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2023 SESSION
Delegate Shelly A. Simonds (D) - House District 94
In-session address:
- Pocahontas Building, Room E217
- 900 East Main Street
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-1094
- email: DelSSimonds@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 2296
- Newport News, Virginia 23609
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- HB 1370 Landfill siting; proximity to private wells.
- HB 1388 Virginia National Guard Passport; established, free entry and parking for state parks.
- HB 1391 Social Media, Commission on; established, report.
- HB 1419 Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; extension of eligibility.
- HB 1446 Certified nursing facilities; minimum staffing standards, administrative sanctions.
- HB 1470 Real property; tax exemption for certain disabled veterans and surviving spouses.
- HB 1510 Urban green space; local incentives.
- HB 1514 Deceased high school seniors; waiver of graduation requirements and award of posthumous programs.
- HB 1526 Student literacy measures; scope, students in grades four through eight, English SOLs.
- HB 1552 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty.
- HB 1555 Higher educational institutions; human trafficking awareness and prevention training required.
- HB 1565 Military spouses; burial fees at a veterans cemetery operated by Department of Veterans Services.
- HB 1567 Perinatal health; VDH, et al., to evaluate strategies to reduce maternal & infant mortality rates.
- HB 1596 Prescription Drug Affordability Board and Fund; established, report, drug cost affordability review.
- HB 1615 Statute of limitations; medical debt payment period.
- HB 1656 Gun violence; JLARC to study effects on communities.
- HB 1657 Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; purpose and duties, historically underrepresented students.
- HB 1664 Blue Catfish Processing, Flash Freezing, and Infrastructure Grant Program; created.
- HB 1692 Tobacco Indemnification & Community Revitalization & Va Tobacco Region Revolving Funds; eligibility.
- HB 1740 Income tax, state; contributions to Virginia College Savings Plan accounts.
- HB 1753 Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage carrier license, airport passenger lounge.
- HB 1754 Telemedicine; practitioner-patient relationship, continuity of care.
- HB 1763 Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors.
- HB 1823 College and Career Readiness for English Language Learners Grant Program and Fund; established.
- HB 1824 Teachers; employment, English as a Second Language Incentive Reward Program and Fund.
- HB 1852 Public school bldgs. & facilities; construction & renovation, renewable energy generation facility.
- HB 1890 Virginia Promise to Veterans Act; established, admissions for eligible veteran applicants, report.
- HB 1962 Newport News, City of; amending charter, real estate assessment.
- HB 1967 School meals; availability at no cost to student.
- HB 2033 Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact; Va. to become a signatory to Compact.
- HB 2038 State employees; health insurance coverage, incapacitated adult children.
- HB 2065 Income tax, state; create tax deduction for teaching materials.
- HB 2067 Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate Exam Fee Elimination Fund & Program; established.
- HB 2069 School boards; student member required.
- HB 2076 Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; changes to eligibility criteria.
- HB 2078 Firearm locks; required for sale or transfer of handguns, warning against accessibility to children.
- HB 2080 License plates, special; issuance for women veterans.
- HB 2084 Sickle cell disease; annual review of medication and treatment, report.
- HB 2085 Sickle cell anemia; prescription of opioids for pain management.
- HB 2086 Sickle Cell Disease, Advisory Council on; established, report.
- HB 2089 Health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives.
- HB 2091 Parental access to minor's medical records; consent by certain minors to treatment.
- HB 2104 School crossing zones; signs shall be placed not more than 750 feet from school limits.
- HB 2106 Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement.
- HB 2107 Public school employees, certain retired licensed; continued employment, service retirement.
- HB 2111 Standards of Quality; work-based learning, teacher leaders and mentors, principal mentors.
- HB 2115 Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits, repayment of overpayments.
- HB 2129 Child victims and witnesses; using two-way closed-circuit television, expands age range.
- HB 2131 Sex trafficked youth; DCJS to administer two-year pilot program to provide safe harbor for youth.
- HB 2136 Public school libraries; removal or restriction of access to printed or audiovisual material.
- HB 2137 School boards; divisionwide literacy plans.
- HB 2139 Prescription refills; authority of pharmacists to refill prescriptions for insulin.
- HB 2140 Epinephrine; policies for possession & administration at early childhood care, etc.
- HB 2142 Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Program; eligibility, high-demand fields.
- HB 2143 Teach for Virginia Loan Repayment Assistance Fund and Program; established.
- HB 2147 Prescriptions; Bd. of Pharmacy to evaluate translated directions for use.
- HB 2149 Public elementary or secondary schools, certain; parent liaison position.
- HB 2150 Trace evidence collection kit; collection, retention, and storage of kits, effective date.
- HB 2152 Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, children of active duty service members.
- HB 2154 School bus drivers; mental health awareness training.
- HB 2174 Marriage; lawful regardless of sex or gender of parties.
- HB 2227 Civil action against parent; minor's possession and use of firearm.
- HB 2232 State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services.
- HB 2236 Secured Schools Program and Fund; established.
- HB 2285 Shenandoah River State Park; conveyance of easement.
- HB 2317 Jury duty; increases allowance from $30 to $50 per day.
- HB 2330 Assault and battery; public transportation service vehicle operators, penalty.
- HB 2337 Sports facilities; automated external defibrillator required.
- HB 2338 Transit Ridership Incentive Program; use of funds, improving accessibility.
- HB 2350 Firearms; storage in residence where minor present, penalty.
- HB 2356 Health insurance; coverage for colorectal cancer screening.
- HB 2357 Surrogacy; relinquishment of parental rights.
- HB 2368 Medical marijuana program; product requirements, certifications.
- HB 2387 Income tax, state; firearm safety device tax credit.
- HB 2388 Public elementary and secondary schools; programs of instruction on mental health education.
- HB 2396 Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan, duties of governing board.
- HB 2414 Real property; tax exemption for disabled veterans or surviving spouse.
- HB 2424 Interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; court may appoint certified interpreter.
- HB 2430 Produce Rx Program; established, report.
- HB 2473 Veterans; workplace poster for veterans benefits and services.
- HB 2492 People with Disabilities, Virginia Board for; adds to membership, amends certain terminology.
- HJ 488 Dyslexia Awareness Month; designating as October 2023 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 491 Celebrating the life of Arthur David Toth, Jr.
- HJ 493 Commending the Library of Virginia.
- HJ 500 Student Appreciation Week; designating as week of March 20, 2023, & each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 509 Constitutional amendment; public schools of high quality.
- HJ 518 Problem Gambling Awareness Month; designating as March 2023 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 519 Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference).
- HJ 521 Teacher licensure requirements; DOE to study feasibility of expanding waiver for certain positions.
- HJ 524 Constitutional amendment; environmental justice (first reference).
- HJ 526 Marijuana possession or use; DSS to study justification for removal of child/denial of custody, etc.
- HJ 528 Outage Data Initiative Nationwide; SCC to study the Commonwealth's participation.
- HJ 529 Affordable housing; DHCD to study ways to increase options for public servants, etc.
- HJ 532 Constitutional amendment; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition (first reference).
- HJ 536 Celebrating the lives of Randall Blevins, Fernando Chavez-Barron, Lorenzo Gamble, etc.
- HJ 541 Higher education institutions; JLARC to study cost efficiency, opportunities to reduce cost.
- HJ 543 Jewish American Heritage Month; designating as May 2023 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 544 Alzheimer's Disease; Joint Commission on Health, etc., to study treatment.
- HJ 546 Commending Colonel Anthony Steven Pike.
- HJ 553 Constitutional amendment; marriage between two individuals.
- HJ 559 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; General Assembly to extend state recognition.
- HJ 565 Lymphedema Awareness Day; designating as March 6, 2023, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 583 Celebrating the life of Joseph Edward Carey, Sr.
- HJ 601 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Aston Donald McEachin.
- HJ 613 Celebrating the life of Kerry Joseph Donley.
- HJ 619 Celebrating the life of Mary Elizabeth Baker Stuart.
- HJ 643 Commending the Honorable Robert H. Brink.
- HJ 646 Commending Jay T. Braxton.
- HJ 655 Commending the Rescue Mission of Roanoke.
- HJ 665 Commending the South Hampton Roads Bar Association.
- HJ 667 Commending Reginald T. Daye.
- HJ 670 Commending Michael J. Oesterling.
- HJ 673 Commending the Virginia National Guard State Partnership Program.
- HJ 679 Celebrating the life of the Honorable James P. Massie III.
- HJ 680 Commemorating the life and legacy of Reuben E. Lawson.
- HJ 682 Commending the Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Virginia.
- HJ 689 Commending Pamela J. Grosvenor.
- HJ 695 Celebrating the life of Joan Wilde Keene.
- HJ 696 Commending April Pinch-Keeler.
- HJ 710 Celebrating the life of Evangeline Carroll Brooks.
- HJ 711 Celebrating the life of Michael Gene Rhodes.
- HJ 717 Celebrating the life of Scott Blackford Meacham.
- HJ 722 Celebrating the life of the Honorable William Kyle Barlow.
- HJ 727 Commending Arlington Public Schools' recipients of The Posse Foundation and QuestBridge scholarship.
- HJ 741 Commending Michael Pettaway Tomlin.
- HJ 747 Commending Jamie Jill.
- HJ 748 Commending Lindy Prevatt.
- HJ 756 Commending Amina Luqman-Dawson.
- HJ 761 Commending Rahman Harper.
- HJ 762 Commending Jose Quiroz.
- HJ 763 Commending Matt Hill.
- HJ 769 Commending the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's environmental education programs.
- HJ 776 Commending Annie Walker.
- HJ 779 Celebrating the life of Charles Taliaferro Lindsay, Jr.
- HJ 798 Celebrating the life of Juliette Carolyn Brooks Herring.
- HJ 808 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Albert Charles Eisenberg.
- HJ 814 Commending Barter Theatre.
- HJ 824 Commending Josh Sweat.
- HJ 829 Commending Cameron Bouchea Thomas.
- HR 243 Commending Dr. Donald James Finley.
- HR 295 Celebrating the life of William L. Prentiss, Jr.
- HR 303 Commending Renalda Pamela Yeung.
- HR 305 Commending the James Madison High School softball team.
- HR 313 Commending William Edward Wagner.
- HR 314 Commending Geoffrey Pohanka.
- HR 330 Celebrating the life of William Irvin Kellum.
- HR 334 Commending the Divine Inspirations Center for the Arts.
- HR 336 Commending the Vienna Girls Softball League.
- HR 339 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. William Alexander Jenkins.
- HR 341 Commending Black-owned businesses in Virginia.
- HR 343 Commending the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University men's basketball team.
- HR 344 Commending the Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School cheer team.
- HR 345 Commending the C.D. Hylton High School automotive team.
- HR 350 Commending Alejandro Buxton.
- HR 354 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Paulis Ervin Johnson, Sr.
- HR 364 Commending Bishop Samuel L. Carruth.
- HR 365 Celebrating the life of Samuel Irving Blake.
- HR 366 Commending Ilia Malinin.
- HR 371 Celebrating the life of Blanche Holmes Moore.
- HR 375 Commending Virginia Voice, Inc.
- HR 378 Commemorating the life and legacy of the Honorable Richard Gault Leslie Paige.
- HR 418 Celebrating the life of Doris Brunette Harris Watson.
- HR 419 Commending Wesley Grove United Church of Christ.
- HR 420 Commending Criner Remodeling.
- HR 460 Celebrating the life of Constance Rochelle Hope Tynes.
- HR 489 Celebrating the life of Karen Sabrina Hardy-Newby.
- HR 490 Commending Carver Memorial Presbyterian Church.
- HR 493 Commending Meaghan Gruber.
- SB 830 Students with disabilities; DBHDS, best practice standard related to transition of record.
- SB 957 Prescription Drug Affordability Board and Fund; established, drug cost affordability review, etc.
- SB 1029 Public utilities; fiber optic broadband lines crossing railroads.
- SB 1045 School boards; school building maintenance capital target.
- SB 1109 College and Career Readiness for English Language Learners Grant Program and Fund; established.
- SB 1110 Higher educational institutions, public; student accounts, withholding transcripts.
- SB 1112 Health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives, definition.
- SB 1118 Teachers; employment, English as a Second Language Incentive Reward Program and Fund established.
- SB 1322 Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy.
- SB 1326 Transit Ridership Incentive Program; use of funds, improving accessibility.
- SB 1332 Federally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth; consultation on permits and reviews.
- SB 1408 Sales and use tax, local; additional tax authorized in all counties & cities to support schools.
- SB 1498 Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; extension of eligibility.
- SJ 238 Commending Vivian Cheatham.
- SJ 248 Celebrating the life of Gregory Lee Kees.
- SJ 252 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Jane Haycock Woods.
- SJ 253 Celebrating the life of Cecilia Suyat Marshall.
- SJ 255 Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference).
- SJ 259 Commending the Library of Virginia.
- SJ 274 Unethical use of Black bodies by medical institutions; acknowledging with profound regret.
- SJ 277 Celebrating the life of Johnny Plummer Johnson.
- SJ 287 Flight training programs; new processes by which schools can adjust student pricing for veterans.
- SJ 305 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Aston Donald McEachin.
- SJ 322 Commending Washington Dulles International Airport.
- SJ 339 Commending Robin Reed.
- SJ 384 Commending Internet service providers in Virginia.
- SJ 390 Celebrating the life of Juliette Carolyn Brooks Herring.
- SJ 393 Commending WNRN radio station.
- SJ 400 Commending Reginald T. Daye.
- SJ 403 Commending Venerria Lucas Thomas.
- SJ 404 Celebrating the life of Joe Samuel Frank.
- SJ 405 Commending the Denbigh Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- SJ 406 Commending An Achievable Dream, Inc.
- SJ 411 Celebrating the life of D'Sean Emir Perry.
- SJ 412 Celebrating the life of Lavel Tyler Davis, Jr.
- SJ 413 Celebrating the life of Devin Keith Chandler.