Virginia Legislature | 2024 | 1st Special Session
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Active Virginia Bills (Introduced, Engrossed, Enrolled, Passed)
| Bill | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|
| SB142 | Public school teachers; licensure requirements; one-year local eligibility license; alternate routes and flexibility. Requires the Board of Education to include in its teacher licensure regulations provisions authorizing each school board, upon recom... | 2024-04-17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024 |
| HB993 | Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; prohibited fees. Prohibits landlords subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from requiring a tenant to (i) pay any fee for the maintenance or repair of any unit subject to such rental... | 2024-04-17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024 |
| HB77 | Robbery. Conforms certain provisions of the Code referencing robbery to the degrees of robbery offenses established by Chapter 534 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I. These changes include: (i) limiting to the three higher degrees of ... | 2024-04-17 House sustained Governor's veto |
| SB654 | Fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution; collection fees; assessment against incarcerated defendant; deferred payment agreement. Extends from 90 days without payment to 180 days without payment the period of delinquency necessary for an... | 2024-04-17 Passed by for the day |
| SB370 | Prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; wage or salary range transparency; cause of action. Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on ... | 2024-04-17 Requires 2/3 members present |
| HB797 | Demonstrated competence for a concealed handgun permit; firearms instructors and safety programs. Requires that any course, class, or training to demonstrate competence with a handgun as required to obtain a concealed handgun permit must include a li... | 2024-04-17 House sustained Governor's veto |
| HB958 | Commission on Civic Education; model guidance on student participation in the work of local school boards. Requires the Commission on Civic Education, in conjunction with such stakeholders as it deems appropriate, to create and provide to each local ... | 2024-04-17 House sustained Governor's veto |
| HB1420 | Juveniles; adjudication of delinquency. Specifies that a delinquent child is a child 11 years of age or older who has committed a delinquent act. Currently, there is no minimum age for a child to be adjudicated delinquent. The bill provides that if a... | 2024-04-17 House sustained Governor's veto |
| SB100 | Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms prohibited; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who knowingly manufactures or assembles, imports, purch... | 2024-04-17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024 |
| SB595 | Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy. Authorizes a locality, beginning July 1, 2024, to adopt a healthy communities strategy as part of its next and any subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan. The bill provides that the locality's s... | 2024-04-17 Passed by for the day |
Top Virginia Sponsors
| House Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Del. Nadarius Clark [D] | 374 |  |
| Del. Marty Martinez [D] | 314 | |
| Del. Rozia Henson [D] | 312 | |
| Del. Irene Shin [D] | 282 | |
| Del. Patrick Hope [D] | 271 | |
| Senate Sponsors | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D] | 149 | |
| Sen. Saddam Salim [D] | 140 | |
| Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D] | 137 | |
| Sen. Barbara Favola [D] | 130 | |
| Sen. Adam Ebbin [D] | 119 | |
Top Virginia Committees
| House Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Appropriations | 124 | |
| Courts of Justice | 102 | |
| Rules | 96 | |
| Finance | 75 | |
| Education | 54 | |
| Senate Committees | # Bills | RSS |
|---|---|---|
| Finance and Appropriations | 91 | |
| Education and Health | 18 | |
| Commerce and Labor | 18 | |
| General Laws and Technology | 14 | |
| Courts of Justice | 13 | |
Most Viewed Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| HB45 | Earned sentence credits; incarceration prior to entry of final order of conviction. Provides that a person's eligibility for earned sentence credits shall include any period of time actually spent in any state or local correctional facility, state ho... | Bill Text |
| HB2 | Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is... | Bill Text |
| SB212 | Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act established; regulation of skill game machines; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act for the purpose of providing a regulatory and registration scheme for skill g... | Bill Text |
| SB2 | Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is... | Bill Text |
| HB698 | Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all m... | Bill Text |
| SB149 | Department of Medical Assistance Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waivers; state plan amendments; program rule modifications. Directs the Department of Medical As... | Bill Text |
| SB448 | Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all m... | Bill Text |
| HB731 | Teachers; renewable licenses; requirements; assessments. Requires the Board of Education to eliminate the requirement for any individual to take and receive a passing score on the Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment as a condition of the i... | Bill Text |
| HB30 | Budget Bill. Provides for all appropriations of the Budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of ยง 2.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, and provides a portion of revenues for the two years ending respectively on the... | Bill Text |
| SB256 | Motor vehicle insurance claims; bad faith. Provides that if an insurance company licensed in the Commonwealth to write motor vehicle insurance (i) denies, refuses, fails to pay, or fails to make a timely and reasonable settlement offer to its insured... | Bill Text |
Most Monitored Virginia Bills
| Bill | Summary | Text |
|---|---|---|
| HB45 | Earned sentence credits; incarceration prior to entry of final order of conviction. Provides that a person's eligibility for earned sentence credits shall include any period of time actually spent in any state or local correctional facility, state ho... | Bill Text |
| SB2 | Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is... | Bill Text |
| SB274 | Prescription Drug Affordability Board established; drug cost affordability review. Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth and other stakeholders within the health care syst... | Bill Text |
| HB2 | Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is... | Bill Text |
| SB212 | Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act established; regulation of skill game machines; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act for the purpose of providing a regulatory and registration scheme for skill g... | Bill Text |
| SB278 | Virginia Abortion Care and Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act; reproductive and gender-affirming health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes; civil penalties. Establishes the Virginia Abortion Care and Gender-Affirmi... | Bill Text |
| SB351 | Board of Medicine; Board of Nursing; joint licensing of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives. Moves the professions of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives from being licensed jointly by t... | Bill Text |
| SB37 | Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence; parental notification of certain expressions and requests and parental permission for certain plans required; parental care. Requires each public elementary or secondary school principal or... | Bill Text |
| HB698 | Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing all m... | Bill Text |
| SB280 | Health care; decision-making; end of life; penalties. Allows an adult diagnosed with a terminal disease to request and an attending health care provider to prescribe a self-administered controlled substance for the purpose of ending the patient's lif... | Bill Text |
Virginia Sessions
| Year | Session | Introduced | Completed | Legislation | Search | Dataset |
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| 2024 | Regular Session | 3594 | 2071 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2023 | 1st Special Session | 53 | 52 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2023 | Regular Session | 3029 | 1677 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2022 | 1st Special Session | 363 | 330 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2022 | Regular Session | 3143 | 1735 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | 2nd Special Session | 228 | 222 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | 1st Special Session | 1033 | 907 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2021 | Regular Session | 1940 | 77 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2020 | 1st Special Session | 488 | 236 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2020 | Regular Session | 3911 | 2154 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2019 | 1st Special Session | 160 | 74 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2019 | Regular Session | 3332 | 1864 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | 2nd Special Session | 17 | 11 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | 1st Special Session | 216 | 206 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2018 | Regular Session | 3722 | 1807 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2017 | Regular Session | 3201 | 1649 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2016 | Regular Session | 3287 | 1768 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2015 | 1st Special Session | 97 | 83 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2015 | Regular Session | 3010 | 1464 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2014 | 1st Special Session | 494 | 453 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2014 | Regular Session | 2888 | 1637 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2013 | 1st Special Session | 109 | 108 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2013 | Regular Session | 2897 | 1510 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2012 | Regular Session | 2868 | 1597 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2011 | Regular Session | 2966 | 1595 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2010 | Regular Session | 2962 | 1596 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2009 | Regular Session | 0 | 0 | Browse | Search | Download |
| 2008 | Regular Session | 3322 | 1648 | Browse | Search | Download |
