2024 Priority Bills
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Cat | Number | Title | Patron | House | Senate | GA | Governor | updated |
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workers | HB 1 Support | Minimum wage; increases wage to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025.
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Increases the minimum wage from the current rate of $12.00 per hour to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2026. The bill satisfies a reenactment clause included in Chapters 1204 and 1242 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020.
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Ward (D) |
Passed
(51-Y 49-N)
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Passed
(21-Y 18-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
03/28/24
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3/30/24 |
guns | HB 2 Support | Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited.
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Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. ...
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Helmer (D) |
Passed
(51-49)
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Passed
w. substitute (20-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
03/26/24
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3/29/24 |
workers | HB 212 Support | MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements.
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Requires that the MEI Project Approval Commission considers, prior to recommending approval of any major employment and investment (MEI) project, (i) whether a business has and commits to maintaining a balanced board of directors based upon gender and racial diversity, such that at least 30 percent of such board of directors consists of women and historically underrepresented groups, and (ii) whether a business seeking approval of a project submits a board diversity disclosure and commits to updating such disclosure annually, specifying the number and percentage of diverse directors on the board of such business who self-identify as female or represent a national, racial, ethnic, indigenous, or cultural minority in the country of the business's principal executive offices.
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Watts (D) |
Passed
(51-Y 48-N)
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Passed
with sub (21-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
03/28/24
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3/30/24 |
rights | HB 243 Support | Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms in courthouses.
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Requires that paper copies of any standardized form developed and utilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission for the filing of a complaint be made available to the public in the clerk's office in all state courts of the Commonwealth. ...
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Martinez (D) |
Passed
(51-Y 48-N)
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Passed
(32-Y 6-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
4/8/24
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4/9/24 |
governance | HB 265 Support | Removal of public officers from office; petition requirements; procedure.
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Requires the signatures collected on a petition for removal of certain public officers to be collected within 90 days of the first signature being collected and provides that no signatures gathered after such period shall count toward the required number. ...
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Simon (D) |
Passed
(58-Y 37-N), then (63-Y 37-N) w Senate substitute
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Passed
w substitute (22-Y 17-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
4/8/2024
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4/9/24 |
justice | HB 267 Support | Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement.
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Provides that no individual shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for an assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer if at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the individual (a) is experiencing a mental health emergency or (b) meets the criteria for issuance of an emergency custody order and (ii) the law-enforcement officer subject to the assault or assault and battery was responding to a call for service requesting assistance for such individual. ...
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Watts (D) |
Passed
(56-Y 42-N)
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Passed
w substitute (20-Y 19-N)
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CC Report Accepted
by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
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Vetoed
3/27/23
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4/2/24 |
rights | HB 335 Support | Employment; determining wage of tipped employee.
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Provides that an employer shall increase the amount paid to its tipped employees by an amount determined by the employer in accordance with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a tipped employee who regularly performs services in the course of his employment for which there is no reasonable expectation of receiving tips shall receive an amount not less than the minimum wage for the time that he performs such services. ...
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Gardner (D) |
Passed
(49-Y 47-N)
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Passed
(20-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
4/8/24
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4/9/24 |
guns | HB 362 Support | Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm following an assault and battery.
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Provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transports any firearm following a misdemeanor conviction for an offense that occurred on or after July 1, 2024, for the offense of assault and battery against a person in a dating relationship, as defined in the bill, with the alleged offender or an offense substantially similar under the laws of any other state or of the United States is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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McClure (D) |
Passed
(53-Y 46-N)
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Passed
(21-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
03/26/24
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3/29/24 |
education | HB 398 Support | Public elementary and secondary schools; student discipline; evidence-based.
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Prohibits, except in certain cases involving firearms, drugs, adjudications of delinquency, or convictions of certain crimes, any public elementary or secondary school student from being suspended, expelled, or excluded from attendance at school without implementing at least one evidence-based restorative disciplinary practice ...
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McQuinn (D) |
Passed
(52-Y 47-N)
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Passed
w substitute (21-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
4/8/24
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4/23/24 |
rights | HB 569 Support | Employment discrimination; employee notification of federal and state statute of limitations.
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Requires an employer who receives an employee complaint alleging sexual assault, harassment, or any other form of discrimination for which the employee may seek enforcement by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or the Office of the Attorney General to notify such employee that a charge may be filed with the EEOC or the Office of the Attorney General within 300 days after the alleged unlawful discriminatory practice occurred. ...
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Henson (D) |
Passed
(49-Y 48-N)
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Passed
w substitute (21-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled | Vetoed | 3/25/24 |
workers | HB 570 Support | Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established, drug cost affordability review, report.
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Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products. ...
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Delany (D) |
Passed
(52-Y 46-N)
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Passed
(25-Y 15-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
4/8/24
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4/9/24 |
education | HB 805 Support | Sales and use tax, local; additional tax authorized in all counties & cities to support schools.
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Authorizes all counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent with the revenue used only for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools if such levy is approved in a voter referendum. Under current law, only Charlotte, Gloucester, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville are authorized to impose such a tax.
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Rasoul (D) |
Passed
(69-Y 28-N)
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Passed
w. substitute (27-Y 12-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
4/8/24
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4/9/24 |
guns | HB 939 Support | Unlawful to knowingly carry a firearm within 100 feet of certain locations.
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Prohibits any person, with certain exceptions, from knowingly possessing a firearm within 100 feet of the entrance of a polling place, the building used by the local electoral board to meet to ascertain election results, or the building used to conduct a recount of an election. ...
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Shin (D) |
Passed
(51-Y 47-N)
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Passed
w. substitute (20-Y 19-N)
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Agreed
by House (51-Y 49-N)
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Vetoed
03/27/24
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3/29/24 |
workers | SB 1 Support | Minimum wage; increases wage to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025.
more...
Increases the minimum wage from the current rate of $12.00 per hour to $13.50 per hour effective January 1, 2025, and to $15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2026. The bill satisfies a reenactment clause included in Chapters 1204 and 1242 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020.
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Lucas (D) |
Passed
(51-Y 47-N)
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Passed
(21-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
03/28/24
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3/30/24 |
guns | SB 2 Support | Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited.
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Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2024. ...
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Deeds (D) |
Passed
(51-Y 49-N)
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Passed
(21-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
03/26/24
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3/29/24 |
education | SB 14 Support | Additional local sales and use tax to support schools; referendum.
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Authorizes all counties and cities to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent with the revenue used only for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools if such levy is approved in a voter referendum. Under current law, only Charlotte, Gloucester, Halifax, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Patrick, and Pittsylvania Counties and the City of Danville are authorized to impose such a tax.
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McPike (D) |
Passed
(68-Y 28-N)
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Passed
(27-Y 13-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
4/8/24
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4/9/24 |
workers | SB 15 Support | Reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes.
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Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves the receipt of or assistance with reproductive health care services within the Commonwealth unless the alleged criminal violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws of the Commonwealth. ...
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Favola (D) |
Passed
(54-Y 46-N)
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Passed
(21-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
04/05/24
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4/8/24 |
guns | SB 47 Support | Firearm; transfers to another person from a prohibited person.
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Provides that a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm because such person is subject to a protective order or has been convicted of an assault and battery of a family or household member may transfer a firearm owned by such prohibited person to any person who is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing such firearm, provided that such person who is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing such firearm is 21 years of age or older and does not reside with the person who is subject to the protective order. ...
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Favola (D) |
Passed
(52-Y 47-N)
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Passed
(21-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
3/8/24
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3/9/24 |
guns | SB 273 Support | Firearms; waiting period for purchases, penalty.
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Provides that no person shall sell a firearm unless at least five days have elapsed from the time the prospective purchaser completes the written consent form to have a licensed dealer obtain criminal history record information, with exceptions enumerated in relevant law.
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Subramanyam (D) |
Passed
(51-Y 49-N)
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Passed
(21-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
03/26/24
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3/29/24 |
workers | SB 274 Support | Prescription Drug Affordability Board; established, drug cost affordability review, report.
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Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products. ...
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Deeds (D) |
Passed
(50-Y 47-N)
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Passed
(23-Y 16-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
4/8/24
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4/9/24 |
justice | SB 334 Support | Plea agreements; prohibited provisions.
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Prohibits plea agreements from containing any provision that purports to waive, release, or extinguish a defendant's (i) rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia; (ii) right to file a petition requesting expungement of the police records and the court records; or (iii) right to have criminal history record information and court records sealed. ...
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Salim (D) |
Passed
(51-Y 49-N)
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Passed
(21-Y-19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
03/20/24
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3/22/24 |
justice | SB 357 Support | Assault and battery of a law-enforcement officer; penalty.
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Reduces the penalty for assault and battery of a law-enforcement officer from a Class 6 felony to a Class 1 misdemeanor and reduces the mandatory minimum term of confinement from six months to 10 days. The bill also specifies that a person must commit assault and battery that results in bodily injury to be guilty of the enhanced offense. ...
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Boysko (D) |
Passed
(49-Y 48-N)
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Passed
(21-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
3/27/24
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4/3/24 |
workers | SB 373 Support | Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action.
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Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2027. ...
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Boysko (D) |
Passed
(50-Y 46-N)
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Passed
(21-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
04/05/24
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4/8/24 |
workers | SB 393 Support | MEI Project Approval Commission; board-level gender and diversity requirements.
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Requires that the MEI Project Approval Commission considers, prior to recommending approval of any major employment and investment (MEI) project, (i) whether a business has and commits to maintaining a balanced board of directors based upon gender and racial diversity, such that at least 30 percent of such board of directors consists of women and historically underrepresented groups, and (ii) ...
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Pekarsky (D) |
Passed
(51-Y 46-N)
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Passed
(21-Y 19-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
03/27/24
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3/30/24 |
governance | SB 428 Support | Elections; any local or constitutional office may be conducted by ranked choice voting.
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Allows elections for any local or constitutional office to be conducted by ranked choice voting. Under current law, only elections of members of a county board of supervisors or a city council are allowed to be conducted by ranked choice voting. ...
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VanValkenburg (D) |
Passed
w sub (54-Y 44-N)
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Passed
(21-Y 19-N)
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Agreed |
Vetoed
4/8/24
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4/9/24 |
education | SB 586 Support | Public elementary and secondary schools; student discipline, restorative disciplinary practices.
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Prohibits, except in certain cases involving specific offenses enumerated in applicable law or in cases in which the division superintendent or his designee finds that aggravating circumstances, as defined by the Department, exist, any public elementary or secondary school student from being suspended, expelled, or excluded from attendance at school without first initiating at least one evidence-based restorative disciplinary practice such as community conferencing, community service, mentoring, a peer jury, peer mediation, positive behavioral interventions and supports, a restorative circle, or the Virginia Tiered Systems of Supports. ...
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Pekarsky (D) |
Passed
w substitute (51-Y 47-N)
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Passed
House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
4/8/24
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4/9/24 |
workers | SB 716 Support | Unprofessional conduct; disciplinary action against doctor for providing abortion care, etc.
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Prohibits the Board of Medicine from taking disciplinary action against a doctor based on the alleged provision or receipt of abortion care that is not prohibited under the laws of the Commonwealth, regardless of where such abortion care was provided or received. ...
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Carroll Foy (D) |
Passed
(54-Y 45-N)
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Passed
(21-Y 18-N)
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Enrolled |
Vetoed
04/05/24
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4/8/24 |