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2024 SESSION

House Appropriations

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• HB 1 Minimum wage; increases wage to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025.
• HB 2 Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited.
• HB 14 Unemployment compensation; employer's failure to respond to requests for information, etc.
• HB 22 Auto sears and trigger activators; prohibition on manufacture, importation, sale, etc., penalty.
• HB 27 Kinship foster care; placement of child with foster parent.
• HB 29 Budget Bill.
• HB 30 Budget Bill.
• HB 45 Earned sentence credits; incarceration prior to entry of final order of conviction.
• HB 62 Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry.
• HB 70 Virginia Retirement System; plan credits and accounts.
• HB 93 Alpha-gal syndrome; Board of Health shall adopt regulations to include on reportable disease list.
• HB 102 Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees.
• HB 107 Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund; established and created.
• HB 113 Handguns; possession, purchase, or transportation by persons convicted of certain drug offenses.
• HB 125 Special justices and independent evaluator fees; emergency custody and voluntary civil admissions.
• HB 126 Candidates for office; persons entitled to have name printed on ballot, required reports.
• HB 133 Local gov't; ongoing health care for employees exposed to toxic materials.
• HB 134 Opioids; DOE to develop education materials concerning risks.
• HB 159 State correctional and juvenile correctional facilities; use of canines, prohibited acts.
• HB 161 Individuals experiencing or reporting overdoses while incarcerated; disciplinary procedures.
• HB 173 Plastic firearms & unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, etc. prohibited, penalties.
• HB 175 Assault firearms; carrying in public areas prohibited, penalty.
• HB 179 Imprisonment; consecutive terms.
• HB 187 Teachers; process and timeline for increasing salary.
• HB 203 Private security services business; training requirements for human trafficking.
• HB 204 Maternal Mortality Review Team; membership.
• HB 212 MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements.
• HB 215 9th/10th grade students; development of Title IX and sexual harassment prevention training modules.
• HB 218 Health insurance; health care provider panels, continuity of care.
• HB 233 Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant.
• HB 237 Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board; increases membership.
• HB 246 Fines, restitution, forfeiture, penalties, etc.; criminal and traffic cases, itemized statement.
• HB 250 Law-enforcement officers; interrogation practices.
• HB 252 Sickle cell disease; statewide registry created, collection of disease case information, report.
• HB 306 Public defenders; appointment of counsel, caseload exception.
• HB 309 Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan; Department of Forestry shall establish.
• HB 310 Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit.
• HB 315 Medical Assistance Services, Department of; lien for claim of personal injuries.
• HB 316 Virginia Recycling Development Center; established, report.
• HB 321 Line of Duty Act; increases payment of benefits.
• HB 335 Tipped employees; DOLI to study increasing wages and address wage theft by employers.
• HB 351 Firearm; locking device required for purchase, households where minor resides, penalty.
• HB 356 Investment of public funds; qualified public entity allowed to invest in asset-backed securities.
• HB 362 Firearms; purchase, etc., following an assault and battery of a family or household member, etc.
• HB 366 Va. Nat'l Guard State Tuition Assistance Program; provisions relating to eligibility for grants.
• HB 374 Virginia Minority Business Commission; established, membership, report, sunset date.
• HB 398 Public elementary and secondary schools; student discipline, etc.
• HB 418 Civil actions filed on behalf of multiple persons; types of class actions.
• HB 419 Early childhood care and education system; need- and demand-based funding.
• HB 454 Firearm/explosive material; carrying w/in Capitol Square or bldg. owned or leased by Commonwealth.
• HB 457 Decreasing probation period; establishes criteria for mandatory reduction.
• HB 468 Financial Services Expansion Grant Fund; established.
• HB 489 Fire Programs Fund; increases annual assessment used to fund.
• HB 496 Waste tire disposal by tire producers and haulers; fee, requirements.
• HB 515 State hospitals; discharge of individuals.
• HB 555 Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, annual report.
• HB 570 Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established, drug cost affordability review, report.
• HB 574 Recordation tax; value of interest conveyed.
• HB 580 Animal testing facilities; DACR shall convene task force to identify potential deficiencies.
• HB 586 Law-enforcement officers; training standards.
• HB 591 Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program; payment parameters.
• HB 596 Fisheries Innovation for Sustainable Harvest Fund; established.
• HB 607 End Hunger, Virginia Commission to; established, report, sunset date.
• HB 611 Civilian deaths in custody; report.
• HB 612 Fines, costs, forfeitures, etc.; collection fees, assessment against incarcerated defendant.
• HB 614 Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated.
• HB 617 High school student-athletes; use of name, image, or likeness.
• HB 624 English language learner students; ratios of instructional positions, At-Risk Program established.
• HB 625 Community Schools, Office of; established within Department of Education.
• HB 626 Public schools; youth and community violence prevention, report.
• HB 637 Substantial Risk Order Training Program; Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish.
• HB 640 Wrongful incarceration; compensation.
• HB 641 Relief; Kingrea, David Wayne, compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry.
• HB 651 Cyber civilian corps; Virginia Information Technologies Agency shall assess creation of corps.
• HB 675 VA School for the Deaf & the Blind, Board of Visitors of the; authority to establish campus police.
• HB 677 Public Instruction, Superintendent of; employment of certified school library specialists.
• HB 711 Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2024; created.
• HB 712 Six-year financial plan; modifies requirements for plans submitted by Governor to General Assembly.
• HB 715 Capital outlay plan; repeals existing six-year capital outlay for projects to be funded.
• HB 730 Campaign finance; independent expenditure reports, electronic filing required.
• HB 732 Public schools; opioid antagonist administration, etc.
• HB 787 Administrative Process Act; appeals of case decisions regarding benefits sought.
• HB 790 Tobacco products retailers; purchase, possession, and sale of retail tobacco products.
• HB 791 Pneumatic guns; Class 6 felony to possess.
• HB 798 Firearms; purchase, possession, etc., following an assault and battery or stalking violation.
• HB 801 Electronic communication systems within state correctional facilities; telephone calls.
• HB 803 Juveniles; expungement of court records.
• HB 806 Nursing staff at state psychiatric hospitals; employee destinations, payment policies, etc.
• HB 819 Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices.
• HB 824 Indigent defendant; rate of fees for legal representation.
• HB 825 At-Risk Program; established, public school funding.
• HB 827 On-campus food insecurity; SCHEV to survey institutions to determine how they are addressing issue.
• HB 831 Maternal Mortality Review Team, et al.; expanding composition and scope of work.
• HB 857 Fines and costs; changes period of limitations for collection.
• HB 884 Vehicle exhaust systems; inspection and administrative fee.
• HB 892 Farmland Preservation, Office of; transfers Office to Dept. of Forestry.
• HB 893 Attorneys appointed to represent parents or guardians; qualifications and performance.
• HB 909 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amdmts., prog. modifications.
• HB 916 Substantial Risk Order Reporting System; established.
• HB 937 Innovative alternative school transportation; school boards to implement low/no-cost alternatives.
• HB 944 Forest Sustainability Fund; fund allocation.
• HB 948 VA Community Flood Preparedness Fund; Advisory Review Committee to assist in distribution of loans.
• HB 949 Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans; reporting of substance discharge, etc.
• HB 960 Historic rehabilitation; maximum amount of tax credit.
• HB 1014 Public defender offices; establishes in City of Harrisonburg and County of Rockingham.
• HB 1069 Liquid nicotine and nicotine vapor products; certification, removal of exclusion from directory.
• HB 1075 Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Virginia Program; established, report, sunset date.
• HB 1084 Disabled parking placards; extends validity, eliminates fees.
• HB 1085 PFAS Expert Advisory Committee; established, monitoring sources.
• HB 1087 College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund; established and created.
• HB 1088 Climate change and environmental literacy; instructional materials, model policies.
• HB 1089 Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP.
• HB 1105 Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program; created, affordable dwelling unit policy incentives.
• HB 1108 Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting.
• HB 1125 Virginia Business Ready Expedited Permitting Program; created.
• HB 1135 Blue catfish; DACS, et al., to review efforts to create a market.
• HB 1157 Federally recognized Tribal Nations in the Commonwealth; agencies to consult on permits and reviews.
• HB 1174 Assault firearms; age requirement for purchase, penalty.
• HB 1177 Voter registration; list maintenance, data sharing.
• HB 1185 Prescription Monitoring Program; overdose information.
• HB 1186 All-terrain power wheelchairs in state parks; DCR shall establish two-year pilot program.
• HB 1195 Firearms; waiting period for purchases, penalty.
• HB 1199 Technology and Science, Joint Commission on; authority to appoint, employ, and remove staff.
• HB 1203 Landlords, participating; increases tax credit that may be issued.
• HB 1216 Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, report.
• HB 1224 Special identification cards; reduces fee for issuance, etc.
• HB 1244 Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use.
• HB 1246 Law-enforcement training; communication with individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
• HB 1247 Public school funding; ratios of instructional positions to English language learner students.
• HB 1261 Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits, repayment of overpayments.
• HB 1273 VA Public Procurement Act; additional public works contract requirements, delayed effective date.
• HB 1312 Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; extends membership to conservation officers.
• HB 1355 Information Technology Access Act; numerous organizational changes to Act.
• HB 1375 Early childhood care and education; publicly funded providers.
• HB 1388 Virginia Critical Operation for a Disappeared Child Initiative (Codi) Alert Program; established.
• HB 1401 Va. Law Officers' Retirement System; adds firefighters employed by Department of Military Affairs.
• HB 1404 Small SWaM Business Procurement Enhancement Program; established, definitions, report.
• HB 1419 Electronic sales by dealers; titling.
• HB 1433 Line of Duty Act; clarifies definition of eligible dependent.
• HB 1454 Limited-duration licenses and driver privilege cards and permits; extends validity.
• HB 1455 Virginia Memory Project; established.
• HB 1457 Virginia Investment Performance Grant; economic development incentive grants.
• HB 1460 Virginia Verified Meat; certification, labeling of product.
• HB 1495 Film and television industry; apprenticeship program.
• HB 1496 Surveillance technology; reporting by state & local law-enforcement agencies, etc.
• HB 1499 Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; powers and duties, definition.
• HB 1513 Service members; active-duty status for any member injured while in the line of duty.
• HB 1514 Virginia Sports and Entertainment Authority and Financing Fund; established, report.
• HJ 10 Virginia Gaming Commission, Joint Subcommittee studying feasibility of establishing; continued.
• HJ 30 Investor-owned electric utilities; SCC to study performance-based regulatory tools.
• HJ 41 Fentanyl crisis; Joint Commission on Health Care to study policy solutions.
• HJ 43 Large animal veterinarians; Board of Veterinary Medicine, et al., to study shortage.
• HJ 67 Fair school funding reform; joint committee of various House and Senate committees to study.
• HJ 76 Gun violence; JLARC to study effects on communities.
• SB 2 Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited.
• SB 5 STEM+C Competition Team Grant Program; established.
• SB 34 Temporary detention; certified evaluators, report.
• SB 59 Federal Medicaid Works program; DMAS to convene work group to study, etc.
• SB 80 Decreasing probation period; establishes criteria for mandatory reduction.
• SB 104 Teachers; process and timeline for increasing salary.
• SB 129 Forest Sustainability Fund; fund allocation.
• SB 135 Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant.
• SB 151 Special identification cards; reduces fee for issuance, renewal, etc.
• SB 155 Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; powers and duties, definition.
• SB 156 Financial Services Expansion Grant Fund; established.
• SB 186 Wholesale prescription drug importation program; Sec. of Health and Human Resources to establish.
• SB 195 Uniform Statewide Building Code; Board of HCD to convene advisory group to evaluate.
• SB 222 Commonwealth information security; definitions, requirements.
• SB 240 Property tax; exemption for surviving spouses of armed forces members who died in the line of duty.
• SB 259 Civil actions filed on behalf of multiple persons; types of class actions.
• SB 276 Phase I and Phase II Utilities; SCC to study feasibility of an energy upgrade program.
• SB 277 Certificate of public need; expedited review process, etc.
• SB 291 Court-appointed guardians; training, powers and duties.
• SB 329 Compost and other products containing organic soil amendments infrastructure; civil penalty.
• SB 338 Gun violence; JLARC to study effects on communities.
• SB 339 Blockchain technology, digital asset mining, etc.; Jt. Commission on Technology & Science to study.
• SB 356 Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees.
• SB 367 Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement, Task Force on; established, report.
• SB 373 Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action.
• SB 381 Unemployment compensation; employer's failure to respond to requests for information, etc.
• SB 382 Unemployment compensation; collection of overpayments, limitations.
• SB 389 Autism Advisory Council; reestablished, report.
• SB 394 Carnal knowledge and sexual battery; persons detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer.
• SB 399 Six-year financial plan; modifies requirements for plans submitted by Governor to General Assembly.
• SB 402 Blue catfish; DACS, et al., to review efforts to create a market.
• SB 411 Animal testing facilities; DACR shall convene task force to identify potential deficiencies.
• SB 439 Blockchain and cryptocurrency; Joint Commission on Technology & Science to examine use, etc.
• SB 450 Towing fees; State Corporation Commission shall examine existing regulation of fees.
• SB 456 Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, annual report.
• SB 458 Virginia Retirement System; plan credits and accounts.
• SB 461 Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan; Department of Forestry to establish.
• SB 469 Controlled substances; manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing misbranded drugs, etc.
• SB 487 Artificial intelligence by public bodies; Joint Commission on Technology & Science to examine use.
• SB 489 VA residential development infrastructure fund; feasibility of establishing, report.
• SB 504 Police and court records; expungement, term "otherwise dismissed."
• SB 506 Higher educational institutions, public; duties and powers of governing board.
• SB 510 Investment of public funds; qualified public entity allowed to invest in asset-backed securities.
• SB 514 Fines and costs; changes period of limitations for collection.
• SB 530 Arts, Virginia Commission for the; reduces membership.
• SB 556 Historic rehabilitation; maximum amount of tax credit.
• SB 564 Distressed localities, certain; TAX, et al., to assess tax relief.
• SB 569 Crisis receiving centers and crisis stabilization units; use of seclusion, report.
• SB 574 Behavioral Health Commission; Commission to study processes related to civil admissions.
• SB 584 General Services Board; established.
• SB 585 Capital outlay plan; repeals existing six-year capital outlay for projects to be funded.
• SB 599 Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2024; created.
• SB 603 Incarcerated women who are pregnant, etc.; DCJS, et al., to make recommendations for treatment.
• SB 614 Xylazine; penalty for manufacturing, selling, etc., for human consumption.
• SB 627 College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund; established and created.
• SB 628 Casino gaming; eligible host cities.
• SB 644 Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving.
• SB 650 Local government; ongoing health care for employees exposed to toxic materials.
• SB 654 Fines, costs, forfeitures, etc.; collection fees, assessment against incarcerated defendant.
• SB 696 Marijuana-related offenses; modification of sentence.
• SB 699 Revenue reserves & budgetary amendments; commitment of funds for Revenue Reserve Fund.
• SB 710 Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit.
• SB 729 Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; created, report.
• SB 731 Child pornography; production, publication, sale, financing, etc., penalty.
• SJ 15 Large animal veterinarians; Board of Veterinary Medicine, et al., to study shortage.
• SJ 17 General Assembly; JLARC to study salaries and expenses of legislators.
• SJ 25 Groundwater supply in the Commonwealth; Department of Environmental Quality to study.
• SJ 28 Public transit systems, joint subcommittee to study funding needs.
• SJ 47 Investor-owned electric utilities; SCC to study performance-based regulatory tools.