| VA | SB57 | Engross 50% | Carrying a concealed handgun onto the premises of any restaurant; penalty. Makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person, except for active and qualified retired law-enforcement officers, to carry a concealed handgun onto the premises of any restaura... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 To House Public Safety Committee |
| VA | SB316 | Engross 50% | Conservation of trees; Town of Vienna. Allows the Town of Vienna, by ordinance, to require that a subdivision or development provide for the preservation or replacement of trees on the development site such that the minimum tree canopy 10 years after... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 VOTE: DEFEATED (52-Y 48-N) |
| VA | SB332 | Engross 50% | Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill also requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 To House Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB377 | Engross 50% | Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee to personal use. Current law only pro... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 To House Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB311 | Engross 50% | Board of Medical Assistance Services; investigate violence prevention services benefit programs. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) to (i) investigate violence prevention services benefits in other states, including evidenc... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB695 | Engross 50% | Virginia Crime Commission; surveillance technology; report. Adds to the powers and duties of the Virginia Crime Commission (the Commission) the power to conduct an annual study on surveillance technology, defined in the bill, utilized by local and st... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 Tabled in Appropriations (18-Y 4-N) |
| VA | SB79 | Engross 50% | Solar-ready roofs for certain government buildings; net-zero energy consumption building design for schools. Requires any executive branch agency or institution and any locality entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26 Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB304 | Engross 50% | Zoning; development and use of accessory dwelling units. Requires a locality to include in its zoning ordinances for residential zoning districts accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, as defined in the bill, as a permitted accessory use. The bill requir... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23 To House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee |
| VA | SB315 | Engross 50% | Voter registration; registration of Department of Motor Vehicles customers, automatic update. Provides that the information gathered by the Department of Motor Vehicles for a person who is already registered to vote is to be automatically transmitted... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23 To House Privileges and Elections Committee |
| VA | SB270 | Engross 50% | Elections; presidential primaries; ranked choice voting. Allows political parties to hold presidential primaries using ballots that allow a voter to rank such party's candidates in his order of choice. The bill includes a reenactment clause. Electio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23 To House Privileges and Elections Committee |
| VA | SB503 | Engross 50% | License plate reader systems; civil penalty. Provides requirements for the use of license plate reader systems, defined in the bill, by law-enforcement agencies. The bill limits the use of such systems to scanning, detecting, and recording data about... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |