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HB1431 - Alternative onsite sewage systems; approval of treatment units.
M. Keith Hodges
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Alternative onsite sewage systems; approval of treatment units. Requires the Department of Health to approve treatment units for alternative onsite sewage systems if they meet certain NSF/ANSI standards or certain testing requirements. Alternative onsite sewage systems; approval of treatment units. Requires the Department of Health to approve treatment units for alternative onsite sewage systems if they meet certain NSF/ANSI standards or certain testing requirements.
STATUS
Passed
HB1044 - Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; membership, effective date.
Sam Rasoul, Israel D. O'Quinn, William P. Davis
Last updated 7 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; membership. Requires the membership of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include at least one nonlegislative citizen member who has served as a chief executive officer of an accredited nonprofit private institution of higher education whose primary purpose is to provide collegiate, graduate, or professional education and not to provide religious training or theological education. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026, and is identical to
STATUS
Passed
HB1135 - Blue catfish; DACS, et al., to review efforts to create a market.
M. Keith Hodges, Joshua G. Cole, Shelly Anne Simonds
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; blue catfish work group; report. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders in order to support and encourage coordination regarding efforts to create a robust and resilient market for blue catfish. The work group shall (i) review past and ongoing efforts to promote the creation of a market for blue catfish, (ii) identify and explore potential sectors for the blue catfish market, and (iii) identify any actions that the Commonwealth can take to promote and expand the market for blue catfish. The Department shall submit a report of the findings and recommendations of the work group to the Governor, the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, and relevant committees of the General Assembly no later than September 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB1057 - Golf carts and utility vehicles; authorized use in certain rural communities.
M. Keith Hodges
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Golf carts and utility vehicles; certain rural communities. Authorizes localities located within the Rural Coastal Virginia Community Enhancement Authority to authorize by ordinance the operation of golf carts or utility vehicles on designated public highways where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less. Existing law authorizes such operation on designated public highways where the posted speed limit is 25 miles per hour or less.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1058 - Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authorities; singular license for waterfowl blinds.
M. Keith Hodges
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Department of Wildlife Resources; singular license for waterfowl blinds in Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authorities. Requires the Department of Wildlife Resources to develop a singular license for all riparian stationary blinds issued to the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority and the Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority and to develop a fee schedule for such license. Department of Wildlife Resources; singular license for waterfowl blinds in Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authorities. Requires the Department of Wildlife Resources to develop a singular license for all riparian stationary blinds issued to the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority and the Northern Neck Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority and to develop a fee schedule for such license.
STATUS
Passed
HB1136 - Health insurance; employee welfare benefit plans, pharmacy audit protections.
M. Keith Hodges
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Health insurance; employee welfare benefit plans; pharmacy audit protections. Requires contracts and provider contracts between an entity providing or administering self-insured or self-funded employee welfare benefit plans and an intermediary or a participating pharmacy provider or its contracting agent, pursuant to which such entity or intermediary has the right or obligation to conduct audits of participating pharmacy providers, to contain certain terms and provisions relating to such audits.
STATUS
Introduced
HB154 - Judges; maximum number in Ninth Judicial Circuit.
William Chad Green, M. Keith Hodges
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Maximum number of judges in each judicial circuit. Increases from four to five the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1115 - Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms.
M. Keith Hodges
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms. Prohibits a person that operates a social media platform that has knowledge that a user of the social media platform is a child under the age of 18 from implementing certain practices, designs, and features of the social media platform for any interaction with such child that includes infinite scroll, auto-playing videos, push notifications, gamification, and virtual gifts.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1065 - Community services boards; quarterly stakeholder meetings.
M. Keith Hodges
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; community services boards; quarterly stakeholder meetings. Provides that every community services board shall conduct stakeholder meetings at least four time per year to discuss challenges, identify opportunities for improvement, and collaboratively work towards effective solutions. The bill requires each community services board to submit an annual report of such meetings to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and authorizes the Director of the Department to provide guidance and recommendations to such boards and to revise funding in response to such reports.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1434 - Mattaponi Indian Tribe; DOF to convey tracts of land in Sandy Point State Forest to the Tribe.
M. Keith Hodges, Paul E. Krizek
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Land grant; Sandy Point; Mattaponi Indian Tribe. Authorizes the Department of Forestry to grant and convey tracts of land within Sandy Point State Forest in King William County south of and including Brooks Creek to the Mattaponi Indian Tribe. The bill also authorizes the Department to grant and convey other tracts of land within Sandy Point State Forest as the Department deems suitable, provided that prior to such conveyance, the Department may enter into discussions with the Tribe, localities, and relevant stakeholders to determine how such tracts of land may be used for the benefit of the public. Land grant; Sandy Point; Mattaponi Indian Tribe. Authorizes the Department of Forestry to grant and convey tracts of land within Sandy Point State Forest in King William County south of and including Brooks Creek to the Mattaponi Indian Tribe. The bill also authorizes the Department to grant and convey other tracts of land within Sandy Point State Forest as the Department deems suitable, provided that prior to such conveyance, the Department may enter into discussions with the Tribe, localities, and relevant stakeholders to determine how such tracts of land may be used for the benefit of the public.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Virginia district HD-098
COMMITTEES
Virginia House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
M. Keith Hodges was born and raised in Llano County. He graduated from Llano High School and attended Howard Payne University on a football scholarship. After college, Hodges started a successful insurance business in Llano which he still owns and operates today. Hodges has served on a number of local boards and commissions over the years. He was elected to Llano City Council, serving two terms. He has also served as Mayor Pro Tem. In 2016, Hodges was elected to the Texas House of Representatives.read less
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