Sen Lashrecse D. Aird (SD-013)
Virginia Senatesince 10 months
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SB480 - Public utilities; municipal utilities, disconnection of service, consumer protections.
Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Public utilities; municipal utilities; disconnection of service; limitations; report; consumer protections. Suspends electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities subject to the regulation of the State Corporation Commission from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during a state of emergency declared by the Governor and provides that such suspension lasts for 30 days after such declaration of the state of emergency. The bill suspends such electric and gas utilities from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees when the forecasted temperature low is at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit and suspends electric utilities from disconnecting any such customer from service when the forecasted temperature is at or above 92 degrees Fahrenheit within the 24 hours following the scheduled disconnection. The bill further suspends electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities from disconnecting residential customers from service on Fridays, weekends, state holidays, and the day immediately preceding a state holiday. The bill requires each such utility to notify its residential customers of such utility's disconnection for nonpayment policy and to deliver notice of nonpayment of bills or fees to such customers prior to disconnection.
STATUS
Passed
SB482 - Juveniles; expungement and sealing of court records.
Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Expungement and sealing of juvenile court records. Provides for the sealing of juvenile court records in those instances where a juvenile was found guilty of a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult and such juvenile has attained the age of 18 years and three years have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile. Under current law, such records are open to the public. The bill also provides that any juvenile court records that may be expunged shall be expunged when the juvenile who is the subject of the records has attained the age of 18 years and three years have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile. Under current law, such juvenile shall have attained the age of 19 years and five years shall have elapsed since the date of the last hearing in the case of such juvenile.
STATUS
Introduced
SB483 - Tangible personal property tax; exemption for indoor agriculture equipment and machinery.
Lashrecse D. Aird, Ghazala F. Hashmi
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Tangible personal property tax; indoor agriculture equipment and machinery. Specifies that farm machinery, farm equipment, and farm implements used by an indoor, closed, controlled-environment commercial agricultural facility are a class of farm machinery and farm implements that a locality may exempt from personal property taxation.
STATUS
Passed
SB478 - Vacant bldg. registration; Town of Waverly with authority to require owner to register annually.
Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Vacant building registration; Town of Waverly; civil penalty. Adds the Town of Waverly to the list of localities with the authority to require the owner of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months or more and that meet the definition of "derelict building" to register such buildings on an annual basis and to impose an annual registration fee not to exceed $100 to defray the cost of processing such registration. Failure to register is punishable by a $200 civil penalty and in some cases a $400 civil penalty.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR20 - Comprehensive community colleges; funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs.
Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Study; Board of Workforce Development; adequacy of the funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs; work group; report. Requests the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to study the current funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs offered at comprehensive community colleges in order to identify areas of inadequacy and make recommendations on options for reforming the funding model to address those inadequacies and improve the sustainability of offering and providing noncredit workforce credential programs to ensure that the Virginia Community College System as a whole is capable of continuing to meet the increasing demand for highly skilled credentialed workers in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Introduced
SB486 - Natural gas; certain pipeline expansion unlawful in Planning District 19 (Crater Region).
Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Certain natural gas pipeline expansion unlawful; Planning District 19. Prohibits the increase or expansion of any natural gas pipeline capacity in Planning District 19 (Crater Region), whether in new or existing pipelines, that uses existing compressors powered by natural gas-fired combustion turbines, diesel motors, or other technology using fossil fuels. Such prohibition shall apply to all proposed or existing compressors in Planning District 19 associated with natural gas pipelines, including those serving interstate and intrastate pipelines, regardless of size for the purpose of air pollution reduction. The bill requires the State Air Pollution Control Board to ensure that the provisions of the bill are incorporated into the Commonwealth's state implementation plan enacted pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB457 - Driving Decarbonization Program and Fund; established and created.
Dave W. Marsden, Lashrecse D. Aird
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Driving Decarbonization Program and Fund created. Creates the Driving Decarbonization Program and Fund to assist private developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations. The bill provides that a private developer is eligible to receive grants of 70 percent of such non-utility costs for electric vehicle charging stations installed in a historically economically disadvantaged community or a rural community, as those terms are defined in the bill, and 50 percent of such non-utility costs for electric vehicle charging stations installed in any other area of the Commonwealth. The bill caps the total amount of grants awarded in any fiscal year at $20 million.
STATUS
Introduced
SR6 - Commending the Honorable Dr. Luke E. Torian.
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy, Lashrecse D. Aird, Lamont Bagby
Last updated 9 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB35 - Unconscious bias and cultural competency; Bd. of Medicine shall require continuing education, etc.
Mamie E. Locke, Jennifer D. Carroll Foy, Chris T. Head
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Board of Medicine; continuing education; unconscious bias and cultural competency. Directs the Board of Medicine to require unconscious bias and cultural competency training as part of the continuing education requirements for renewal of licensure. The bill specifies requirements for the training and requires the Board of Medicine to report on the training to the Department of Health and the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative.
STATUS
Vetoed
SR26 - Commending Margaret L. Sanner.
Ghazala F. Hashmi, Lashrecse D. Aird, Lamont Bagby
Last updated 9 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
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