Cat	Number	Title	Patron	House	Senate	GA	Governor	updated
2025 Priority Bills Vetoed by Governor
voting	HB 1657 Support	Voter registration, regular periodic review of registration records; 90-day quiet period before all primary and general elections. more... Requires the Department of Elections to complete not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the voter registration system....	Henson (D)	Passed Read third time and passed House (53-Y 45-N)	Passed (21-Y 19-N)		Vetoed	3/26/25
justice	HB 1713 Support	Jurisdiction of district courts in felony cases; specialty dockets; Behavioral Health Docket Act. more... Authorizes a general district court and a juvenile and domestic relations district court to retain jurisdiction over a felony offense for the purpose of allowing the accused to complete a specialty docket or behavioral health docket established pursuant to relevant law....	Watts(D)	Passed (55-Y 44-N)	Passed (39-Y 0-N)		Vetoed	3/27/25
women, healthcare	HB 1724 Support	Prescription Drug Affordability Board established; drug cost affordability review. more... 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	Delaney(D)	Passed (52-Y 44-N)	Passed (26-Y 14-N)		Vetoed	3/25/25
climate	HB 1791 Support	Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund created. more... Creates the Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund to assist private developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations (i) in certain localities,...	Sullivan (D)	Passed 56-Y 41-N	Passed 21-Y 19-N	Agreed	Vetoed	3/25/25
guns	HB 1876 Support	Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. more... Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties ...	Callsen(D)	Passed from Public Safety subcommittee w/substitute	Passed		Vetoed	3/27/25
voting	HB 2002 Support	Voter registration; cancellation of registration, sources of data. more... Requires that, except for a written request from the voter to have his registration cancelled, the general registrar may not cancel the registration of any voter based on data or reports provided to him by any source other than the Department of Elections or a state agency approved to provide such data or reports by the State Board of Elections.....	Laufer (D)	Passed Read third time and passed House (52-Y 46-N)	Passed Passed Senate (21-Y 15-N)		Vetoed	3/26/25
voting	HB 2056 Support	Absentee voting in person; voter satellite offices, days and hours of operation. more... Authorizes the governing body of any county or city establishing voter satellite offices for absentee voting in person to prescribe, by ordinance, the dates and hours of operation for such offices. ....	Reaser(D)	Passed Read third time and passed House (53-Y 45-N)	Passed Passed Senate (21-Y 14-N)	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget	Vetoed	3/26/25
climate	HB 2356 Support	Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements; renewable energy portfolio standard eligible source work; penalties. more... Requires each public service company, including its contractors and subcontractors, to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. ...	King(D)	Passed 51-Y 48-N	Passed 21-Y 19-N		Vetoed	3/26/25
campaign finance	HB 2479 Support	Elections; political campaign advertisements; synthetic media; penalty. more... Prohibits electioneering communications containing synthetic media, as those terms are defined in the bill, from being published or broadcast without containing the following conspicuously displayed statement...	Sickles(D	Passed Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N); House agreed to conference report 76-Y, 22-N	Passed Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 13-N); Senate agreed to conference report 23-Y, 17-N		Vetoed	3/27/25
women	HB 2531 Support	Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements, civil action. more... Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2028. ...	Sewell(D)	Passed (51-Y 47-N 0-A)	Passed (21-Y 18-N)		Vetoed	3/25/25
voting	SB 760 Support	Elections; deadline for receipt of absentee ballots and certain other information; 5:00 pm on the third day after the election. more... Moves the deadline for receipt of absentee ballots, information required to cure an absentee ballot, or proof of identification to accompany a provisional ballot provided for lack of identification from noon to 5:00 p.m. on the third day after the election.....	Favola(D)	Passed (54-Y 43-N)	Passed (23-Y 15-N)		Vetoed	3/26/25
campaign finance	SB 775 Support	Elections; election offenses; dissemination of artificial audio or artificial visual media to influence an election; penalty. more... Provides that any person who knowingly disseminates artificial audio or artificial visual media, as defined in the bill, intended to influence a political campaign shall include a conspicuous statement at the beginning of such media that states: ...	Surovell(D)	Passed Passed House with substitute (72-Y 25-N 0-A);House agreed to conference report 71-Y, 26-N	Passed Passed Senate 23-Y, 17-N; Senate agreed to conference report 22-Y, 18-N		Vetoed	3/27/25
governance	SB 813 Support	Voter registration; regular periodic review of registration records. more... Requires the Department of Elections to complete not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the voter registration system....	Rouse(D)	Passed 51-Y 46-N	Passed 20-Y 18-N		Vetoed	3/26/25
climate	SB 853 Support	Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements; RPS-eligible source work; penalties. more... Requires each public service company, including its contractors and subcontractors, to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. ...	Rouse(D)	Passed Passed House (50-Y 47-N)	Passed passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)	Enrolled	Vetoed	3/27/25
governance, voting	SB 1009 Support	Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; locally elected offices; report. more... Allows elections for any local office to be conducted by ranked choice voting. ...	Salim(D)	Passed Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N)	Passed (21-Y 19-N)		Vetoed	3/26/25
justice	SB 1013 Support	Affirmative defense or reduced penalty for a neurocognitive disorder or intellectual or developmental disability. more... Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for assault or assault and battery ... if such individual proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the individual's behaviors were a result of (a) mental illness or....	Boysko(D)	Passed with substitute (53-Y 43-N)	Passed (23-Y 17-N), 2/20 House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N)		Vetoed	3/27/25
climate	SB 1021 Support	Electric utilities; integrated resource plans. more... Makes various changes related to the content and process for an integrated resource plan (IRP) developed by an electric utility that provides a forecast of its load obligations and a plan to meet those obligations. ...	Surovell(D)	Passed	Passed 21-Y 19-N	CC Report Accepted	Vetoed	3/26/25
women, healthcare	SB 1122 Support	Paid family and medical leave insurance program; notice requirements; civil action. more... Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program with benefits beginning January 1, 2028. ...	Boysko(D)	Left Left in Labor & Commerce	Passed (21-Y 18-N)		Vetoed	3/25/25
guns	SB 1134 Support	Storage of firearms in a residence where a minor or person prohibited from possessing a firearm is present; penalty. more... Requires any person who possesses a firearm in a residence where such person knows that a minor or a person who is prohibited by law from possessing a firearm is present to store such firearm and the ammunition for such firearm in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet that is inaccessible to such minor or prohibited person. ...	Boysko(D)	Passed Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 10-N)	Passed (21-Y 18-N)		Vetoed	3/26/25

No. of bills: 19

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Dillon Rule. Restricts local government authority to enact ordinances.

Conference Committee. A temporary committee w. members from both the House and Senate, tasked with reconciling differences in legislation that passed both chambers.

Continued/Carried over. Action taken in an even-numbered year to postpone the consideration of a measure until the next regular session of the General Assembly.

Crossover. The last day for a bill to pass out of the chamber in which it was introduced and move forward for consideration in the opposite chamber. If a bill does not move forward, it is "Left" (dead).

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Failed to report. Defeated. The rejection of a motion to 'report' a bill to the full chamber.

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Reported. The approval of a measure by the majority of the committee. The legislation may be reported by the committee with or without amendments. A bill may also be reported and referred to another committee.

Stricken. Legislation removed from a committee's docket, frequently at the request of the patron.

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