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- HB 1059 Electric utility regulation; recovery of certain generation facility costs, etc.
- HB 1372 Motor vehicle accidents; not-at-fault accidents.
- HB 2244 Electric utilities, certain; updated integrated resource plans.
- HB 2274 Electric utilities; cost recovery.
- SB 275 Health insurance; victims of sexual assault, cost-sharing requirement for HIV medication.
- SB 339 Secondhand fixtures and scrap metal; payment for materials to be in form of check.
- SB 350 Net energy metering by municipalities & multifamily customer-generators; projects authorized.
- SB 351 Securities Act; Invest in Virginia Exemption.
- SB 681 Minimum wage; increases from its current federally mandated level to $8.00 per hour.
- SB 704 Alternative local minimum wage; establishes procedure which wage may be imposed in any locality.
- SB 706 Minimum wage; increases from its current federally mandated level to $8.00 per hour.
- SB 714 Private health insurance exchanges; registration and operation in the Commonwealth.
- SB 760 Medicare; supplement policies for persons under age 65 and eligible by reason of disability.
- SB 764 Electric utilities; net energy metering programs.
- SB 772 Payment of wages; discrimination between employees on basis of sex.
- SB 833 Electric utilities; net energy metering.
- SB 945 Payday loans; permitted interest.
- SB 990 Domestic violence leave; employers to provide for employees.
- SB 1160 Renewable energy; third party power purchase agreements.
- SB 1166 Public service corporations; access to public records.
- SB 1169 Natural gas companies; right to enter upon property.
- SB 1182 Health benefit exchange; information on health benefit plans.
- SB 1207 Securities Act; Crowdfunding Virginia Exemption.
- SB 1277 Prescription contraceptives; insurance policies to cover.
- SB 1328 Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created.
- SB 1338 Natural gas companies; right of entry upon property.
- SB 1363 Virginia Health Benefit Exchange; created.
- SB 1373 Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumption for correctional officers.
- SB 1394 Prescription drugs; specialty tier coverage.
- SB 1406 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
- SB 1407 Paid sick leave for employees; civil penalties.
- SB 1437 Underground electrical line; pilot program.
- SB 1457 Health insurance; mandated coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
- SB 1462 Va. Offshore Wind Development Authority; converted to Va. Offshore Energy Development Authority.