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2024 SESSION
Delegate Shelly A. Simonds (D) - House District 70
In-session address:
- General Assembly Building, Room 1106
- 201 North 9th Street
- Richmond, Virginia 23219
- (804) 698-1070
- email: DelSSimonds@house.virginia.gov
Mailing address:
- P.O. Box 2296
- Newport News, Virginia 23609
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- HB 18 Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, penalties.
- HB 23 Weapons; possession or transportation into facility that provides mental health services, etc.
- HB 25 Retail sales and use tax holiday; establishes an annual tax holiday that takes place in August.
- HB 32 Medicine, Board of; continuing ed. related to implicit bias and cultural competency in health care.
- HB 33 Public drinking water; Commissioner of Health's work group to study occurrence of microplastics.
- HB 34 Contract actions; collection of medical debt, definition.
- HB 35 Firearm safety device; expands definition of device.
- HB 38 Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers.
- HB 40 Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds, complaints, hearings, civil penalty.
- HB 45 Earned sentence credits; incarceration prior to entry of final order of conviction.
- HB 47 Invasive plant species; requirements for retail sales.
- HB 48 Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications, legacy admissions, etc.
- HB 100 Child labor offenses; increases civil penalties.
- HB 102 Court-appointed counsel; raises the limitation of fees.
- HB 158 Firearm locking device; required for sale or transfer of firearm.
- HB 159 State correctional and juvenile correctional facilities; use of canines, prohibited acts.
- HB 160 Veterans; workplace poster for benefits and services.
- HB 161 Individuals experiencing or reporting overdoses while incarcerated; disciplinary procedures.
- HB 187 Teachers; process and timeline for increasing salary.
- HB 238 Health insurance; coverage for colorectal cancer screening.
- HB 239 Sickle Cell Disease, Advisory Council on; established, report.
- HB 241 Prescribed pediatric extended care centers; licensure, regulation.
- HB 282 Highway work zones; creates a traffic infraction for any moving violation in a work zone.
- HB 284 Teachers; criteria for initial renewable licensure for certain individuals.
- HB 286 Maternal Health Data and Quality Measures, Task Force on.
- HB 287 Geology; expands definition of geological mapping.
- HB 321 Line of Duty Act; increases payment of benefits.
- HB 351 Firearm; locking device required for purchase, households where minor resides, penalty.
- HB 374 Virginia Minority Business Commission; established, membership, report, sunset clause.
- HB 375 Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact.
- HB 386 Public schools; increase staffing ratios for specialized student support positions.
- HB 408 Child Care Subsidy Program vendors; basis for periodic reimbursement.
- HB 454 Firearm/explosive material; carrying w/in Capitol Square or bldg. owned or leased by Commonwealth.
- HB 506 Teachers for Tomorrow Grant Program; established.
- HB 513 Medical assistance services and health insurance; state plan for payment for PANDAS and PANS.
- HB 535 Early childhood care and education; comprehensive review of certain findings and recommendations.
- HB 537 Home Visiting Program; established, report.
- HB 558 Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain surviving spouses (voter referendum).
- HB 570 Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established, drug cost affordability review, report.
- HB 571 Sexually explicit content; policies on parental notification of instructional material.
- HB 603 Public elementary and secondary schools; programs of instruction on mental health education.
- HB 633 Forced labor or service; civil action for trafficking, penalties.
- HB 708 National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program & Fund; eligibility, incentive grant awards.
- HB 737 Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action.
- HB 812 License plates, special; repeals references to Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee.
- HB 814 Virginia Tourism Authority; powers, historically accurate advertising.
- HB 819 Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices.
- HB 820 Sickle cell disease; annual review of medication and treatment, report.
- HB 824 Indigent defendant; rate of fees for legal representation.
- HB 832 Arts, Virginia Commission for the; reduces membership.
- HB 841 Elections; allows for any local or constitutional office to be conducted by ranked choice voting.
- HB 855 Home Energy Assistance Program; Bd. of Social Svcs. to allow applications to be submitted all year.
- HB 893 Attorneys appointed to represent parents or guardians; qualifications and performance.
- HB 947 Local government; regulation by ordinance for locations of tobacco products, etc.
- HB 948 VA Community Flood Preparedness Fund; Advisory Review Committee to assist in distribution of loans.
- HB 953 Local Environmental Impact Fund; localities to create a permanent and perpetual fund.
- HB 961 Income tax, state; Virginia local journalism sustainability credits.
- HB 967 Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fee disclosure statement.
- HB 968 Virginia Green Infrastructure Bank; created, report.
- HB 972 Defendant; prohibiting inquiry into immigration status, notification of consequences.
- HB 974 Workers' compensation; employee may satisfy burden of proof by circumstantial evidence.
- HB 988 Correctional facilities, behavioral health services in facilities, report.
- HB 990 Employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; prohibited.
- HB 1085 PFAS Expert Advisory Committee; established, monitoring sources.
- HB 1098 Unpaid family bereavement leave; civil penalty.
- 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 1216 Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, report.
- HB 1252 Limitation on sentence upon revocation of suspension of sentence; technical violations.
- HB 1268 Community corrections alternative program; evaluation and diagnosis to determine eligibility.
- HB 1269 Barrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services, exception.
- HB 1273 VA Public Procurement Act; additional public works contract requirements, delayed effective date.
- HB 1277 Child care; background checks.
- HB 1284 Firefighters and emergency medical services; collective bargaining by providers, definitions.
- HB 1320 Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, mandatory fees disclosure.
- HB 1369 Criminal justice training academies; curriculum.
- HB 1375 Early childhood care and education; publicly funded providers.
- HB 1381 Rural Virginia, Center for; renames Center the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia.
- HB 1405 Prisoners; Department of Corrections- and jailer-issued identification.
- HB 1415 Historic structures; civil penalty for demolition.
- 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.
- HB 1494 Length of Stay Guidelines & Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center; DJJ's work group to study, report.
- HB 1509 Nicotine vapor products; restrictions on sale of products containing liquid nicotine/hemp products.
- HB 1537 JLARC; Department of Human Resource Management's Grievance Procedure Manual, report.
- HJ 2 Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote.
- HJ 8 Black Women's History Month; designating as April 2024 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 9 Constitutional amendment; marriage between two individuals.
- HJ 13 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Month of Awareness.
- HJ 17 Disability Pride Month.
- HJ 21 Higher educational institutions, public; SCHEV to study guaranteed first-year admission policy.
- HJ 25 Historically black colleges and universities; joint subcommittee to study challenges faced, etc.
- HJ 26 Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month; designating as July 2024 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 27 Coach Appreciation Week designating as week of October 6, 2024 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 28 Kidney Disease Awareness Month; designating as March 2024 and each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 39 Comprehensive community colleges, certain; JLARC to study waiver of tuition and mandatory fees.
- HJ 43 Large animal veterinarians; Board of Veterinary Medicine, et al., to study shortage.
- HJ 50 Juvenile Justice, Department of; JLARC, et al., to study transferring responsibility for Department.
- HJ 51 Employment service organizations; DGS, et al., to study procuring goods and services.
- HJ 52 Student Appreciation Week; designating as week of March 20, 2024, & each succeeding year thereafter.
- HJ 69 Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.
- HJ 101 Commending Peter A. Blake.
- HJ 120 Commending the ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation.
- HJ 136 Commending Margaret L. Sanner.
- HJ 164 Celebrating the life of Gerard Everett Woodbury.
- HJ 166 Celebrating the life of Michelle Antonette Leete.
- HJ 172 Commending Marie Ridder.
- HJ 180 Commending the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.
- HJ 186 Commending Annie Ray.
- HJ 192 Commending Bishop Kim W. Brown.
- HJ 196 Commending Voodoo Brewing Company Virginia Beach.
- HJ 199 Commending Jennifer DeBruhl.
- HJ 222 Commending AbbyCakes.
- HJ 223 Commending Michael W. Keyes.
- HJ 224 Commending Glory’s Bakery.
- HJ 226 Commending Lucy Addison High School.
- HJ 227 Commending Vale United Methodist Church.
- HJ 228 Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Burgoyne Knapp.
- HJ 229 Celebrating the life of Peter Lee McCandless.
- HJ 250 Commending the Norfolk Tides.
- HJ 254 Commending Amy Burchuk.
- HJ 255 Commending Tina Garfield.
- HJ 258 Commending Kelly Boyd.
- HJ 280 Commending the Honorable L. Kaye Kory.
- HJ 286 Commending the Virginia Beach Medical Reserve Corps.
- HJ 287 Celebrating the life of Emily Beer.
- HJ 302 Commending the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University women's basketball team.
- HJ 305 Commending the Lionsbridge Football Club.
- HJ 315 Commending Barry Nelson.
- HJ 317 Commending William B. Downey.
- HJ 319 Celebrating the life of Lawrence Bussey.
- HJ 365 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Onzlee Ware.
- HJ 390 Commending the Charlottesville Free Clinic.
- HJ 391 Commending Piedmont Housing Alliance.
- HJ 397 Commending Janet V. Green.
- HJ 406 Commending Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ.
- HR 22 Commending the Culpeper County Volunteer Fire Department.
- HR 33 Commending the Virginia War Museum.
- HR 51 Commending the John J. Wright Educational and Cultural Center.
- HR 110 Commending Dr. Ben Fitzgerald, III.
- HR 117 Commending the Honorable Shirley F. Cooper.
- HR 119 Commending Blake Corum.
- HR 144 Commending Women of Grace, Strength, and Dignity.
- HR 145 Commending Brothers Keepers.
- HR 186 Commending the Honorable Roxann Robinson.
- HR 223 Commending the Honorable Thomas K. Norment, Jr.
- HR 260 Commending the Honorable Dr. Dwight Clinton Jones.
- HR 281 Commending the Honorable Mark Lee Keam.
- HR 338 Commending Megan Tucker.
- HR 339 Commending student-guitarists of Loudoun County Public Schools.
- HR 340 Commending the Loudoun County Public Schools Mobile Health Clinic.
- HR 341 Commending Vivian Rivera-Maysonet.
- HR 375 Commending the Honorable Kathleen J. Murphy.
- HR 395 Commending In My Humble Opinion Radio Show.
- HR 420 Commending the Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail.
- HR 430 Commending Vinegar Hill Magazine.
- HR 431 Commending Charlottesville Tomorrow.
- HR 432 Commending The Cavalier Daily.
- HR 433 Commending Charlottesville Community Engagement.
- HR 434 Commending Terri Allard.
- HR 437 Commending Sandy Hausman.
- SB 14 Sales and use tax, local; additional tax authorized in counties & cities to support schools.
- SB 518 Public high schools; college and career specialist required.
- SB 555 First-time homebuyer; creates a tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028.
- SB 556 Historic rehabilitation; increases tax credit from $5 million to $10 million.
- SB 654 Fines, costs, forfeitures, etc.; collection fees, assessment against incarcerated defendant.
- SB 696 Marijuana-related offenses; modification of sentence.
- SJ 43 Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.
- SJ 63 Commending Peter A. Blake.
- SJ 69 Commending Scott McGeary.
- SJ 86 Celebrating the life of Karen Harrison Jones.
- SJ 124 Commending George Teague, Jr.
- SJ 141 Celebrating the life of the Honorable George James Kostel.
- SJ 151 Commending Mark E. Smith.
- SJ 175 Celebrating the life of the Honorable Richard Samuel Reynolds III.
- SJ 227 Commending Daniel G. "Bud" Oakey.