once every other license renewal cycle.
STATUS
Introduced
HB93 - Alpha-gal syndrome; Board of Health shall adopt regulations to include on reportable disease list.
Howard Otto Wachsmann, David A. Reid, Joshua E. Thomas
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Alpha-gal syndrome; Board of Health; reportable disease list. Directs the Board of Health to adopt regulations to include alpha-gal syndrome on the list of diseases that shall be required to be reported in accordance with the Code of Virginia. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. Alpha-gal syndrome; Board of Health; reportable disease list. Directs the Board of Health to adopt regulations to include alpha-gal syndrome on the list of diseases that shall be required to be reported in accordance with the Code of Virginia. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB574 - Recordation tax; value of interest conveyed.
Joshua E. Thomas, Carrie Emerson Coyner
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Recordation tax; value of interest conveyed. Provides that for purposes of recordation taxes, the value of a property interest conveyed shall be the most recent property tax assessment for such property at the time the property is conveyed. Recordation tax; value of interest conveyed. Provides that for purposes of recordation taxes, the value of a property interest conveyed shall be the most recent property tax assessment for such property at the time the property is conveyed.
STATUS
Passed
HJR2 - Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote.
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker, Bonita Grace Anthony, Alex Q. Askew
Last updated 10 months ago
40 Co-Sponsors
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction, but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him, such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The amendment also provides that a person adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as lacking the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote during this period of incapacity until his capacity has been reestablished as prescribed by law. Currently, the Constitution of Virginia provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR8 - Black Women's History Month; designating as April 2024 and each succeeding year thereafter.
Joshua G. Cole, Bonita Grace Anthony, Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Last updated 7 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Black Women's History Month. Designates April, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Black Women's History Month in Virginia. Black Women's History Month. Designates April, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Black Women's History Month in Virginia.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Virginia district HD-021
COMMITTEES
Virginia House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Joshua E. Thomas is from Park City, Utah. He earned his B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Brigham Young University in 2016. Thomas is the Vice President at StorageCraft. He has also served as an Analyst and Engagement Manager at InMoment. Thomas served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa. He and his wife Emily have one daughter. They reside in Park City.read less
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