SB337 - Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; continued withdrawal permit for residential well.

1 Co-Sponsor

Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; continued residential withdrawals. Directs the State Water Control Board to waive the expiration of any ground water withdrawal permit for a well that serves exclusively residential users, is located in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area north of the Occoquan River, and is located within five miles of any commercial or industrial permitted ground water withdrawal. The bill provides that such waiver shall continue in force until the commercial or industrial permitted ground water withdrawals have been halted for five years. The Department of Environmental Quality shall then assess whether the termination of the commercial or industrial permitted ground water withdrawals has substantially mitigated the stress upon the aquifer and redetermine whether the permit for the residential well shall be renewed.

SB704 - Rural Virginia, Center for; renames Center the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia.

40 Co-Sponsors

Center for Rural Virginia; name change. Renames the Center for Rural Virginia as the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia.

SB331 - Hysterectomies and oophorectomies; DHP shall review informed consent requirements.

1 Co-Sponsor

Department of Health Professions; informed consent requirements for hysterectomies and oophorectomies; review; report. Directs the Department of Health Professions to review and make recommendations regarding informed consent requirements for hysterectomies and oophorectomies. The bill directs the Department of Health Professions to report its findings and recommendations to the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024.

SJR67 - Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.

40 Co-Sponsors

SB706 - Drug Treatment Court Act; eligibility.

1 Co-Sponsor

Drug Treatment Court Act; eligibility. Replaces the restriction that renders persons convicted of certain violent felonies or acts of violence within the preceding 10 years ineligible to participate in a drug treatment court with a restriction on participation if any of the following conditions apply: (i) the offender is presently charged with a felony offense or is convicted of a felony offense while participating in any drug treatment court where (a) the offender carried, possessed, or used a firearm or any dangerous weapon during such offense; (b) the death or serious bodily injury of any person occurred during such offense; or (c) the use of force against any other person besides the offender occurred during such offense or (ii) the offender was previously convicted as an adult of any felony offense that involved the use of force or attempted use of force against any person with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.

SJR28 - Public transit systems, joint subcommittee to study funding needs.

15 Co-Sponsors

Study; joint subcommittee; funding needs in certain Study; joint subcommittee; funding needs in certain transit systems; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study long-term, sustainable, dedicated funding and cost-containment controls and strategies to ensure the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the Virginia Railway Express, and the public transit systems that serve the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission transportation districts meet the growing needs of public transit in the region.

SJR78 - Celebrating the life of William David Lamb.

6 Co-Sponsors

SJR75 - Celebrating the life of Ben Judson Honaker, Jr.

7 Co-Sponsors

SB667 - Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund; performance agreement.

1 Co-Sponsor

Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund; performance agreement. Removes the authority to make commitments related to accelerated permitting, property tax classifications, and other such issues in an agreement between a qualified company and a locality for purposes of the Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund.

SB372 - Combined sewer overflow outfalls; compliance with regulations, Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

3 Co-Sponsors

Combined sewer overflow outfalls; compliance with regulations; Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Extends from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2026, the date by which certain combined sewer overflow (CSO) outfalls that discharge into the Chesapeake Bay Watershed must be in compliance with Virginia law, the federal Clean Water Act, and the Presumption Approach described in the EPA CSO Control Policy, unless a higher level of control is necessary to comply with a total maximum daily load.