2023 Priority Bills
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Support women | HB 1511 | Midwifery; administration of medication.
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Allows licensed midwives to obtain, possess, and administer drugs and devices within the scope of their practice. The bill limits liability of entities that provide or dispense drugs or devices to a licensed midwife and that rely in good faith upon the license information provided by the licensed midwife.
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Dawn M. Adams (D-HD68) | Passed | Passed | Signed | 9/14/23 |
Support climate | HB 1604 | Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; regulation of rates.
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This bipartisan Act, will lower
energy costs and put money back in Virginians' pockets by holding regulated utilities accountable
for overcharging customers.
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Lee Ware (R-HD65) | Passed | Passed | Signed | 8/31/23 |
Support rights | HB 1895 | Employee protection; prohibited retaliation; prohibited nondisclosure and nondisparagement.
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The Silenced No More Act, to strengthen a statute protecting employees from retaliatory termination by further protecting persons who speak out or discuss/disclose conduct believed to be illegal discrimination (including sexual assault and harassment), or waste, fraud or abuse, and to void and make unenforceable nondisclosure agreements (but for settlement amounts) and nondisparagement agreements (unless otherwise requested by the victim).
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Eileen Filler-Corn | Passed | Passed | Signed | 9/14/23 |
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SB 1043 | Public education; student mental health and counseling, definitions, licensure requirements.
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Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to develop, adopt, and distribute to each school board a model memorandum of understanding between a school board and a public or private community mental health services provider that sets forth parameters for the provision of mental health services to public school students enrolled in the local school division by such provider.
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Jeremy McPike (D-SD29) | Passed | Passed | Signed | 9/14/23 |
Support climate | SB 1166 | Energy planning and electric utility oversight; Commonwealth Energy Research Consortium established.
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Requires the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation (the Commission) to establish the Commonwealth Energy Research Consortium (the Consortium), consisting of public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, to conduct energy research and policy analysis for the Commonwealth. ...
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Scott A. Surovell (D-SD36) | Passed | Passed | Signed | 8/31/23 |
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SB 1215 | Public school teachers and other Standards of Quality-funded positions; compensation.
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Requires the Commonwealth to compensate its public school teachers at a rate that is competitive, defined in current law as at or above the national average teacher salary, in order to attract and keep highly qualified teachers. ...
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Louise Lucas (D-SD18) | Passed | Passed | Signed | 9/14/23 |
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SB 1321 | Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; regulation of rates.
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Affordable Energy Act. This bipartisan bill restores the State Corporation
Commission's ability to lower electric rates and prevent monopoly utilities from overcharging customers. Since 2009, Dominion Energy has overcharged Virginians by at least $1.9 billion.
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Creigh Deeds (D-SD25) | Passed | Passed | Signed | 8/31/23 |
Support campaign finance | SB 1427 | Campaign finance; political action committees; certain large pre-election expenditures.
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Requires in-state political action committees to file a report for any single expenditure of $1,000 or more made between October 1 and the date of the November general election. ...
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David Suetterlein (R-HD19) | Passed | Passed | Signed | 8/31/23 |
Oppose climate | HB 1770 | Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; retail competitiveness, review proceedings, etc.
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Restricts the ability of the State Corporation Commission to keep energy costs affordable.
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Terry Kilgore (R-HD1) | Passed | Passed | Signed | 8/31/23 |
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SB 1265 | Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; retail competitiveness, review proceedings, etc.
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Allows regulated investor-owned utilities to restrict the ability of the State Corporation Commission to keep energy costs affordable.
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Richard L. Saslaw (D-SD35) | Passed | Passed | Signed | 8/31/23 |
Note: The Rules Committees of both Chambers have limited the number of bills that individual members may introduce this Session: Senators have bill limits of 26, and Delegates have bill limits of 15.