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- HB 92 Virginia State Justice Commission; purpose, membership.
- HB 105 Congressional and state legislative districts; written descriptions of boundaries not required.
- HB 108 Legal holidays; Election Day, removes Lee-Jackson Day as state holiday.
- HB 124 Virginia Minority Business Commission; established, report, sunset provision.
- HB 131 Professional Football Team Franchise Facility Incentives; Interstate Compact on Washington Area.
- HB 144 Springfield Model 1855 Rifle-Musket; designating as the official firearm of the Commonwealth.
- HB 181 Historical Statues in the United States Capitol, Commission for; removal of Robert E. Lee statue.
- HB 182 General Assembly; streaming and recording of meetings.
- HB 462 Certified sexual assault nurse examiners; Secretary of HHR to study shortage.
- HB 529 Universal health care; Secretary of Health and Human Resources to study options for financing.
- HB 553 Workplace harassment; policies for legislative branch.
- HB 613 Economic Opportunity for Virginians in Aspiring and Diverse Communities, Commission on; sunset.
- HB 627 General Assembly; legislation increasing regulation or establishing initial regulation.
- HB 658 Virginia Beach mass shooting; independent commission to investigate.
- HB 854 Affordable housing; VHDA, et al., to study ways to develop.
- HB 857 Segregated accommodations & segregation districts for residences; repeals certain Acts of Assembly.
- HB 914 Segregation in transportation; repeals certain Acts.
- HB 973 Elementary and secondary schools, etc.; repealing several Acts relating to racial segregation.
- HB 1010 Criminal fiscal impact statement; bills resulting in a net increase of period of imprisonment.
- HB 1056 Wellness and Opportunity, Commission on; established, report.
- HB 1159 Black Women's Heritage Month; designating as the month of June.
- HB 1160 Juneteenth; recognition of June 19th in Virginia.
- HB 1305 Harry F. Byrd, Sr., statue; removal from Capitol Square.
- HB 1320 Demographic statements for bills; preparation by JLARC.
- HB 1325 Racial inequity; repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts.
- HB 1406 Historical Statues in the United States Capitol, Commission for; removal of Robert E. Lee statue.
- HB 1521 Central State Colony, etc.; repeals various Chapters relating to establishment.
- HB 1591 Virginia long rifle; designating as the official firearm of the Commonwealth.
- HB 1626 Capitol Police; concurrent jurisdiction.
- HB 1638 Institutional racial segregation and discrimination; repeals several Acts.
- HB 1699 Temporary detention; DBHDS shall study who may evaluate.
- HB 1719 Prescribed pediatric extended care centers; plan for licensure.
- HB 1723 Firearm Safety Awareness Week; designating as last full week in September each year.
- HJ 2 Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for affordable housing (first reference).
- HJ 10 Gun Violence Awareness Day; designating as June 1, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 18 Universal health care; JLARC to study cost of implementing in the Commonwealth.
- HJ 19 Virginia Beach Strong Act; memorializing the United States Congress to enact.
- HJ 20 Composite index of local ability to pay; JLARC to study feasibility of adjusting, etc.
- HJ 21 Women's Equality Day; designating as August 26, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 22 Substitute and retired district court judges subject to recall; report on current training, etc.
- HJ 23 Voter records/election results; Dept. of Elections to study use of blockchain technology to protect.
- HJ 24 United States Bureau of the Census; counting of incarcerated persons for redistricting purposes.
- HJ 25 Coal dust blown from moving trains; report.
- HJ 26 JLARC; reinstatement of discretionary parole, report.
- HJ 27 Virginia's criminal justice system; State Crime Commission to study equity and fairness.
- HJ 28 Criminal records; State Crime Commission to study expungement of records.
- HJ 29 VDOC; various joint subcommittees to study staffing levels, etc.
- HJ 30 Geriatric parole; State Crime Commission to study the low use.
- HJ 31 Commonwealth-wide housing needs; Department of Housing and Community Development to study.
- HJ 32 Emergency response vehicles; DCJS to study use of certain colored warning lights on vehicles.
- HJ 35 Albemarle-Pamlico Watershed in Virginia; Department of Environmental Quality to study.
- HJ 36 Health care spending in the Commonwealth; Joint Commission on Health Care to study.
- HJ 37 Planning District 16; JLARC to study creating a transportation authority.
- HJ 38 Gun violence in communities; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study effects.
- HJ 39 Kratom; Board of Pharmacy to study whether it should be classified as a controlled substance.
- HJ 40 Lake Anna; Department of Health to study harmful algal blooms.
- HJ 41 Teacher salaries and benefits; Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study.
- HJ 42 Honor and Sacrifice Flag; emblem for honoring fallen public safety personnel.
- HJ 43 Firearms; DCJS, study enforcemt. of law prohibiting individual subject to certain protective orders.
- HJ 44 JLARC; reinstatement of discretionary parole, report.
- HJ 45 U.S. Constitution; application for a convention of the states.
- HJ 47 Coastal areas; study on economic consequences of weather-related events.
- HJ 48 Mandatory minimum sentences; VSCC to study use, etc.
- HJ 49 Congress; amend ERISA to support state actions to expand access to health care.
- HJ 50 Radiologic Technology Week; designating week of November 8 in 2020 and each year thereafter.
- HJ 51 Early childhood mental health consultation program; DBHDS, DOE, and DSS to study developing.
- HJ 52 Prescription drugs; SHHR to convene work group to address cost to Virginians, etc.
- HJ 55 Commonwealth Corridor passenger rail service; DRPT to study feasibility of an east-west service.
- HJ 56 Privately operated prisons; JLARC to study use.
- HJ 57 Route 50; Department of Transportation to study traffic congestion.
- HJ 58 Transportation agreements, certain; tolled transportation facilities.
- HJ 59 Facial recognition and artificial intelligence technology; Joint Com. on Science & Tech to study.
- HJ 61 Oil and gas; opposing exploration and drilling off the coast of Virginia.
- HJ 63 Blockchain technology; joint subcommittee to study emergence & integration in the economy.
- HJ 64 Ransomware attack preparedness; Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) to study.
- HJ 65 VSCC; classification of certain crimes as violent felonies, study.
- HJ 66 DOE; experiential learning and workforce development opportunities in high-demand fields, report.
- HJ 67 Affordable housing; Virginia Housing Commission to study the definition.
- HJ 68 Companion animals; DACS to study the need for regulations on care.
- HJ 69 Virginia State Police; air emergency medical services, report.
- HJ 72 Oliver White Hill, Sr., Day; designating as May 1, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 73 Interstate 66; CTB to study safety, congestion, etc., concerns.
- HJ 74 Maternal Health Awareness Month; designating as February in 2020 and each year thereafter.
- HJ 77 Coastal Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; continued, appropriations.
- HJ 78 Early voting versus mail voting; JLARC to study and compare the costs and benefits.
- HJ 79 Special education staffing ratios; JLARC to study.
- HJ 80 Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, restoration of rights (first reference).
- HJ 82 Blockchain technology; VEDPA to study the emergence, etc., in the economy.
- HJ 83 Constitutional officers, offices of; JLARC to study Compensation Board funding.
- HJ 84 Drug offenders; JLARC to study on efficiency, etc. of sentencing.
- HJ 85 Transgender Day of Remembrance; designating as November 20, 2020, & each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 86 Constitutional amendment; qualification of voters, 16-year-olds permitted to vote (first reference).
- HJ 87 Glass-Steagall Act; memorializing Congress to reinstate Act and develop an infrastructure bank.
- HJ 88 Virginia's Mental Health Region; designating as Roanoke and New River Valleys.
- HJ 89 Litter; DEQ to study impacts on fishing, etc., in Virginia's streams.
- HJ 90 Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment.
- HJ 91 Civil rights and dignity of all Virginians; affirming the Commonwealth's commitment to diversity.
- HJ 92 Drinking water program; Off. of Drinking Water/Dept. of Health to study infrastructure & oversight.
- HJ 93 Hill, Oliver White, Sr.; Governor to direct that a bust be displayed in the Old House Chamber.
- HJ 94 Rental dwelling units; Virginia Housing Commission to study.
- HJ 95 Culpeper County; DCR to study establishing two state parks within County.
- HJ 97 Higher education management agreements; JLARC to perform compliance review.
- HJ 98 Green industries; VEC to study regional skills gaps.
- HJ 101 Midtown and Downtown Tunnels in Hampton Roads; JLARC to study reduction or elimination of tolls.
- HJ 102 Coastal Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; continued, appropriations.
- HJ 103 Constitutional amendment; personal property tax exemption for motor vehicle of a disabled veteran.
- HJ 104 National Prosthodontics Awareness Week; designating as April 19-25, 2020, etc.
- HJ 105 Blockchain technology; joint subcommittee to study emergence & integration in the economy.
- HJ 106 Alternative onsite sewage systems; Department of Health to study the use of systems.
- HJ 107 Transportation; JLARC to study the state of systems and funding.
- HJ 108 Year of the Eye Exam; designating 2020 as The Year of the Eye Exam.
- HJ 109 Individuals with intellectual disabilities; JLARC to study cost-effective care.
- HJ 110 Telecommunications facilities; SCC to study the feasibility of requiring underground facilities.
- HJ 111 Maternal Health Awareness Month; designating July, 2020, and annually thereafter.
- HJ 112 Motor vehicle title loans; Bureau of Financial Institutions to study interest rates.
- HJ 113 Constitutional amendment; marriage (first reference).
- HJ 114 Code of Virginia; VCC to study feasibility of a comprehensive revision to be gender neutral.
- HJ 115 Prisoner educational and vocational training programs; JLARC to study the adequacy of programs.
- HJ 116 Waste Diversion and Recycling Task Force; DEQ to establish a Task Force.
- HJ 125 Commonwealth's stormwater management laws; DEQ to study the effectiveness.
- HJ 127 Court-appointed guardians and conservators; JLARC to study operations, etc.
- HJ 128 Commuter rail systems; DRPT to study and develop best practices for constructing, etc.
- HJ 129 Domestic violence; VSCC to study post-conviction monitoring of persons convicted.
- HJ 130 Marijuana; JLARC to study legalization, regulation, etc.
- HJ 131 Electric vehicles; DEQ to study the impact of and develop Clean Transportation Plan, report.
- HJ 132 Cannabis and medical cannabis; joint subcommittee to study development of framework for regulation.
- HJ 133 Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Awareness Month; designating as October in 2020, etc.
- HJ 134 Hangul Day; designating as October 9, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 136 Global warming; caused by human activity has resulted in a climate and ecological emergency.
- HJ 137 Deported veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces; medical treatment and other benefits.
- HJ 140 Winter Honey Month; designating as February in 2020 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 143 Constitutional amendment; Virginia Citizens Redistricting Commission established (first reference).
- HJ 144 James River bateaumen; recognizing their contributions to Virginia History.
- HJ 145 Navy Week; recognizing as the week of March 30 - April 5, 2020, in Tri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia.
- HJ 147 Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; commemoration of the American Revolution.
- HJ 148 Indian American Heritage Month; designating as August, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 200 Driver's license; six-month suspension upon drug offense conviction.
- HR 2 Virginia Beach Tragedy Fund; recognizing that Fund is performing an essential government service.
- HR 6 Day of Women; designating as January 22, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HR 9 Major League Baseball; continuity with minor league teams.
- HR 13 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college football; establish playoff tournament.
- HR 14 Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019; urging the Congress of the United States to support.
- HR 20 James Solomon Russell Day; designating as March 28, 2020, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HR 22 Cox, M. Kirkland; authorizing portrait to be painted of former Speaker of the House of Delegates.
- SB 130 Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; extends sunset provision.
- SB 177 Autism Advisory Council; extends sunset provision.
- SB 213 Personal Maintenance Allowance; DMAS to establish work group to evaluate current amount.
- SB 283 The Virginia Opry; designating as the official opry of the Commonwealth.
- SB 344 Senate Committee on Finance; name changed to Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, etc.
- SB 364 Commonwealth Care Health Benefits Program; association health plans for individual market.
- SB 407 American Revolutionary 250 Commission; established, membership, report, sunset provision.
- SB 486 Food waste; to study VDACS sources, scale, and prevention of food waste.
- SB 586 Auditor of Public Accounts; duties, Commonwealth Data Point.
- SB 587 MEI Project Approval Commission; changes to membership and operation.
- SB 600 Elementary and secondary schools, etc.; repealing several Acts relating to racial segregation.
- SB 601 Legal holidays; Election Day, removes Lee-Jackson Day as state holiday.
- SB 612 Historical Statues in the United States Capitol, Commission for; removal of Robert E. Lee statue.
- SB 636 Racial inequity; repeals numerous obsolete and discriminatory Acts.
- SB 722 Institutional racial segregation and discrimination; repeals several Acts.
- SB 734 Residential psychiatric placement and services; SOE, et al., to establish work group.
- SB 768 Temporary detention; DBHDS shall study who may evaluate.
- SB 850 Central State Colony, etc.; repeals various Chapters relating to establishment.
- SB 874 Segregated accommodations & segregation districts for residences; repeals certain Acts of Assembly.
- SB 888 School Construction and Modernization, Commission on; established, report.
- SB 896 Segregation in transportation; repeals certain Acts.
- SB 957 Civic Education, Commission on; increases membership, repeals sunset provision and general funding.
- SB 994 VMI; the Institute shall be grounded in a strict code of honor and academic excellence, etc.
- SB 996 Capitol Police; concurrent jurisdiction.
- SB 1034 Behavioral assessments and interventions; Department of Education to review certain guidelines.
- SB 1048 Virginia Horse Center Foundation; DACS to investigate and negotiate public assistance.
- SJ 9 Discretionary parole; State Crime Commission to study reinstatement.
- SJ 15 Teacher licensing process; Department of Education to study.
- SJ 27 Coastal Flooding, Joint Subcommittee on; continued, appropriations.
- SJ 30 Economic and workforce development; DOAV to study.
- SJ 31 Honor and Sacrifice Flag; emblem for honoring fallen public safety personnel.
- SJ 35 Barrier crimes and criminal history records checks; joint subcommittee to study.
- SJ 38 Coastal areas; study on economic consequences of weather-related events.
- SJ 39 Justice system; Virginia State Crime Commission to study effect of abolishing jury sentencing.
- SJ 42 Waste Diversion and Recycling Task Force; DEQ to establish.
- SJ 47 Court of Appeals of Virginia; Judicial Council of Virginia to study jurisdiction and organization.
- SJ 49 Social workers; DHP to study need for additional, etc., workers.
- SJ 50 Commonwealth Corridor passenger rail service; DRPT to study feasibility of an east-west service.
- SJ 51 World Prematurity Month and Day; designating as November 2020, and November 17, 2020, respectively.
- SJ 53 Stormwater Local Assistance Fund; DEQ to study revised priority ranking criteria for grants.
- SJ 60 Nuclear energy; advancement of nuclear energy research & exploration of economic opportunities.
- SJ 66 Cannabis and medical cannabis; joint subcommittee to study development of framework for regulation.
- SJ 67 Marijuana; JLARC to study legalization of growth, sale, and possession.
- SJ 68 Puppy Mill Awareness Month; designating as December in 2020 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 77 Public schools; Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety to study firearm safety education.
- SJ 78 African American legislators; commemorating 150th anniv. of swearing in to serve General Assembly.
- SJ 79 Washington, Booker T.; honoring with a statue in the State Capitol.
- SJ 80 National Prosthodontics Awareness Week; designating as April 19-25, 2020, etc.
- SJ 81 Consumer data privacy; Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study.
- SJ 86 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month; designating as September 2020 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 89 Senate Committee on Rules; confirms appointment.