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2024 SESSION
SENATE CALENDAR FOR March 1, 2024 ... pdf
- Bills in Conference ... report | csv file
- Unfinished Business - House ... report | csv file
- Unfinished Business - Senate ... report | csv file
- Awaiting House Action ... report | csv file
- House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
Bills in Conference ... report | csv file
- HB 14 Unemployment compensation; employer's failure to respond to requests for information, etc.
- HB 29 Budget Bill.
- HB 30 Budget Bill.
- HB 355 School boards; employment verification, requirement.
- HB 509 Students with disabilities; SCHEV to study process used to determine eligibility for accommodations.
- HB 590 Electronic gaming devices; regulation, penalties.
- HB 790 Tobacco products retailers; purchase, possession, and sale of retail tobacco products.
- HB 960 Historic rehabilitation; maximum amount of tax credit.
- HB 1261 Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits, repayment of overpayments.
- HB 1269 Barrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services, exception.
- HB 1504 School-connected overdose policies; guidelines, parental notification and response.
- SB 109 Candidates; declaration of candidacy for primary.
- SB 116 Retail sales and use tax holiday; establishes an annual tax holiday that takes place in August.
- SB 194 Tangible personal property tax; classification of certain vehicles, removes sunset date.
- SB 212 Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act; established.
- SB 327 Assault firearms; age requirement for purchase, penalty.
- SB 344 Charitable gaming; clarifies definition of "social organization."
- SB 357 Assault or assault and battery; affirmative defense, penalty.
- SB 399 Six-year financial plan; modifies requirements for plans submitted by Governor to General Assembly.
- SB 550 Liquid nicotine and nicotine vapor products; certification and directory, penalties.
- SB 556 Historic rehabilitation; maximum amount of tax credit.
- SB 582 Tobacco products retailers; purchase, possession, and sale of retail tobacco products.
- SB 585 Capital outlay plan; repeals existing six-year capital outlay for projects to be funded.
- SB 627 College and Career Ready Virginia Program and Fund; established and created.
- SB 649 Line of Duty Act; increases payment of benefits.
Unfinished Business - House ... report | csv file
- HB 576 Contractors, Board for; required regulations and disclosures.
- HB 1022 Law-enforcement officers, certain; universal certification, necessary training.
- HB 470 Minor; petition for child in need of services or supervision.
Unfinished Business - Senate ... report | csv file
- SB 2 Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited.
- SB 5 STEM+C Competition Team Grant Program; established.
- SB 88 Law-enforcement and jail officers; various changes to provisions related to decertification.
- SB 95 Preliminary analysis of breath to determine alcoholic content of blood; failure to advise person.
- SB 144 Nolle prosequi or dismissal without prejudice prior to preliminary hearing; subsequent indictment.
- SB 151 Special identification cards; reduces fee for issuance, renewal, etc.
- SB 175 Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; former statewide legislators.
- SB 180 Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses.
- SB 207 Law-enforcement officers, certain; universal certification, necessary training.
- SB 214 Corporation, limited liability company, etc.; service of garnishment summons.
- SB 220 Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP.
- SB 256 Motor vehicle insurance; remedies for bad faith for refusal of claims.
- SB 321 Administrative and civil proceedings; protected information, newspersons engaged in journalism.
- SB 334 Plea agreements and court orders; prohibited provisions.
- SB 336 Photo speed monitoring devices; high-risk intersection segments.
- SB 400 Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses.
- SB 424 Admission to bail; act of violence.
- SB 464 Fisheries Innovation for Sustainable Harvest Fund; established.
- SB 502 Juvenile & domestic relations district ct.; parent filing petion for protective order against minor.
- 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 522 Purchase of firearms; demonstrated competence with a firearm or completion of training course.
- SB 544 Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit use of accessory dwelling unit.
- SB 644 Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving.
- SB 724 Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses.
- SB 217 Virginia Business Ready Expedited Permitting Program; created.
- SB 393 MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements.
- SB 536 Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits, repayment of overpayments.
- SB 626 Barrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services, exception.
Awaiting House Action ... report | csv file
- HB 47 Invasive plant species; requirements for retail sales.
- 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 935 Health insurance; coverage for doula care services.
- HB 1502 Tangible personal property tax; classification of certain vehicles, removes sunset date.
- SB 21 Students with disabilities; SCHEV to study process used to determine eligibility for accommodations.
- SB 36 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; amends definition of meeting, provisions of Act.
- SB 105 English language learner students; ratios of instructional positions, At-Risk Program established.
- SB 135 Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant.
- SB 260 Va. Public Procurement Act; preference for goods produced in Virginia, U.S., & Va. resident bidders.
- SB 313 Contractors, Board for; required regulations and disclosures.
- SB 314 Farm to School Program Task Force; Department of Education to establish.
- SB 352 Teachers; changes to provisions relating to licensure and certification, reciprocity.
- SB 356 Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees.
- SB 415 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; amends definition of "meeting."
- SB 441 School boards; employment verification, requirement.
- SB 453 Emissions inspections; fees, agreement for services and service charge fees.
- SB 498 School-connected overdose policies; guidelines, parental notification and response.
- SB 657 Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses.
- SB 699 Revenue reserves & budgetary amendments; commitment of funds for Revenue Reserve Fund.
- SB 710 Judges; maximum number each judicial district and circuit.
House Bills on Third Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- HB 18 Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, penalties.
- HB 36 Abuse and neglect of children; causing or enabling child to gain possession of a firearm, penalty.
- HB 62 Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry.
- HB 102 Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees.
- HB 172 Family or household member; clarifies definition, penalty.
- HB 199 Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program; allocation of funds.
- HB 223 Cruelty to animals; possession and ownership of animals.
- HB 233 Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; eligible site for site development grant.
- HB 279 Military leaves of absence for employees of the Commonwealth, etc.; includes prof. firefighters.
- HB 380 License plates, special; issuance to certain members, veterans, & retirees of U.S. Air Force.
- HB 555 Corrections Ombudsman, Office of the Department of; created, annual report.
- HB 596 Fisheries Innovation for Sustainable Harvest Fund; established.
- HB 633 Forced labor or service; civil action for trafficking, penalties.
- HB 640 Wrongful incarceration; compensation.
- HB 641 Relief; Kingrea, David Wayne, compensation for wrongful inclusion on sex offender registry.
- 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 937 Innovative alternative school transportation; school boards to implement low/no-cost alternatives.
- HB 1058 Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authorities; singular license for waterfowl blinds.
- HB 1075 Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Virginia Program; established, report, sunset date.
- HB 1084 Disabled parking placards; extends validity, eliminates fees.
- HB 1112 Auto recyclers; database search.
- HB 1125 Virginia Business Ready Expedited Permitting Program; created.
- HB 1187 Xylazine; penalty for manufacturing, selling, etc., for human consumption.
- HB 1224 Special identification cards; reduces fee for issuance, etc.
- HB 1246 Law-enforcement training; communication with individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
- HB 1254 Bridges; state of good repair, allocation of funds.
- HB 1268 Community corrections alternative program; evaluation and diagnosis to determine eligibility.
- HB 1457 Virginia Investment Performance Grant; economic development incentive grants.
- HB 1466 Mineral mines; farm pond construction or expansion.
House Bills on Third Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- HB 22 Auto sears and trigger activators; prohibition on manufacture, importation, sale, etc., penalty.
- HB 71 Combined sewer overflow outfalls; compliance with regulations, Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
- HB 73 Unlawful detainer; expungement of action, entering of an order without further petition or hearing.
- HB 173 Plastic firearms & unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, etc. prohibited, penalties.
- HB 175 Assault firearms; carrying in public areas prohibited, penalty.
- HB 183 Firearms; storage in residence where minor or person prohibited from possessing is present, penalty.
- HB 250 Law-enforcement officers; interrogation practices.
- HB 265 Removal of public officers from office; petition requirements, procedure.
- HB 333 Environmental Justice, Virginia Council on; meetings and staffing, appointment of members.
- HB 362 Firearms; purchase, etc., following an assault and battery of a family or household member, etc.
- 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 466 Concealed handgun permits; reciprocity with other states.
- HB 623 Rights of voters; covered practices, civil cause of action, standing, jurisdiction, and venue.
- HB 637 Substantial Risk Order Training Program; Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish.
- HB 797 Concealed handguns; demonstrated competence for a permit, firearms instructors and safety programs.
- HB 798 Firearms; purchase, possession, etc., following an assault and battery or stalking violation.
- HB 799 Concealed handgun permit applications; fingerprints required by local governments.
- HB 803 Juveniles; expungement of court records.
- HB 838 Police and court records; expungement, definition of "otherwise dismissed."
- HB 861 Weapons; carrying into hospital that provides mental health services.
- HB 906 Public utilities; municipal utilities, disconnection of service, consumer protections.
- HB 916 Substantial Risk Order Reporting System; established.
- HB 939 Elections administration; prohibits possession of firearm within 100 feet of certain locations.
- HB 959 Towing violations; enforcement.
- HB 985 High polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; prohibits pavement sealants that contain, civil penalty.
- HB 1002 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Division of; powers and duties.
- HB 1171 Absentee voting; processing absentee ballots returned before election day, processing upon receipt.
- HB 1174 Assault firearms; age requirement for purchase, penalty.
- HB 1195 Firearms; waiting period for purchases, penalty.
- HB 1244 Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use.
- HB 1287 Towing companies; provision of existing law authorizing localities in Planning District 8.
- HB 1354 Cats; prohibition on declawing.
- HB 1454 Limited-duration licenses and driver privilege cards and permits; extends validity.
- HB 1458 Chief Resilience Officer of the Commonwealth; moves position under the Governor, etc.
House Bills on Second Reading - Uncontested Calendar ... report | csv file
- HB 66 Public schools; fire drills, timing and frequency.
- HB 134 Opioids; DOE to develop education materials concerning risks.
- HB 266 Custodial interrogation of a child; failure to comply with section, inadmissibility of statement.
- HB 268 Juveniles; evidence of trafficking, sexual abuse, or rape by the alleged victim.
- HB 269 Provisional (Career Switcher) License; special education.
- HB 322 Cosmetology Compact; established.
- HB 368 Uniform Statewide Building Code; Board of HCD to convene advisory group to evaluate.
- HB 435 Law-enforcement officers; exposure to bodily fluids, petition to the general district court.
- HB 503 Credentialed addiction treatment professionals; definition to include licensed behavior analysts.
- HB 511 Out-of-state health care practitioners; temp. authorization to practice in assisted living fac.
- HB 561 Annual school safety audits; items to be reviewed.
- HB 632 Teachers; changes to provisions relating to licensure and certification, reciprocity.
- HB 690 Higher educational institutions; campus safety, governing board of certain educational institutions.
- HB 707 Consumer Data Protection Act; protections for children.
- HB 731 Teachers; renewable licenses, requirements, assessments.
- HB 732 Public schools; opioid antagonist administration, etc.
- HB 778 Quitclaim and release property rights; DCR to release certain property rights in Albemarle County.
- HB 794 Statutory agents; service of process.
- HB 818 Virginia Freedom of Information Act; amends definition of meeting, provisions of Act.
- HB 830 Farm to School Program Task Force; Department of Education to establish.
- HB 848 Veterinary medicine; traineeships.
- HB 852 Local government ordinances related to fire departments; billing on behalf of volunteer fire depts.
- HB 898 Forensic Science, Department of; laboratory procedures, requirements regarding DNA profiles.
- HB 958 School boards; inclusion of enrolled students in work of boards.
- HB 971 Nurse practitioners; patient care team provider, autonomous practice.
- HB 980 Higher ed. institutions; students who report acts of hazing or bullying, referral for support.
- HB 995 Medicine, Board of; temporary licensure of physicians licensed in a foreign country.
- HB 1024 Virginia Preservice Training for Child Care Staff; Department of Education shall review course.
- HB 1055 Eastern VA Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University, board of directors of; membership.
- HB 1068 Pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access; regulations.
- HB 1082 Judgments, certain; debtor may petition court for restricted license.
- HB 1116 Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement, certain construction projects.
- HB 1146 Address Confidentiality Program; expands to victims of child abduction.
- HB 1182 Professional wetland delineator; certification requirements.
- HB 1217 Cell phone records; investigation of missing persons.
- HB 1221 Health education; menstrual education instruction permitted.
- HB 1248 Debtor interrogatories; fieri facias, against whom a summons shall be issued.
- HB 1270 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; mold remediation, prohibited acts.
- HB 1272 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; copy of rental agreement for tenant.
- HB 1278 Auricular acupuncture; use of the five needle protocol.
- HB 1279 School health entrance form; Departments of Education and Health to streamline.
- HB 1335 J.D. Power Official Used Car Guide; added to list of publications for retail value of vehicles.
- HB 1338 Courthouses; website posting of notices.
- HB 1339 Householder; exemptions from garnishment and lien.
- HB 1342 Higher educational institutions, certain baccalaureate public; on-campus student health centers.
- HB 1345 High school graduation requirements; satisfaction of elective course credits.
- HB 1365 Higher educational institutions, public; release of student transcripts.
- HB 1372 Notarial acts; knowledge-based authentication assessment, requirements.
- HB 1389 Practice of athletic training; amends definition.
- HB 1443 Trial by jury; contact with jurors after trial prohibited, penalty.
- HB 1452 State agencies and their appointing authorities; diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plans.
- HB 1455 Virginia Memory Project; established.
- HB 1477 Student instruction; local alternative instructional time models permitted.
- HB 1482 Unlawful detainer actions; no rental agreement between owner and occupant.
House Bills on Second Reading - Regular Calendar ... report | csv file
- HB 81 Suicide; abolishes common-law crime.
- HB 122 Environmental Quality, Department of; judicial review, authorization of projects, hearing & appeal.
- HB 184 Foreclosure procedures; subordinate mortgage, affidavit required.
- HB 215 9th/10th grade students; development of Title IX and sexual harassment prevention training modules.
- HB 224 Public schools; mental health awareness training.
- HB 257 Sickle cell anemia; prescription of opioids for pain management.
- HB 267 Assault or assault and battery; affirmative defense, penalty.
- HB 324 PA Licensure Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to Compact.
- HB 398 Public elementary and secondary schools; student discipline, etc.
- HB 405 Electric vehicle charging facilities; infrastructure necessary to support installation.
- HB 426 Professional counselors; Board of Counseling to recognize NCE as a valid examination for licensure.
- HB 442 Va. Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
- HB 455 Controlled substances; possession of an item containing residue of a substance, penalty.
- HB 467 Real estate contract disclosures, certain; establishment by localities prohibited.
- HB 516 Prescription drugs; labels provided for blind and disabled users.
- HB 536 Student bullying; adjusts definition, characteristics of victim.
- HB 583 Public elementary school teachers; length of daily lunch breaks.
- HB 598 Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement.
- HB 617 High school student-athletes; use of name, image, or likeness.
- HB 653 Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; violent felony offenses.
- HB 740 Unlawful detainer; bifurcation of case.
- HB 776 Law-enforcement officers; minimum qualifications, citizenship, waiver.
- HB 827 On-campus food insecurity; SCHEV to survey institutions to determine how they are addressing issue.
- HB 926 Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty.
- HB 950 Uniform Statewide Building Code; temporarily prohibit modifications to Code.
- HB 955 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; summary of rental agreement provisions.
- HB 957 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; tenant's remedies, condemnation of dwelling unit.
- HB 962 Noncitizens of the United States; removes term aliens throughout Code.
- HB 972 Defendant; prohibiting inquiry into immigration status, notification of consequences.
- HB 994 Marriage; establishes legal age to be 18 years.
- HB 996 VA Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, etc.; definitions, notice of tenant screening criteria.
- HB 1088 Climate change and environmental literacy; instructional materials, model policies.
- HB 1231 JROTC; DOE to notify school boards of any federal legal obligation to participate in program.
- HB 1309 St. Emerg. Medical Services Advisory Bd.; guidelines for provision of emerg. trtmt. of police dogs.
- HB 1351 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, selling ignition interlock system.
- HB 1370 Health care providers, certain; reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies prohibited.
- HB 1398 Affordable housing; creates framework for localities to preserve housing.
- HB 1399 Potato Board; reduces membership.
- HB 1430 Library boards; adds King & Queen County to list of localities that are not required to establish.
- HB 1451 Standards of Learning; assessments, eligibility for expedited retakes.
- HB 1461 Short-term rental property; locality's ability to prohibit lessee or sublessee operator.
- HB 1467 Higher educational institutions, baccalaureate public; membership of governing boards.
- HB 1475 Uniform Statewide Building Code; certain building owners and operators to supply cooling & heating.
- HB 1487 DHCD; translation of certain forms and documents into five non-English languages on website, etc.
- HB 1519 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; fees for electronic fund transfers, prohibited.
- HB 1539 Abortion or other reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes.
- HB 1542 Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters, statute of limitations, penalties.
- HB 1545 Physician assistants; definitions, requisite training and education achievements.
Bills or Resolutions Rereferred ... report | csv file
- HB 133 Local gov't; ongoing health care for employees exposed to toxic materials.
- HB 342 Naloxone or other opioid antagonists; possession by state agencies, guidelines for private employer.
- HB 351 Firearm; locking device required for purchase, households where minor resides, penalty.
- HB 419 Early childhood care and education system; need- and demand-based funding.
- 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 677 Public Instruction, Superintendent of; employment of certified school library specialists.
- HB 696 Recovery high schools; establishment, authorization in certain Superintendents' regions.
- HB 825 At-Risk Program; established, public school funding.
- HB 1089 Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP.
- HB 1101 Virginia Public Procurement Act; adds to definition of professional services.
- 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 1185 Prescription Monitoring Program; overdose information.
- HB 1247 Public school funding; ratios of instructional positions to English language learner students.
- HB 1357 Advanced Learning and Research, Institute for; powers and duties.
- HB 1397 Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; manufactured home park, notice of sale and relocation expenses.
- HB 1445 New College Institute; duties.
- HB 1496 Surveillance technology; reporting by state & local law-enforcement agencies, etc.
- HB 1499 Virginia Health Workforce Development Authority; powers and duties, definition.
- HB 1505 Intercollegiate athletics; student-athletes, compensation for name, image, or likeness.
Resolutions Presented ... report | csv file
- SJ 170 Celebrating the life of James 'Jim' Horace Hinshaw.
- SJ 171 Commending Jennifer McCall.
- SJ 172 Commending United We Light: Project Guatemala.
- SJ 173 Commending Nancy Collins.
- SJ 174 Commending John Shinholser.
- SJ 175 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Richard Samuel Reynolds III.
- SJ 176 Commending Neighborhood Health.
- SJ 177 Commending Alvin D. Parker.
- SJ 178 Celebrating the life of Michael Scott Hoover.
- SJ 179 Celebrating the life of Joshua Chamberlain Peck.
- SJ 180 Celebrating the life of Walter A. Marston, Jr.
- SJ 181 Commending Michael F. Murn
- SJ 182 Celebrating the life of Arthur Stuart Nachman.
- SJ 183 Celebrating the life of Julie Clemente.
- SJ 184 Commending the Cooper Middle School symphonic band.
- SJ 185 Celebrating the life of Harris Nathan Miller.
- SJ 186 Commending Buta Biberaj.
- SR 109 Commending the Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School girls' soccer team.
- SR 110 Commending the Tazewell High School Class of 1973.
- SR 111 Celebrating the life of Jordyn Paige Rasnake.
- SR 112 Celebrating the life of Charles Cameron Ballard.
- SR 113 Commending Jeff Bourne.
- SR 114 Celebrating the life of Nancy Lee Revercomb Brubaker.
- SR 115 Commending Eagle Carpets.
- SR 116 Celebrating the life of Richard E. Lyons.
- SR 117 Commending Jim Snavely.
- SR 118 Commending Marie Ridder.