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SB6009 - General appropriation act; designation of add'tl surplus, modifications to certain programs, report.
Louise Lucas, Barbara A. Favola, Scott A. Surovell
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
General appropriation act; designation of additional surplus; delayed effective date for modifications to certain waiver programs; JLARC review. Designates certain additional surplus revenues in the amount of $45 million to offset the impact of financial aid waivers and stipends for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related programs. The bill delays until July 1, 2025, the effective date of language in the appropriation act imposing additional requirements on financial aid waivers and stipends for such programs. The bill also directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to conduct a review of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to assess its long-term sustainability and report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations by September 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB6011 - Gen. appropriation act; designation of add'tl. surplus, repeal of modification to certain programs.
Louise Lucas
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
General appropriation act; designation of additional surplus; repeal of modifications to certain waiver programs and delayed effective date for academic progress requirement; JLARC review. Designates certain additional surplus revenues in the amount of $45 million to offset the impact of financial aid waivers and stipends for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related programs and removes language in the appropriation act imposing additional requirements on financial aid waivers and stipends for such programs. The bill also includes an academic progress requirement for program eligibility, beginning July 1, 2025, unless a superseding law is passed during the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly. The bill also directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to conduct a review of the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to assess its long-term sustainability and report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations by September 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB6012 - Va. Military Survivors & Dependents Ed. Program & related programs; modifications, surplus revenues.
Louise Lucas, Lashrecse D. Aird, Danica A. Roem
Last updated 4 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
General appropriation act; designation of additional surplus; repeal of modifications to certain waiver programs. Designates certain additional surplus revenues in the amount of $90 million to offset the impact of financial aid waivers and stipends for the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program and related programs and removes language in the appropriation act that imposes additional requirements for such programs.
STATUS
Passed
SB623 - Firefighters and emergency medical services; collective bargaining by providers.
Louise Lucas, Jennifer D. Carroll Foy, Saddam Azlan Salim
Last updated 11 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Collective bargaining by firefighters and emergency medical services providers. Authorizes firefighters and emergency medical services providers employed by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to engage in collective bargaining through labor organizations or other designated representatives. The bill provides for the appointment of a three-member board of arbitration regarding any dispute arising between an employer and firefighters or emergency medical services providers. Under the bill, determinations made by such board of arbitration are final on a disputed issue and are binding on the parties involved. Collective bargaining by firefighters and emergency medical services providers. Authorizes firefighters and emergency medical services providers employed by a political subdivision of the Commonwealth to engage in collective bargaining through labor organizations or other designated representatives. The bill provides for the appointment of a three-member board of arbitration regarding any dispute arising between an employer and firefighters or emergency medical services providers. Under the bill, determinations made by such board of arbitration are final on a disputed issue and are binding on the parties involved.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR1 - Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference).
Jennifer Barton Boysko, Ghazala F. Hashmi, Louise Lucas
Last updated about 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Constitutional amendment (first reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about all matters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, or otherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified by a compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictive means. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action against an individual for exercising the individual's right to reproductive freedom or for aiding another individual in the exercise of such right, unless justified by a compelling state interest.
STATUS
Introduced
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Senator from Virginia district SD-018
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