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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
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 1737 Nurse practitioners; practice without a practice agreement.
- HB 1747 Clinical nurse specialist; licensure of nurse practitioners as specialists, etc.
- HB 1805 Aging services; economic and social needs.
- HB 1817 Certified nurse midwives; practice.
- HB 1818 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
- HB 1820 SNAP benefits program; eligibility for benefits, postsecondary education.
- HB 1828 Commissioner of DMV; powers and duties during a declared state of emergency.
- HB 1834 Electric generating facility closures; public disclosure, integrated resource plans.
- HB 1845 Alcoholic beverage control; license fee reform.
- HB 1848 Virginia Human Rights Act; adds discrimination on the basis of disability.
- HB 1864 Virginia Human Rights Act; expands definition of employer.
- HB 1876 Workforce development; expands type of data sharing.
- HB 1888 Absentee voting; procedural and process reforms, availability and accessibility reforms, penalty.
- HB 1895 Fines and costs; accrual of interest, deferral or installment payment agreements.
- HB 1899 Coal tax credits; sunset date.
- HB 1900 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant remedies for exclusion from dwelling unit.
- HB 1912 Child support payments; juvenile in custody of or committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
- HB 1913 Career fatigue and wellness in certain health care providers; programs to address, civil immunity.
- HB 1918 Student driver safety; driver education program shall include dangers of speeding.
- HB 1926 Central Virginia Transportation Authority; membership.
- HB 1928 Historic resources; acquisition and lease of land.
- HB 1930 Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications criminal history questions.
- HB 1931 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public body authorized to conduct electronic meetings.
- HB 1936 Robbery; penalties.
- HB 1940 Students; guidelines on excused student absences, civic engagement.
- HB 1948 Law-enforcement officer; duty to render aid, duty to report wrongdoing by another officer.
- HB 1951 Suicide; abolishes the common-law crime.
- HB 1952 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use, child care exception.
- HB 1965 State Air Pollution Control Board; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program.
- HB 1980 Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program; established, report.
- HB 1984 Electric utilities; triennial review proceeding by SCC, fair rates of return.
- HB 1985 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19.
- HB 1987 Telemedicine; coverage of telehealth services by an insurer, etc.
- HB 1988 Cannabis oil; processing and dispensing by pharmaceutical processors.
- HB 1993 State agencies and their appointing authorities; diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plans.
- HB 1995 Rare Disease Council and Rare Disease Council Fund; created, report.
- HB 1998 Public schools; lock-down drills, annual requirement.
- HB 2004 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; law-enforcement criminal incident information, criminal files.
- HB 2013 School boards; board policy for students unable to pay for a meal at school.
- HB 2017 Juvenile offenders; youth justice diversion programs.
- HB 2018 Emergency order for adult protective services; acts of violence, etc., or financial exploitation.
- HB 2038 Probation, revocation, and suspension of sentence; limitations on sentence, technical violation.
- HB 2040 Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits, repayment of overpayments.
- HB 2046 Virginia Fair Housing Law; unlawful discriminatory housing practices.
- HB 2047 Criminal proceedings; consideration of mental condition and intellectual, etc.
- HB 2048 Electric utility regulation; purchasing from competitive suppliers.
- HB 2049 Electric utilities; eliminates customer credit reinvestment offsets.
- HB 2055 Child support obligations; party's incarceration not deemed voluntary unemployment/underemployment.
- HB 2063 Virginia Overtime Wage Act; overtime compensation for employees, definitions, penalties.
- HB 2068 Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; established.
- HB 2069 License plates, special; cost of plates for recipients of military decorations.
- HB 2072 Virginia Good Neighbor Next Door Program; VHDA shall report recommendations for creating Program.
- HB 2079 Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administering of drugs and devices.
- HB 2082 Virginia Redistricting Commission; transparency in redistricting process.
- HB 2110 Pretrial data collection; VCSC to collect and disseminate on an annual basis.
- HB 2111 Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures, Task Force on; established, report.
- HB 2113 Criminal records; sealing of records, Sealing Fee Fund created, penalties, report.
- HB 2116 Funeral service licensees, etc.; priority for personal protective equipment and immunization, etc.
- HB 2123 Students; eligibility for in-state tuition.
- HB 2124 COVID-19; DMAS shall deem testing, treatment, and vaccination to be emergency services.
- HB 2125 Voter registration; preregistration of persons 16 years of age or older, effective date.
- HB 2129 Chesapeake Bay; wastewater treatment, Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program established.
- HB 2130 Virginia LGBTQ+ Advisory Board; established, report.
- HB 2132 Homicides and assaults and bodily woundings; certain matters not to constitute defenses.
- HB 2133 Commercial sex trafficking; issuance of writ of vacatur for victims.
- HB 2135 School boards, certain; participation in the Afterschool Meal Program.
- HB 2137 Paid sick leave; employers to provide to certain employees.
- HB 2138 Identification privilege cards; authorizes DMV to issue, fee, confidentiality, penalties.
- HB 2161 Active military or a military spouse; prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, etc.
- HB 2165 Tax delinquent property; sale of land for delinquent taxes.
- HB 2167 Parole; notice and certification, monthly reports, discretionary early consideration.
- HB 2203 Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created.
- HB 2204 Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program; created and established, report.
- HB 2206 Child Care Subsidy Program; expanding Program to serve more families.
- HB 2213 Gold; Secretary of Natural Resources, et al., to study mining and processing.
- HB 2216 Va. Missing Child w/ Autism Alert Program; renamed Va. Missing Person w/ Autism Program.
- HB 2221 Environmental permits; community and environmental justice outreach.
- HB 2263 Death penalty; abolition of current penalty.
- HB 2266 Alcoholic beverage control; designated outdoor refreshment area license.
- HB 2276 Plastic firearms and unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, sale, transfer, etc., penalty.
- HB 2288 Va. Public Procurement Act; construction contracts, requirement to submit list of subcontractors.
- HB 2304 Phase I or Phase II electric utilities; provision of broadband capacity.
- HB 2312 Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, etc.
- HB 5002 Small Business & Women-owned & Minority-owned Business Procurement Enhancement Programs; establish.
- HJ 522 Staffing levels, employment conditions, and compensation at DOC; continued study, appropriations.
- HJ 525 National Statuary Hall Collection at the United States Capitol; Barbara Rose Johns.
- HJ 542 Transit equity and modernization; Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study.
- HJ 555 Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters and the right to vote (first reference).
- HJ 572 Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe of Virginia; General Assembly to extend state recognition.
- HJ 605 Victims of COVID-19 Remembrance Day; designating as March 14, 2021 & each succeeding yr. thereafter.
- HJ 606 Equal Citizens Month; designating as November 2021 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 651 Celebrating the life of Katherine Bridgforth Hooker.
- HJ 660 Commending Danny TK Avula, M.D.
- HJ 662 Celebrating the life of Joseph Maurice Tarantino.
- HJ 675 Commending the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
- HJ 676 Commending the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond.
- HJ 681 Commending Samuel Allen.
- HJ 682 Commending Bobby Hill.
- HJ 684 Commending Ethel L. Grandy.
- HJ 689 Celebrating the life of Jamile J. Hill.
- HJ 692 Commending Josh Sweat.
- HJ 693 Commending Marty L. Miller.
- HJ 694 Commending Adrienne Warren.
- HJ 712 Commending the Virginia State Police.
- HJ 713 Commending the Virginia National Guard.
- HJ 714 Commending John R. Broderick.
- HJ 715 Commending Valerie Braxton-Williams.
- HJ 716 Celebrating the life of Thomas Henry Francis.
- HJ 724 Celebrating the life of Tony E. Colden, Jr.
- HJ 725 Celebrating the life of Connie Weldon Edwards.
- HJ 726 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Bobby Eugene Holmes.
- HJ 727 Celebrating the life of Algenon L. Brown.
- HJ 728 Celebrating the life of Ena Ampy Logan.
- HJ 729 Celebrating the life of Willie Makently Andrews.
- HJ 730 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Edna Elizabeth Keys-Chavis.
- HJ 731 Celebrating the life of Rudolph E. Ford, Jr.
- HJ 732 Celebrating the life of Larry Jerome Bland.
- HJ 733 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Willie Woodson.
- HJ 734 Celebrating the life of Thelonius Leander Wood.
- HJ 735 Celebrating the life of William Henry Womack, Jr.
- HJ 736 Celebrating the life of Josephine Johnson Bigger.
- HJ 737 Celebrating the life of Thomas Henry Francis.
- HJ 738 Celebrating the life of Javier J. Smith.
- HJ 739 Celebrating the life of Carolyn Louise Johnson.
- HJ 772 Celebrating the life of Michael Wayne Woods.
- HJ 783 Commending Zion Baptist Church.
- HJ 784 Commending the Reverend Dr. Oretha P. Cross.
- HJ 785 Commending the Community Free Clinic of Newport News.
- HJ 786 Commending the C. Waldo Scott Center for H.O.P.E.
- HJ 787 Commending the Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center.
- HJ 5002 Celebrating the life of Michel Margosis.
- HR 509 Commending supermarket employees.
- HR 515 Celebrating the life of Adeline Mae Stathis Tetreault.
- HR 527 Commending Thomas Kim.
- HR 528 Commending Colonel Dean E. Gould.
- HR 530 Commending the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership at Mary Baldwin University.
- HR 534 Celebrating the life of Herman Augustus Arrington.
- HR 535 Celebrating the life of James Michael Wilson.
- HR 541 Commending Emmitt and Vera Fletcher.
- HR 543 Commending Pamela Brandon Croom.
- HR 544 Commending John E. Smith.
- HR 545 Commending Franklin Sherman Elementary School.
- HR 546 Commending the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
- HR 553 Commending Xavier R. Richardson.
- HR 560 Celebrating the life of Roger Allan Saunders, Jr.
- HR 569 Commending the 100 Black Men of the Virginia Peninsula, Inc.
- HR 570 Commending Eselyn Maheia.
- HR 571 Commending the Reverend Dr. Alfred Jones, Jr.
- HR 572 Commending Grace Church.
- HR 573 Commending Aquia Episcopal Church.
- HR 574 Commending the Fredericksburg Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- HR 575 Commending Elana Cohen.
- HR 576 Commending Bishop Lyle Dukes and Pastor Deborah Dukes.
- HR 577 Commending Bishop Dr. Leonard B. Lacey.
- HR 578 Commending the Prince William County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- HR 584 Commending Ebenezer Baptist Church.
- HR 588 Celebrating the life of Richard Pitts, Sr.
- HR 594 Commending the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.
- HR 595 Commending the Mayfield Civic Association.
- HR 600 Commending Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- HR 601 Commending the James Farmer Multicultural Center.
- HR 602 Celebrating the life of the Reverend Dr. Kenneth E. Dennis, Sr.
- HR 604 Celebrating the life of Maybelle Rutland Campbell.
- HR 606 Celebrating the life of Ernest George Minns.
- HR 608 Celebrating the lives of Melvin Gaddis Green, Jr., M.D., and Helen Selena Green.
- HR 622 Celebrating the life of Officer Howard Charles Liebengood.
- HR 628 Commemorating the life and legacy of Giles Beecher Jackson.
- HR 634 Commending long-term caregivers.
- HR 637 Commending Matthew Savage.
- HR 639 Celebrating the life of Anna Mae Washington.
- HR 640 Commending educators and school support staff in Virginia.
- HR 641 Commending the Virginia Young Democrats Teen Caucus and the Teenage Republican Federation of Va.
- SB 1150 Military Spouse Liaison; position created in Department of Veterans Services, report.
- SB 1157 Municipal elections; shifting elections to November.
- SB 1190 Health Standards of Learning; advanced directive education for high school students.
- 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 1318 Interagency Environmental Justice Working Group; established, report.
- SB 1410 Active military or a military spouse; prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, etc.