VA Legislation | 2020 | 1st Special Session

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Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
HJR5008	Intro Sine Die	COVID-19 pandemic; executive orders. Urges the Governor to rescind executive orders declaring a public health emergency and imposing restrictions on citizens, businesses, and schools in the Commonwealth due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Rules Committee
HB5034	Intro Sine Die	Mandatory reporting of all offenders released from a local correctional facility or state correctional facility before the completion of the offender's sentence. Requires the Department of Corrections and all local correctional facilities to provide ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Appropriations Committee
HB5133	Intro Sine Die	Police officers, deputy sheriffs, and jail officers; Police officers, deputy sheriffs, and jail officers; employment and decertification. Provides that any sheriff or chief of police, the director or chief executive of any agency or department employ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Public Safety Committee
HR636	Pass	Celebrating the life of Lester Zidel. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 Bill text as passed House (HR636ER)
HB5132	Intro Sine Die	Obstructing emergency medical services agency personnel in performance of mission; penalty. Increases the penalty for the crime of obstructing emergency medical services agency personnel in the performance of their mission from a Class 2 misdemeanor ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SB5047	Engross Sine Die	Capitol Square Preservation Council; powers and duties; review and approval of plans for changes to artifacts contained within the Capitol Building. Grants the Capitol Square Preservation Council the authority to review and approve all plans or propo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Rules Committee
HB5131	Intro Sine Die	Uniformed law-enforcement officers; identification; penalty. Requires every law-enforcement officer who is on duty and in uniform to wear a badge, nameplate, or other device that conspicuously displays the officer's badge or other identification numb... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Public Safety Committee
HR570	Intro Sine Die	Racism; public health crisis. Recognizes that racism is a public health crisis in Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Rules Committee
HB5130	Intro Sine Die	Essential workers; hazard pay; personal protective equipment; civil penalty. Requires, that following the declaration by the Governor of a state of emergency pursuant to § 44-146.17 that includes or is followed by any additional executive order ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Labor and Commerce Committee
HB5134	Intro Sine Die	Law-enforcement officers; duty to intervene and report unlawful use of force. Requires a law-enforcement officer who witnesses another law-enforcement officer engaging or attempting to engage in the unlawful use of force against another person to int... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB5089	Intro Sine Die	Supplement to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. Expands the Supplement to the Sex Offender and Crimes against Minors Registry to include information on persons who were convicted of certain sexual offenses on or after July 1, 1970,... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB5088	Intro Sine Die	Electric utility regulation; triennial Electric utility regulation; triennial review proceeding; emergency investigations; administration of earnings. Directs the State Corporation Commission (the Commission), for Dominion's 2021 triennial review, to... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Labor and Commerce Committee
HB5147	Intro Sine Die	Personal appearance by two-way electronic video and audio communication; at or after trial before a judge; emergency. Allows a personal appearance required or permitted at or after trial before a judge to be made using two-way electronic video and au... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB5137	Intro Sine Die	Law-enforcement agencies; accreditation. Requires all local and state law-enforcement agencies to obtain and maintain accreditation by the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission. The bill states that the Department of Criminal Jus... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Public Safety Committee
HB5136	Intro Sine Die	Decertification of law-enforcement officers; Criminal Justice Services Board; statewide professional standards of conduct. Requires the Criminal Justice Services Board (the Board) to adopt statewide professional standards of conduct applicable to all... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Public Safety Committee
HB5148	Pass	Department of Corrections; earned sentence credits. Establishes a four-level classification system for the awarding and calculation of earned sentence credits. The bill also specifies certain crimes that are subject to the maximum 4.5 earned sentence... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0050)
HB5036	Intro Sine Die	Telework expenses tax credit. Reinstates for taxable years 2020 through 2024 the telework expenses tax credit, which expired as of January 1, 2019. The bill removes requirements that were in place under the previous version of the credit, such as req... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Finance Committee
HB5135	Intro Sine Die	Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn camera systems. Requires all law-enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over criminal law enforcement or regulatory violations to implement and operate a body-worn camera system and to require officers responsibl... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Public Safety Committee
HB5031	Intro Sine Die	Administration of state government; Flag Protection Act. Provides that neither the Governor nor any agency of the executive branch of state government shall order the removal of any flag of the United States displayed on any private personal property... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House General Laws Committee
SB5116	Engross Sine Die	In-home consumer-directed services; electronic visit verification; exception. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to implement an electronic visit verification system to confirm delivery of in-home services by providers of consumer... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Appropriations Committee
HB5146	Engross Sine Die	Automatic expungement of criminal records. Establishes a process for the automatic expungement of criminal records for certain convictions, deferred dispositions, acquittals, and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed. The b... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 Failed to pass
HB5091	Intro Sine Die	Required release of video or audio recording; discharge of firearm or use of stun gun or chemical irritant by law-enforcement officer. Requires that whenever a law-enforcement officer (i) discharges a firearm or (ii) uses a stun gun or chemical irrit... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HJR5009	Intro Sine Die	Memorializing the Congress of the United States to not delay or postpone the federal elections scheduled for November 3, 2020. Recognizes the authority of the Congress of the United States to delay or postpone the federal elections scheduled for Nove... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Rules Committee
HB5042	Intro Sine Die	Adult protective services; central registry. Creates a central registry of substantiated complaints of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation to be maintained by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. The bill establishes (i) investiga... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
HJR5004	Intro Sine Die	Abolition Day. Designating December 6, in 2020 and in each succeeding year, as Abolition Day in Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Rules Committee
SB5118	Engross Sine Die	Public utilities; Emergency Debt Repayment Plan. Requires every utility providing electric, gas, or water service that is subject to regulation by the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to develop an Emergency Debt Repayment Plan (EDRP) fo... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Appropriations Committee
HB5054	Intro Sine Die	Unemployment compensation; benefits; suitable work. Provides that under specific conditions related to COVID-19 work will not be deemed suitable and benefits will not be denied to any otherwise eligible individual for refusing to accept new work (i) ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Labor and Commerce Committee
HB5014	Intro Sine Die	Certain fines and costs; payment agreements; temporary suspension on accrual of interest; referral to collections; due date extension; emergency. Suspends temporarily the due dates and deadlines for certain fines and costs, along with the accrual of ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Courts of Justice Committee
SR502	Fail	Commending the Honorable Nolan Dawkins. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 Failed to pass in Senate
HB5046	Pass	Telemedicine services; originating site. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to provide for payment of medical assistance for medically necessary health care services provided throu... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0044)
HB5094	Intro Sine Die	Health insurance; certain prescription drugs used for treatment of COVID-19. Prohibits health insurers from requiring prior authorization for the use of any prescription drug in the treatment of COVID-19 that has received an Emergency Use Authorizati... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Labor and Commerce Committee
HB5017	Intro Sine Die	Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission Accreditation Grant Fund and Program. Establishes the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission Accreditation Grant Fund (the Fund) and the Virginia Law Enforcement Professio... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Appropriations Committee
HJR5003	Intro Sine Die	Constitutional amendment (first reference); special sessions; required in certain states of emergency. Requires the Governor to convene a special session whenever declaring a state of emergency for a period that exceeds 90 days or whenever extending ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Privileges and Elections Committee
HB5053	Intro Sine Die	Conditional release of geriatric, terminally ill, or permanently physically disabled prisoners. Provides that any person serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction for a felony offense, other than a Class 1 felony, who is terminally ill or permanen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Courts of Justice Committee
HB5095	Intro Sine Die	COVID-19; impact of distance learning; Department of Health to develop criteria and information; civil immunity; emergency. Directs the Department of Health to work with the Department of Education and representatives of the Virginia Chapter of the A... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Education Committee
HB5056	Intro Sine Die	Public education; student education accounts; emergency. Provides that, during a public health emergency, any school division may establish a program to create savings accounts for students to be used for alternative educational programs. The bill re... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Education Committee
HB5096	Intro Sine Die	School boards; websites; COVID-19 virus mitigation plan; emergency. Requires each school board to post in a publicly accessible and conspicuous location on its website the plan outlining its strategies for mitigating the spread and public health risk... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Education Committee
SB5029	Pass	Issuing citations; possession of marijuana and certain traffic offenses. Provides that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0051)
SB5100	Engross Sine Die	Public schools; COVID-19-related absences. Excuses from school attendance children diagnosed with COVID-19 or children with a household member diagnosed with COVID-19 while the child or household member is suffering from COVID-19. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 To House Education Committee
SB5034	Pass	Release of prisoners. Provides that any person serving a sentence imposed upon a conviction for a felony offense other than those enumerated in the bill as exceptions to eligibility and who is terminally ill as defined in the bill is eligible for con... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052)
SB5007	Pass	Criminal cases; sentencing reform. Provides that in a criminal case the court shall ascertain the extent of the punishment unless the accused has requested that the jury ascertain punishment or was found guilty of capital murder. The bill also provid... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0043)
HB5043	Pass	Mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) shall develop and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)
SB5038	Pass	Mental health awareness response and community understanding services (Marcus) alert system. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) shall develop and... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-11-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042)
HB5099	Pass	Search warrants; provide notice of authority. Prohibits any law-enforcement officer from seeking, executing, or participating in the execution of a no-knock search warrant. The bill provides that, for all authorized search warrants, the law-enforceme... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-10-28 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0031)
SB5030	Pass	Policing reform. Adds law-enforcement officers to those persons who are guilty of a Class 6 felony if they are in a position of authority over and carnally know without force, threat, or intimidation a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-10-28 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0037)
SB5081	Pass	Outbreaks of communicable disease of public health threat; posting of information; emergency. Requires the Department of Health to make information about outbreaks of communicable diseases of public health threat at any medical care facility, residen... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-10-28 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024)
HB5104	Pass	Minimum qualifications for law-enforcement officer, etc.; disclosure of information. Provides that any sheriff or chief of police, the director or chief executive of any agency or department employing deputy sheriffs or law-enforcement officers, and ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-10-28 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0032)
HB5108	Pass	Criminal Justice Services Board; Committee on Training; membership and responsibilities. Changes the membership of the Criminal Justice Services Board and its Committee on Training by requiring that some members be representatives of a social justice... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-10-28 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0028)
HB5068	Pass	Emergency relief payments exempt from creditor process; emergency. Automatically exempts from the creditor process emergency relief payments, as defined in the bill, paid to individuals. The bill further requires a financial institution receiving suc... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-10-28 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0039)
HB5069	Pass	Law-enforcement officers; prohibition on the use of neck restraints. Prohibits a law-enforcement officer from using a neck restraint in the performance of his official duties and provides for disciplinary sanctions on an officer who uses a neck restr... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2020-10-28 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0035)