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2024 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR January 12, 2024 ... pdf
- Senate Bill on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- Resolution Presented ... report | csv file
Senate Bill on First Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- SB 5 STEM+C Competition Team Grant Program; established.
- SB 15 Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain criminal violations.
- SB 16 Search warrants, subpoenas, court orders, or other process; menstrual health data prohibited.
- SB 59 Federal Medicaid Works program; DMAS to convene work group to study, etc.
- SB 104 Teachers; process and timeline for increasing salary.
- SB 105 English language learner students; ratios of instructional positions, At-Risk Program established.
- SB 367 Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement, Task Force on; established, report.
Senate Bills and Resolutions Referred ... report | csv file
- SB 394 Carnal knowledge and sexual battery; persons detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer.
- SB 395 Public elementary & secondary schools; student athletes, pre-participation mental health assessment.
- SB 396 Virginia Retirement System; service retirement allowance for certain judges.
- SB 397 Gaming; posting of illegal gaming tip line information.
- SB 398 Protective orders; respondent to notify court of change of address.
- SB 399 Six-year financial plan; modifies requirements for plans submitted by Governor to General Assembly.
- SB 400 Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses.
- SB 401 Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth, etc.; includes prof. firefighters.
- SB 402 Blue catfish; DACS, et al., to review efforts to create a market.
- SB 403 Behavioral health technicians, etc.; scope of practice, supervision, and qualifications.
- SB 404 Certificate of public need; hospitals licensed by DBHDS psychiatric beds.
- SB 405 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fee disclosure statement.
- SB 406 Political campaign advertisements; advertisements sponsored by a person or nonparty committee.
- SB 407 Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; enters the Commonwealth into Compact.
- SB 408 Charitable organization; registration fees, solicitation of contributions.
- SB 409 Energy efficiency and climate standards; more stringent energy efficiency and climate requirements.
- SB 410 Governor's Major Entertainment Opportunity Fund; renames Governor's Motion Picture Opportunity Fund.
- SB 411 Animal testing facilities; DACR shall convene task force to identify potential deficiencies.
- SB 412 Rabies clinics; animal vaccination and microchip services.
- SB 413 Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain meetings, hearings, etc.
- SB 414 Tire stewardship program; established, report.
- SB 415 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; amends definition of "meeting."
- SB 416 Alcoholic beverage control; tied house exception.
- SB 417 Adult protective services; created central registry of substantiated complaints of adult abuse, etc.
- SB 418 Virginia Museum of Transportation; established.
- SB 419 Family caregiver; creates a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028.
- SB 420 Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Board of Visitors; expands membership, powers & duties.
- SB 421 Foster Child Scholarship Program; established, report.
- SB 422 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; prohibited provisions, fees for maintenance.
- SB 423 Cannabis control; retail market, penalties.
- SB 424 Admission to bail; act of violence.
- SB 425 Health insurance; ethics and fairness in carrier business practices.
- SB 426 Pari-mutuel wagering; historical horse racing, percentage retained for distribution.
- SB 427 Petition for modification of a sentence; eligibility, procedures.
- SB 428 Elections; ranked choice voting, locally elected offices.
- SB 429 Casino gaming; eligible host cities.
- SB 430 Residential development in certain areas; affordable housing.
- SB 431 School boards; expands availability of allowable alternatives for pupil transportation.
- SB 432 Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children.
- SB 433 SLIFE; Board of Education to develop and adopt policies related to supporting students.
- SB 434 Public schools; changes to student instructional time in public elementary & secondary schools.
- SB 435 Education, Board of; through-year growth assessment system, alternatives during 2024-2026.
- SB 436 Workforce Development and Advancement, Department of; changes title of Director to Commissioner.
- SB 437 Real estate brokers; definitions, prohibits certain locations from being used as places of business.
- SB 438 Juvenile detention home, group home, and residential care facility commissions; membership.
- SB 439 Blockchain and cryptocurrency; Joint Commission on Technology & Science to examine use, etc.
- SB 440 School protection officers; employment in public schools.
- SB 441 School boards; employment verification, requirement.
- SB 442 Computer trespass; class 6 felony if committed against any elementary and secondary schools.
- SB 443 Public schools; transfer & management of scholastic records, disclosure of info. in court notices.
- SB 444 School boards; placement in alternative education programs, disclosure of certain information.
- SB 445 Veterans and active duty members of the Armed Forces; credit for service, teacher salary scale.
- SB 446 Environmental Resources, Board of; created.
- SB 447 Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty.
- SB 448 Cannabis control; establishes a framework for creation of a retail marijuana market, penalties.
- SB 449 Juveniles; juvenile correctional centers, eligibility for parole.
- SB 450 Towing fees; State Corporation Commission shall examine existing regulation of fees.
- SB 451 Income tax, corporate; distribution of revenues to state parks.
- SB 452 Motor vehicle dealers; exam for independent dealer-operator recertification.
- SB 453 Emissions inspections; fees, agreement for services and service charge fees.
- SB 454 Electric utilities; recovery of development costs associated with small modular reactor.
- SB 455 Wildlife Corridor Grant Fund; created, report.
- SB 456 Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, annual report.
- SB 457 Driving Decarbonization Program and Fund; established and created.
- SB 458 Virginia Retirement System; plan credits and accounts.
- SB 459 Income tax, state; rolling conformity.
- SB 460 Minors; parental admission for inpatient treatment.
- SB 461 Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan; Department of Forestry to establish.
- SB 462 PFAS; facilities that have engaged in manufacture, etc., to produce report on use of chemicals.
- SB 463 Accountancy, Board of; powers and duties, repeals requirement for an annual audit of the Board.
- SB 464 Fisheries Innovation for Sustainable Harvest Fund; established.
- SB 465 Virginia Land Conservation Foundation; land trusts that have been accredited, etc.
- SB 466 Line of Duty Act; benefits for campus and private police officers.
- SB 467 Foster care; diversionary placements, alternative living arrangements.
- SB 468 Bath County and Augusta County School Boards; cost-savings agreements, requirements.
- SB 469 Controlled substances; manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing misbranded drugs, etc.
- SB 470 Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities; trusts, certain nonvested property interests.
- SB 471 Powers of attorney, certain; transfer on death deeds.
- SB 472 Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers.
- SB 473 Administrative Process Act; requirement of executive branch agencies.
- SB 474 School Construction Fund and Program; definitions.
- SB 475 Pulaski, Town of; amending charter, municipal elections.
- SB 476 Earned sentence credits; inchoate offenses, concurrent and consecutive sentences.
- SB 477 Blighted and derelict properties in certain localities; rate of tax.
- SB 478 Vacant bldg. registration; Town of Waverly with authority to require owner to register annually.
- SB 479 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities.
- SB 480 Public utilities; municipal utilities, disconnection of service, consumer protections.
- SB 481 Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses.
- SB 482 Juveniles; expungement and sealing of court records.
- SB 483 Tangible personal property tax; exemption for indoor agriculture equipment and machinery.
- SB 484 Public schools; youth and community violence prevention.
- SB 485 Employee protections; employer-sponsored meetings on political matters, civil action.
- SB 486 Natural gas; certain pipeline expansion unlawful in Planning District 19 (Crater Region).
- SB 487 Artificial intelligence by public bodies; Joint Commission on Technology & Science to examine use.
- SB 488 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amdmts., prog. modifications.
- SB 489 VA residential development infrastructure fund; feasibility of establishing, report.
- SB 490 Maternal Mortality Review Team; expansion plan, report.
- SB 491 Firearm industry members; creates standards of responsible conduct, civil liability.
- SB 492 Va. Public Procurement Act; procurement of electric vehicles, forced and child labor prohibition.
- SB 493 Medical malpractice; limitations on recovery, certain actions.
- SB 494 Live-in domestic workers; overtime pay for certain employees.
- SB 495 RPS eligible sources; falling water generation facilities.
- SB 496 Virginia Growth and Opportunity Board; Virginia investment performance grants.
- SB 497 Temporary detention order; alternative transportation.
- SB 498 School-connected overdose policies; guidelines, parental notification and response.
- SB 499 Health insurance; coverage for donor human milk.
- SB 500 Electric utilities; integrated resource plans, grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors.
- SB 501 Virginia College Opportunity Endowment and Fund; created.
- SB 502 Juvenile & domestic relations district ct.; parent filing petion for protective order against minor.
- SB 503 License plate reader systems; use by law-enforcement agencies, civil penalty.
- SB 504 Police and court records; expungement, term "otherwise dismissed."
- SB 505 Limitation on sentence upon revocation of suspension of sentence; technical violations.
- SB 506 Higher educational institutions, public; duties and powers of governing board.
- SB 507 Health care providers & grocery store workers; employers to provide paid sick leave, effective date.
- SB 508 Renewable energy portfolio standard; geothermal heating and cooling systems.
- SB 509 Court of Appeals; appeal of interlocutory orders.
- SB 510 Investment of public funds; qualified public entity allowed to invest in asset-backed securities.
- SB 511 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain baby products.
- SB 512 Income tax, state; adaptive repurposing of underutilized structures.
- SB 513 Funeral services; transportation protection agreements.
- SB 514 Fines and costs; changes period of limitations for collection.
- SB 515 Weapons; carrying into hospital that provides mental health services.
- SB 516 All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; seizure, impounding, and disposition.
- SB 517 Tax exemptions; Confederacy organizations.
- SB 518 Public high schools; college and career specialist required.
- SB 519 Divorce; grounds, cruelty, abuse, desertion, or abandonment, eliminates waiting period.
- SB 520 Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors.
- SB 521 Preneed funeral contracts; declinable preneed funeral guarantee fee.
- SB 522 Purchase of firearms; demonstrated competence with a firearm or completion of training course.
- SB 523 Sales tax revenues; entertainment arena.
- SB 524 Local government; installation of water-based fire protection systems in new townhouse construction.
- SB 525 Stillbirth Support Grant Program; established.
- SB 526 Resale Disclosure Act; fees charged for delivery of resale certificate.
- SB 527 General Assembly; selection of delegates to a convention for proposing amendments.
- SB 528 Crimes; offenses against the sovereignty of the Commonwealth, unfaithful delegates to a convention.
- SB 529 Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.
- SB 530 Arts, Virginia Commission for the; reduces membership.
- SB 531 Communications; application for and issuance of order authorizing interception.
- SB 532 Commercial entity offering social media accounts; restricted hours for minors, civil liability.
- SB 533 Education Excellence for All Program; established, report.
- SB 534 Motor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise.
- SB 535 School crossing zones; expands definition of zones to include areas surrounding schools, etc.
- SB 536 Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits, repayment of overpayments.
- SB 537 Hospital regulations; use of smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures.
- SB 538 Uniform Statewide Building Code; violations, increases fines.
- SB 539 License plate readers; requirements for use by law-enforcement agencies, penalties.
- SB 540 Illegal gambling; exemptions.
- SB 541 Casino gaming; removes the City of Richmond as an eligible host city.
- SB 542 Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions, lockout exception, etc.
- SB 543 Health insurance; patient access to emergency services, mobile crisis response services.
- SB 544 Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit use of accessory dwelling unit.
- SB 545 Auto recyclers; database search.
- SB 546 Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; evaluations, presence of others.
- SB 547 Law-enforcement training; communication with individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
- SB 548 Virginia Retirement System; return to work, break in service.
- SB 549 Travel expenses; local officials.
- SB 550 Liquid nicotine and nicotine vapor products; certification and directory, penalties.
- SB 551 Firearms; two day waiting period, penalty.
- SB 552 Public schools; open school enrollment policies and guidance.
- SB 553 Nursing education programs; out-of-state clinical sites.
- SB 554 Licenses or certificates; reciprocal licensing for neighboring states.
- SB 555 First-time homebuyer; creates a tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028.
- SB 556 Historic rehabilitation; maximum amount of tax credit.
- SB 557 Renewable energy portfolio standard; eligibility of hydrogen and nuclear resources.
- SB 558 School choice educational savings accounts; permits parents of qualified students to apply to DOE.
- SB 559 Commercial sex trafficking, prostitution, etc.; increases penalties.
- SB 560 Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, Virginia Board for; dust sampling technicians, renovators.
- SB 561 Nuclear energy electrical generation facilities; permitting.
- SB 562 Captured coal mine methane; pilot program, renewable energy portfolio standard.
- SB 563 Regional career and technical education program; establishing in Planning District 2.
- SB 564 Distressed localities, certain; TAX, et al., to assess tax relief.
- SB 565 Energy efficiency programs; definitions, incremental annual savings.
- SB 566 Trusts; release or ratification of trustee by beneficiary, response of beneficiary in writing.
- SB 567 Siting of energy facilities; approval by the State Corporation Commission.
- SB 568 Crisis stabilization services; facilities licensed by DBHDS, nursing homes.
- SB 569 Crisis receiving centers and crisis stabilization units; use of seclusion, report.
- SB 570 Virginia Human Rights Act; definition of "employer."
- SB 571 Synthetic media; expands applicability of provisions related to defamation, etc., penalty.
- SB 572 School buses; increases maximum width of vehicles.
- SB 573 Virginia Public Safety Communications Infrastructure Fund; definitions, created.
- SB 574 Behavioral Health Commission; Commission to study processes related to civil admissions.
- SB 575 Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools.
- SB 576 Unfair Real Estate Service Agreement Act; created, consumer protections.
- SB 577 Campaign finance; exemption for candidates for certain office or directors.
- SB 578 Electric utilities; offshore wind generation facilities, competitive procurement process.
- SB 579 Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; professional liability insurance.
- SB 580 Environmental Quality, Department of; judicial review, authorization of projects, hearing & appeal.
- SB 581 Environmental Quality, Department of; groundwater and surface water withdrawal permits.
- SB 582 Tobacco products retailers; purchase, possession, and sale of retail tobacco products.
- SB 583 Firearms or explosive materials; carrying into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth.
- SB 584 General Services Board; established.
- SB 585 Capital outlay plan; repeals existing six-year capital outlay for projects to be funded.
- SB 586 Public elementary and secondary schools; student discipline, etc.
- SB 587 Civil actions; filed on behalf of multiple persons.
- SB 588 Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; affordable housing, criminal record screening policy.
- SB 589 Rental conveyances; relocates certain provisions related to assignments of rent.
- SB 590 Community services boards; emergency services and core of services.
- SB 591 Electric utilities; customer energy choice, notice required for customer return to service.
- SB 592 Preferred Drug List/Common Core Formulary; approval of a nonpreferred drug.
- SB 593 Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc.
- SB 594 Emergency medical personnel; EMS Advisory Board to examine requirements to join program.
- SB 595 Comprehensive plan; locality may consider adopting a healthy communities strategy.
- SB 596 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; noncompliance with rental agreement.
- SB 597 Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority, comprehensive plan.
- SB 598 Recordation of documents; name changes.
- SB 599 Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2024; created.
- SB 600 Virginia Real Estate Time-Share Act; partial termination of certain time-shares.
- SB 601 Capital outlay plan; repeals existing six-year capital outlay for projects to be funded.
- SB 602 Felony homicide; certain drug offenses, penalties.
- SB 603 Incarcerated women who are pregnant, etc.; DCJS, et al., to make recommendations for treatment.
- SB 604 Virginia Public Procurement Act; prohibition on boycotting Israel.
- SB 605 Polling place; assistance for certain voters, clarifies definition of "person with a disability."
- SB 606 Voter registration; list maintenance, data sharing.
- SB 607 Pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access; regulations.
- SB 608 Community Schools, Office of; established within Department of Education.
- SB 609 At-Risk Program; established, public school funding.
- SB 610 Slot-retention requests; Developmental Disability waiver slots, sunset date.
- SB 611 Dulles Greenway; powers and responsibilities of SCC to regulate toll road operators.
- SB 612 Local law enforcement; reduction of budget prohibited, exception.
- SB 613 Higher educational institutions; campus safety, governing board of certain educational institutions.
- SB 614 Xylazine; penalty for manufacturing, selling, etc., for human consumption.
- SB 615 Medicaid- & CHIP-enrolled beneficiaries; DMAS shall convene work group to design services benefits.
- SB 616 Farmland Preservation, Office of; transfers Office to Dept. of Forestry.
- SB 617 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; budget, operating assistance.
- SB 618 Bristol, City of; amending charter, increases voting precincts.
- SB 619 Public elementary and secondary schools; compulsory attendance policies and procedures.
- SB 620 PACE programs; long-term services and support screening.
- SB 621 Artificial Intelligence, Commission on; established, report, sunset provision.
- SB 622 Virginia Retirement System; additional service credit for certain teachers and school bus drivers.
- SB 623 Firefighters and emergency medical services; collective bargaining by providers.
- SB 624 Public education; student literacy measures.
- SB 625 Deferred or installment payment agreements; exempt from payments if sole income is Social Security.
- SB 626 Barrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services, exception.
- SB 627 College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund; established and created.
- SB 628 Casino gaming; eligible host cities.
- SB 629 Dentists and dental hygienists; added to list of providers who are immune from civil liability, etc.
- SB 630 Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor; medal may be awarded to dispatcher.
- SB 631 VNG; efforts to make state-sponsored group term life insurance offered to members.
- SB 632 Income tax, state; decreases certain taxes, increases amount of tax credit.
- SJ 19 Roadway & pedestrian improvements in Gainesville; VDOT to study implementation in Prince Wm. County.
- SJ 20 Comprehensive community colleges; funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs.
- SJ 21 Secretariat of Rural Affairs; JLARC to study need for and feasibility of creating position.
- SJ 22 Virginia State Police, retired; TAX to study reducing economic stress.
- SJ 23 Black Maternal Health Week; designating as April 11-17, 2024, and each succeeding year thereafter.
- SJ 24 Barrier crimes for employees of and persons regulated by DBHDS; JLARC to study.
- SJ 25 Groundwater supply in the Commonwealth; Department of Environmental Quality to study.
- SJ 26 Drugs; JLARC to study scope and cost of penalizing possession as a felony.
- SJ 27 Epilepsy Heroes Day.