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2021 SESSION

Senate Finance and Appropriations

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• SB 1102 Personal care aides; DMAS shall establish an orientation program for certain aides.
• SB 1103 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; Virginia Parole Board member votes.
• SB 1104 Parole; notice and certification, monthly reports.
• SB 1105 Post-conviction relief; previously admitted scientific evidence, report.
• SB 1106 Public School Assistance Fund and Program; created.
• SB 1108 General district courts; jurisdictional limits.
• SB 1112 Research and development expenses; tax credit available against the bank franchise tax.
• SB 1113 Communicating threats of death or bodily injury to a person with intent to intimidate; penalty.
• SB 1119 Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn camera systems.
• SB 1125 Parole Board; notice of parole of prisoner to victim.
• SB 1127 Charitable gaming; conduct of instant bingo, network bingo, pull tabs, and seal cards.
• SB 1130 Personal property tax; exemption for motor vehicle of a 100 percent disabled veteran.
• SB 1134 Refunding bonds; alters the principal and interest requirements.
• SB 1145 Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2021; created.
• SB 1146 Income tax, state; conformity with the Internal Revenue Code.
• SB 1147 Nurse Loan Repayment Program; certified nurse aide.
• SB 1150 Military Spouse Liaison; position created in Department of Veterans Services, report.
• SB 1155 Capital outlay plan; repeals existing six-year capital outlay for projects to be funded.
• SB 1156 Technology Development Grant Fund; created.
• SB 1158 Port of Virginia tax credits; extends the sunset date.
• SB 1162 Agricultural best management practices; creates individual and corporate income tax credits.
• SB 1163 Agricultural equipment; establishes a refundable individual and corporate income tax credit.
• SB 1165 Death penalty; abolition of current penalty, life sentence.
• SB 1170 Isle of Wight County; authorized to impose an additional local sales and use tax to support schools.
• SB 1188 Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created, guidelines, etc.
• SB 1193 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established, effective clause.
• SB 1196 Teachers and other licensed school board employees; cultural competency.
• SB 1197 Virginia housing opportunity; tax credit established.
• SB 1201 Energy storage systems; definitions, tax exemption, revenue share for systems.
• SB 1204 George Mason University; management agreement with the Commonwealth.
• SB 1207 Solar and energy storage projects; siting agreements throughout the Commonwealth.
• SB 1210 Permit fee schedules; DEQ to revise current schedule for nonhazardous solid waste mgmt. facilities.
• SB 1211 Vehicle registration fees; imposes an additional fee to be deposited into Public Safety Trust Fund.
• SB 1212 New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority; creation of authority in Planning District 4.
• SB 1221 Loudoun County; operation of local health department.
• SB 1226 Compensation Board; determining staffing and salaries for an attorney for the Commonwealth.
• SB 1227 Hormonal contraceptives; payment of medical assistance for 12-month supply.
• SB 1250 Firearm rentals; criminal history record information check required, penalty.
• SB 1251 Virginia Retirement System; technical amendments.
• SB 1252 Coal tax credits; sunset dates.
• SB 1254 Sports betting; clarifies certain procedures.
• SB 1257 SOQ; school board to provide at least three specialized student support positions.
• SB 1258 Solar projects; erosion and sediment control.
• SB 1261 Court of Appeals; expands jurisdiction, increases from 11 to 17 number of judges on Court.
• SB 1262 Restricted permit; prepayment of fines and costs.
• SB 1275 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
• SB 1278 Charitable gaming; regulations of operators of Texas Hold'em poker games.
• SB 1279 Veterans Services, Department of; initiatives to reduce unemployment among veterans.
• SB 1282 Greenhouse gas emissions inventory; regulations.
• SB 1284 Commonwealth Clean Energy Policy; established.
• SB 1298 Tourism improvement districts; authorizes any locality to create.
• SB 1300 Inmates; Board of Local and Regional Jails to review services provided during pregnancy, etc.
• SB 1301 Correctional facilities; use of isolated confinement.
• SB 1302 Crisis Call Center Fund; created, consistency with federal guidelines.
• SB 1305 Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction contracts, subcontractor workforce requirements.
• SB 1307 School-based health services; Bd. of MAS to amend state plan for services to provide for payment.
• SB 1310 Virginia Human Rights Act; application of laws applicable to employee safety and payment of wages.
• SB 1313 Children's Services Act; funds expended special education programs.
• SB 1314 Education and Labor Market Alignment, Office of; established.
• SB 1315 Criminal proceedings; consideration of mental condition & intellectual & developmental disabilities.
• SB 1316 Child care providers; background checks, portability.
• SB 1318 Interagency Environmental Justice Working Group; established, report.
• SB 1321 Confirmatory adoption; expands the stepparent adoption provisions.
• SB 1326 Local cigarette taxes; regional cigarette tax boards.
• SB 1328 State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; created.
• SB 1333 Pharmaceutical processors; permits processors to produce and distribute cannabis products.
• SB 1336 Restricted permits to operate a motor vehicle; ignition interlock systems.
• SB 1338 Telemedicine services; remote patient monitoring services.
• SB 1339 Police and court records; expungement and sealing of records, Expungement Fee Fund created.
• SB 1350 Transportation funding; statewide prioritization process, resiliency.
• SB 1354 Chesapeake Bay; wastewater treatment, Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program established.
• SB 1357 Through-year growth assessment system; Board of Education shall establish.
• SB 1360 Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in employment, sexual harassment.
• SB 1362 Employers; reporting outbreaks of COVID-19, effective clause.
• SB 1363 Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; membership, powers and duties, effective clause.
• SB 1365 Data Governance and Analytics, Office of; created.
• SB 1367 Line of Duty Act; Virginia licensed health practitioners required to conduct medical reviews.
• SB 1375 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19.
• SB 1380 Electric utilities; electric school bus projects.
• SB 1382 Firearms; purchase, etc., following conviction for assault and battery of a family member.
• SB 1387 Students; eligibility for in-state tuition.
• SB 1389 Real property; required disclosures for buyer to exercise due diligence, flood risk report.
• SB 1391 Pretrial data collection; VCSC to collect and disseminate on an annual basis.
• SB 1392 Consumer Data Protection Act; establishes a framework for controlling and processing personal data.
• SB 1395 Discrimination; prohibited in voting and elections administration, etc.
• SB 1396 Onsite Sewage Indemnification Fund; use of Fund for grants to certain property owners.
• SB 1398 Retail sales and transient occupancy taxes; room rentals.
• SB 1401 Standards of Learning; reduces total number & type of required assessments to minimum requirements.
• SB 1402 Trout fishing in stocked waters; equalizes for residents and nonresidents requirements to fish.
• SB 1403 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for personal protective equipment.
• SB 1405 Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program; established.
• SB 1406 Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, penalties.
• SB 1411 Peanuts; extends sunset date of excise tax on all peanuts grown in Virginia.
• SB 1418 Commonwealth's Development Opportunity Fund; grants, waiver or reduction of capital investment.
• SB 1423 Data centers; sales and use tax exemption, identifying a "distressed locality."
• SB 1425 Data centers; expands sales and use tax exemption.
• SB 1428 Alcoholic beverage control; operation of government stores, sale of low alcohol beverage coolers.
• SB 1429 Southwestern Va. Mental Health Institute; Governor to lease a portion of property to Smyth County.
• SB 1436 Eligible Health Care Provider Reserve Directory; established.
• SB 1438 Combined transient occupancy and food and beverage tax; technical amendments.
• SB 1442 Public defender office; establishes an office for the County of Chesterfield.
• SB 1443 Mandatory minimum sentences; elimination, modification of sentence to mandatory minimum term.
• SB 1461 Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty.
• SB 1462 Virginia Digital Equity Pilot Program and Fund; established, report, sunset date.
• SB 1465 Illegal gambling; skill games, definitions, enforcement by localities and Attorney General.
• SB 1469 Opioid Abatement Authority; established, Fund created, report, membership.
• SB 1471 Alcoholic beverage control; local special events license, taxes and fees.