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HJR50 - Juvenile Justice, Department of; JLARC, et al., to study transferring responsibility for Department.
Candi Mundon King, Nadarius E. Clark, Joshua G. Cole
Last updated 11 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Study; JLARC; Department of Juvenile Justice; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and benefits of transferring responsibility for the Department of Juvenile Justice from the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources.
STATUS
Introduced
HB167 - Special grand juries; circuit court to impanel when an unarmed person is killed by law enforcement.
Karen A. Keys-Gamarra, Nadarius E. Clark, Rozia A. Henson
Last updated 11 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Special grand juries. Directs a circuit court to impanel a special grand jury when an unarmed person is killed by a law-enforcement officer or a correctional officer, as those terms are defined in relevant law, to investigate and report on any condition that involves or tends to promote criminal activity and consider bills of indictment to determine whether there is sufficient probable cause to return each such indictment as a "true bill." The bill requires the court to appoint a special prosecutor for such special grand jury who may be present during the investigatory stage only when his presence is requested by the special grand jury and may interrogate witnesses provided the special grand jury requests or consents to such interrogation. The bill states that the attorney for the Commonwealth shall not be present during the investigatory stage or interrogate witnesses.
STATUS
Introduced
HB166 - Guidance and resources; composting programs in local school divisions.
Karen A. Keys-Gamarra, Alex Q. Askew, Nadarius E. Clark
Last updated 10 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Department of Education; guidance and resources; Department of Education; guidance and resources; composting programs in local school divisions. Requires the Department of Education to develop, post in a publicly accessible format and location on its website, and make available to any school board, upon request, guidance and resources relating to the establishment of local experiential learning programs on the composting of organic material, including food waste, for sustainable purposes such as horticulture or micro-farming, including guidance and resources on available grants and other sources of funding for such programs.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB979 - School boards; duties, appointment and employment of division superintendents, oversight.
Karen A. Keys-Gamarra, Nadarius E. Clark, Rozia A. Henson
Last updated 10 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
School board duties; appointment and employment of division superintendents; oversight. Requires each school board to appoint, employ, and provide oversight for a division superintendent and provides that nothing in the Code of Virginia or the regulations of the Board of Education shall be construed to prohibit the school board from providing such oversight.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB386 - Public schools; increase staffing ratios for specialized student support positions.
Phil M. Hernandez, Bonita Grace Anthony, Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Last updated 11 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Public school staffing ratios; specialized student support positions. Increases the number of specialized student support positions required to be employed by each local school board from at least three to at least four such positions per 1,000 students in the local school division. Such specialized student support positions include school social workers, school psychologists, school nurses, licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts, and other licensed health and behavioral positions.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR28 - Kidney Disease Awareness Month; designating as March 2024 and each succeeding year thereafter.
Marcia S. Price, Nadarius E. Clark, Joshua G. Cole
Last updated 9 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Kidney Disease Awareness Month. Designates March, in 2024 and in each succeeding year, as Kidney Disease Awareness Month in Virginia.
STATUS
Passed
HB1471 - Drug Treatment Court Act; renames the Act as the Recovery Court Act.
Karen A. Keys-Gamarra
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Drug Treatment Court Act; name change. Renames the Drug Treatment Court Act as the Recovery Court Act. The bill also directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to rename the state Drug Treatment Court Advisory Committee as the Recovery Court Advisory Committee.
STATUS
Introduced
HB805 - Sales and use tax, local; additional tax authorized in counties & cities to support schools.
Sam Rasoul, Shelly Anne Simonds, Joshua G. Cole
Last updated 8 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum. Authorizes all counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent with the revenue used only for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools if such levy is approved in a voter referendum. The bill removes the requirement that such a tax must have an expiration date on either (i) the date of the repayment of any bonds or loans used for such capital projects or (ii) a date chosen by the governing body. Under current law, only Charlotte, Gloucester, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville are authorized to impose such a tax.
STATUS
Vetoed
HB1475 - Uniform Statewide Building Code; certain building owners and operators to supply cooling & heating.
Karen A. Keys-Gamarra, Vivian E. Watts, Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Board of Housing and Community Development; Uniform Statewide Building Code; building owners and operators to supply cooling by April 1 and heating by October 1. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to evaluate revisions to the Uniform Statewide Building Code to require that owners and operators of certain apartment buildings begin to supply cooling by April 1 and heat by October 1 of each year to maintain certain temperatures. Under the current regulations, such cooling period begins May 15 and such heating period begins October 15. Board of Housing and Community Development; Uniform Statewide Building Code; building owners and operators to supply cooling by April 1 and heating by October 1. Directs the Board of Housing and Community Development to evaluate revisions to the Uniform Statewide Building Code to require that owners and operators of certain apartment buildings begin to supply cooling by April 1 and heat by October 1 of each year to maintain certain temperatures. Under the current regulations, such cooling period begins May 15 and such heating period begins October 15.
STATUS
Vetoed
HB168 - Homeless students; Dept. of Ed. shall develop a resource document on supports and services.
Karen A. Keys-Gamarra, Bonita Grace Anthony, Alex Q. Askew
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Department of Education; resource document on supports and services for homeless students. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board a resource document containing guidance and best practices for providing the necessary supports and services to homeless students, including guidance and best practices relating to (i) decisions regarding whether and when such a student should remain enrolled in a school in a previous school division of residence, (ii) wrap-around supports and services for such students that include the parents when they are available and specific wrap-around supports and services for such students who may have experienced additional trauma prior to becoming homeless, and (iii) any other means by which such students can be best served and protected, particularly those homeless children and youths who are at risk of becoming victims of human trafficking. Department of Education; resource document on supports and services for homeless students. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board a resource document containing guidance and best practices for providing the necessary supports and services to homeless students, including guidance and best practices relating to (i) decisions regarding whether and when such a student should remain enrolled in a school in a previous school division of residence, (ii) wrap-around supports and services for such students that include the parents when they are available and specific wrap-around supports and services for such students who may have experienced additional trauma prior to becoming homeless, and (iii) any other means by which such students can be best served and protected, particularly those homeless children and youths who are at risk of becoming victims of human trafficking.
STATUS
Passed
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