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2024 SESSION
Chair: L. Louise Lucas
Clerk: G. Conway, Alexander Chapman
Staff: Stephen Kindermann
Date of Meeting: February 21, 2024
Time and Place: 9:00 a.m. Senate Room A, General Assembly Building
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Patron: Ward
Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from the current rate of $12.00 per hour to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2026. The bill satisfies a reenactment clause included in Chapters 1204 and 1242 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 40.1-28.10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to minimum wage.24100469D
Patron: Sickles
Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. The Compact increases public access to dental services by permitting eligible licensed dentists and dental hygienists to practice in Compact participating states, provided that they are licensed in at least one participating state. The Compact has been passed in three states and takes effect when it is enacted by a seventh participating state or upon the effective date of the bill, whichever is later.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 27 of Title 54.1 an article numbered 5, consisting of a section numbered 54.1-2729.02, relating to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.24101016D
Patron: Austin
Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board. Modifies aspects of the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board by adding a fourth Secretary to the Board's membership, to be appointed by the Governor, and providing that the Secretary of Labor may be one of the Secretaries appointed to the Board. The bill also reduces the amount of matching funds required for any grant awarded from the Virginia Growth and Opportunity Fund by requiring such funds to be equal to at least half of the grant awarded.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-2485 and 2.2-2489 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board.24102385D
Patron: Fowler
Investment of public funds. Allows any qualified public entity of the Commonwealth to invest in asset-backed securities which are guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-4511 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Investment of Public Funds Act; investment of funds in asset-backed securities.24106906D
Patron: Runion
Virginia Public School Construction Grants Program and Fund; career and technical education programs and joint or regional schools eligible. Clarifies that joint or regional schools such as academic year Governor's schools are eligible to participate in the Public School Construction Grants Program (the Program) and that school divisions may used grants received pursuant to the Program for construction, additions, infrastructure, site acquisition, and renovations for buildings and facilities used for career and technical education programs provided at a regional comprehensive school.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-175.1 and 22.1-175.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Virginia Public School Construction Grants Program and Fund; career and technical education programs eligible.24106569D
Patron: McNamara
Financial Services Expansion Grant Fund. Creates the Financial Services Expansion Grant Fund to make grant payments to an eligible financial services company that makes a capital investment of at least $87 million at a facility in Roanoke County and creates at least 1,100 new full-time jobs at the facility. The eligible financial services company would be eligible for an aggregate of $15 million in grants paid out over a 10-year period if it meets such performance parameters.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 59.1 a chapter numbered 22.22, consisting of a section numbered 59.1-284.43, relating to Financial Services Expansion Grant Fund.24102878D
Patron: Cohen
Surplus line broker taxes. Provides that any surplus lines broker or any person required to be licensed as one shall not be subject to the annual taxes, license taxes, or penalties under current law for any policy of insurance procured during the preceding calendar year on behalf of a commuter rail system jointly operated by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation District.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-4809 of the Code of Virginia, relating to surplus line broker license tax.24101108D
Patron: Krizek
Casino gaming; limits on required local referendums. Provides that the governing body of any eligible host city that holds a local referendum on the question of whether casino gaming should be permitted in such city that subsequently fails shall be prohibited from holding another referendum on the same question for a period of three years from the date of the last referendum.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-4123 of the Code of Virginia, relating to casino gaming; limits on required local referendums.24104581D
Patron: Price
Military centered community zones; local designation. Allows localities to establish, by ordinance, one or more military centered community zones, defined in the bill as a community that has a significant presence of military personnel living or working in the designated area and where such presence drives, or has the potential to drive, significant economic activity. The bill provides that a locality, or another political subdivision acting on behalf of the locality, may offer unique benefits to businesses looking to locate within a zone for the purpose of serving the needs of the military personnel, including reduction of certain fees and taxes. In addition, the bill provides that local governing bodies are authorized to enter into agreements for the payment of economic development incentive grants to such businesses. The bill also allows a governing body to provide for certain regulatory flexibility and incentives and provides that the establishment of a military centered community zone shall not preclude the area from also being designated as an enterprise zone or from receiving support under the Virginia Military Community Infrastructure Grant Program.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 38 of Title 58.1 an article numbered 12.1, consisting of a section numbered 58.1-3853.1, relating to local military centered community zone.24104738D
Patron: Torian
Six-year financial plan. Requires the six-year financial plan submitted by the Governor to the General Assembly to include a report on the balance between projected revenues and expenditures for the six-year period.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-1503.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to six-year financial plan.24106442D
Patron: Torian
Capital outlay plan. Updates the six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources.
A BILL to create a six-year capital outlay plan for projects to be funded entirely or partially from general fund-supported resources and to repeal Chapters 140 and 141 of the Acts of Assembly of 2023.24102528D
Patron: Rasoul
Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum. Authorizes all counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent with the revenue used only for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools if such levy is approved in a voter referendum. Under current law, only Charlotte, Gloucester, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville are authorized to impose such a tax. This bill incorporates HB 60, HB 193, HB 458, HB 600, HB 616, HB 1159, and HB 1437.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-602, 58.1-605, 58.1-605.1, and 58.1-606.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum.24107210D
Patron: Mundon King
Health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage under any health insurance contract, policy, or plan that includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis, for any prescribed contraceptive drug or contraceptive device. The bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from imposing upon any person receiving contraceptive benefits pursuant to the provisions of the bill any copayment, coinsurance payment, or fee. The provisions of the bill apply to health insurance contracts, policies, or plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2025.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-3407.5:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to health insurance; coverage for prescription contraceptives.24107022D
Patron: Austin
Special license plates; 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. The bill provides that the prepaid application requirements for special license plates shall not apply to such plates, that the provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2032, that such plates shall not be newly issued on or after such date, and that such plates may continue in use for a period of time determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
A BILL to authorize the issuance of special license plates marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution; fees.24101650D
Patron: LeVere Bolling
Health insurance; coverage for doula care services. Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for obstetrical services to provide coverage for doula care services provided by a state-certified doula. The bill requires such coverage to include coverage for at least eight visits during the antepartum or postpartum period and support during labor and delivery. The bill provides that health insurance carriers are (i) not required to pay for duplicate services actually rendered by both a state-certified doula and another health care provider and (ii) prohibited from requiring supervision, signature, or referral by any other health care provider as a condition of reimbursement for doula care services, except when those requirements are also applicable to other categories of health care providers. Such provisions of the bill are subject to a reenactment clause.
The bill also requires the Health Insurance Reform Commission to consider coverage for doula care services in its review of the essential health benefits benchmark plan and to include such coverage in its recommendation to the General Assembly unless a compelling reason for excluding such coverage is identified.
24105534D
Patron: Lopez
Forest Sustainability Fund; fund allocation. Provides that moneys from the Forest Sustainability Fund must be allocated proportionally among localities that forego tax revenues as a result of the use value assessment and taxation for real estate devoted for forest use. The bill specifies that no locality shall receive an allocation of more than four percent or less than one-half of one percent of available funds from the Fund.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-3242.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Forest Sustainability Fund; fund allocation.24101329D
Patron: Maldonado
Illegal gambling; exemptions. Exempts from the provisions of Code prohibiting illegal gambling the placement or operation of or communication to and from equipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly authorized by another state or jurisdiction and regulated and operated consistent with and exclusively for the benefit of such state or jurisdiction, provided that wagering on such games is legally authorized in such other state or jurisdiction and the individuals wagering on such games are required by the laws or regulations of such other state or jurisdiction to be physically located within the geographic bounds of such other state or jurisdiction at the time the wager is initiated or placed.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-334.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to illegal gambling; exemptions.24102505D
Patron: Wilt
Agricultural best management practices tax credit; agricultural equipment purchase tax credit; sunset date. Extends from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2030, the sunset date of the individual and corporate agricultural best management practices income tax credit and extends from January 1, 2026, to January 1, 2030, the sunset date of the individual and corporate income tax credit for the purchase of conservation tillage and precision agricultural application equipment.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-337, 58.1-339.3, 58.1-436, and 58.1-439.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to agricultural best management practices tax; agricultural equipment purchase tax credit; sunset date.24101058D
Patron: Rasoul
Department of Environmental Quality; PFAS; identification; monitoring; PFAS Expert Advisory Committee established; report. Requires, for every public water system, as defined in the bill, the Department of Health (VDH) to assist the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) by transferring to the Department quarterly all validated monitoring results available to VDH that indicate PFAS MCL exceedances, as defined in the bill. In such circumstances, the Department is required to develop and implement a plan to prioritize and conduct PFAS assessments for identifying significant sources of PFAS in such public water system's raw water source or sources. The bill requires certain facilities, if deemed by the Department to be a potentially significant source of PFAS in the public water system's raw water source, (i) to perform and promptly report the results of quarterly discharge monitoring for one year and (ii) to report to the Department, within 90 days after being directed by the Department, its manufacture or use of PFAS. The bill establishes a PFAS Expert Advisory Committee to assist the Department and VDH in its PFAS-related efforts and requires the Committee to meet at least two times per year through June 30, 2027, and to annually report certain information to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1. This bill incorporates HB 245.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 3.1 of Title 62.1 an article numbered 13, consisting of sections numbered 62.1-44.34:29 through 62.1-44.34:33, relating to Department of Environmental Quality; PFAS; identification; monitoring; PFAS Expert Advisory Council established; report.24106954D
Patron: Hayes
Board of Medicine; continuing education; unconscious bias and cultural competency. Directs the Board of Medicine to require unconscious bias and cultural competency training as part of the continuing education requirements for renewal of licensure. The bill specifies requirements for the training and requires the Board of Medicine to report on the training to the Department of Health and the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative.
A BILL to direct the Board of Medicine to require certain licensees to complete training on unconscious bias and cultural competency as part of their continuing education and continuing competency requirements for licensure.24106251D
Patron: Willett
Personal property tax; classification; sunset date. Removes the sunset date from the provision of law that authorizes localities to classify most motor vehicles as a class of property subject to a different rate of tax or rate of assessment from the rate applicable to the general class of tangible personal property. Under current law, such classification would expire beginning with taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025. This bill incorporates HB 422.
A BILL to amend and reenact the second enactment of Chapter 30 and the second enactment of Chapter 578 of the Acts of Assembly of 2022, relating to tangible personal property tax; classification; certain vehicles.24107352D
Patron: Wilt
Assessment of omitted taxes; erroneous payments. Provides that any retail sales tax payment erroneously remitted by a taxpayer to the Department of Taxation shall be applied to the taxpayer's delinquent use tax accounts. The taxpayer must provide evidence of the erroneous sales tax collected and remitted in each transaction. The provisions of this bill do not apply in the case of (i) the taxpayer already applying for and receiving the relief described in this bill or (ii) a false or fraudulent action by the taxpayer with the intention of evading the payment of the tax. Further, the taxpayer must show that the erroneous retail sales tax has been refunded to the purchaser or credited to the purchaser's account prior to receiving a refund from Department of Taxation.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 58.1-1812 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assessment of omitted taxes; erroneous payments.24107049D