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HB1085 - PFAS Expert Advisory Committee; established, monitoring sources.
Sam Rasoul, David L. Bulova, Katrina E. Callsen
Last updated 6 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Department of Environmental Quality; Department of Health; PFAS; identification; monitoring; PFAS Expert Advisory Council established; report. Requires, for every public water system, as defined in the bill, the Department of Health (VDH) to assist the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) by transferring to the Department quarterly all validated monitoring results available to VDH that indicate PFAS maximum containment level, as defined in the bill, exceedances. In such circumstances, the bill provides that the Department is required to develop and implement a plan to prioritize and conduct PFAS assessments for identifying significant sources of PFAS in such public water system's raw water source or sources. The bill requires any facility, if deemed by the Department to be a potentially significant source of PFAS in the public water system's raw water source, (i) to perform and promptly report the results of quarterly discharge monitoring for one year and (ii) to report to the Department, within 90 days after being directed by the Department, its manufacture or use of PFAS. The bill establishes a PFAS Expert Advisory Committee to assist the Department and VDH in its PFAS-related efforts and requires the Committee to meet at least two times per year through June 30, 2027. The bill requires the Department to annually report certain information to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1.
STATUS
Passed
HB855 - Home Energy Assistance Program; Bd. of Social Svcs. to allow applications to be submitted all year.
Phil M. Hernandez, Adele Y. McClure, Irene Shin
Last updated 6 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
State Department of Social Services; Home Energy Assistance Program. Authorizes the State Department of Social Services to allow applications for the Home Energy Assistance Program to be submitted over an application period that provides adequate time for individuals to apply and is extended beyond the current application period subject to the availability of adequate funding. State Department of Social Services; Home Energy Assistance Program. Authorizes the State Department of Social Services to allow applications for the Home Energy Assistance Program to be submitted over an application period that provides adequate time for individuals to apply and is extended beyond the current application period subject to the availability of adequate funding.
STATUS
Passed
HB287 - Geology; definition of geological mapping, expands definition of practice of geology.
William D. Wiley, Betsy B. Carr, Shelly Anne Simonds
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; practice of geology; definitions. Expands the definition of the practice of geology to include the performance of any professional service or work wherein the principles and methods of geology are applied, including (i) investigating, evaluating, and consulting; (ii) geological mapping; (iii) describing the natural processes that act upon the earth's materials; (iv) predicting the probable occurrence of natural processes; and (v) inspecting, planning, and performing and supervising geological work in order to enhance and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public and the environment. The bill also defines "geological mapping." The bill contains technical amendments.
STATUS
Passed
HB85 - Mineral mining and processing; use of cyanide or a cyanide compound prohibited.
Shelly Anne Simonds, Nadarius E. Clark, Debra D. Gardner
Last updated 6 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Mineral mining and processing; use of cyanide or a cyanide compound prohibited. Prohibits any miner or other person from using cyanide or a cyanide compound in any mineral mining or processing operation.
STATUS
Passed
HB832 - Arts, Virginia Commission for the; reduces membership.
Delores L. McQuinn, Nadarius E. Clark, Rozia A. Henson
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Virginia Commission for the Arts; membership. Reduces the membership of the Virginia Commission for the Arts from 13 to nine members and requires at least one member to be appointed from each of the eight superintendent's regions. Current law requires at least one but no more than two members to be appointed from each congressional district in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Passed
HB1277 - Child care; background checks.
Amy J. Laufer, Carrie Emerson Coyner, Nadarius E. Clark
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Child care; background checks. Allows applicants for employment and applicants to serve as volunteers to work in certain child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems pending the results of a full background check, provided that (i) the applicant has received qualifying results on a fingerprint-based background check through the Central Criminal Records Exchange or the Federal Bureau of Investigation and (ii) the applicant is supervised at all times by a person who received a qualifying result on a full background check within the past five years. Child care; background checks. Allows applicants for employment and applicants to serve as volunteers to work in certain child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems pending the results of a full background check, provided that (i) the applicant has received qualifying results on a fingerprint-based background check through the Central Criminal Records Exchange or the Federal Bureau of Investigation and (ii) the applicant is supervised at all times by a person who received a qualifying result on a full background check within the past five years.
STATUS
Passed
HJR39 - Comprehensive community colleges, certain; JLARC to study waiver of tuition and mandatory fees.
Alfonso H. Lopez, Nadarius E. Clark, Rozia A. Henson
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Study; JLARC; waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at certain comprehensive community colleges; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the feasibility of waiving tuition and mandatory fees for Virginia students who attend Mountain Empire Community College, Southwest Virginia Community College, and Virginia Highlands Community College and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 30, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
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
HB599 - School boards; unexpended local funds, capital reserve fund permitted.
Shelly Anne Simonds, Atoosa R. Reaser
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
School boards; unexpended local funds; capital reserve fund permitted. Permits any school board, with the concurrence of the local governing body, to establish a capital reserve fund as a savings account into which it exclusively deposits the local operating funds that remain unexpended at the end of the year for future school division capital expenditures at no additional cost to local taxpayers, subject to certain conditions enumerated in the bill.
STATUS
Passed
HB677 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of; employment of certified school library specialists.
Shelly Anne Simonds, Marcia S. Price, Atoosa R. Reaser
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Superintendent of Public Instruction; employment of certified school library specialists. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to employ in the Department of Education at least one certified school library specialist who fulfills several duties enumerated in the bill, including providing leadership and technical assistance with the implementation and use of information literacy skills to support student achievement for local school divisions, Department staff, and other stakeholders and directing the implementation of state and national school library standards and consulting with and providing technical assistance to local school divisions relating to such standards. Superintendent of Public Instruction; employment of certified school library specialists. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to employ in the Department of Education at least one certified school library specialist who fulfills several duties enumerated in the bill, including providing leadership and technical assistance with the implementation and use of information literacy skills to support student achievement for local school divisions, Department staff, and other stakeholders and directing the implementation of state and national school library standards and consulting with and providing technical assistance to local school divisions relating to such standards.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Virginia district HD-094
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Virginia House
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ABOUT
Shelly Anne Simonds was born in Indiana but has lived in Newport News, Virginia for over 20 years. She graduated from Menchville High School before earning a degree in communications from Old Dominion University. Simonds spent several years working in marketing and public relations. She helped launch a small business selling eco-friendly baby products. More recently, Simonds worked for the Daily Press newspaper leading their community outreach division.read less
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