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Cat	Number	Title	Patron	House	Senate	updated
2025 Priority Bills
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)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/10/25
rights	HB 1681 Support	Undesignated sex or gender designation option. more... Requires all forms, reports, applications, or other documents used by state agencies to offer the option of 'male,' 'female,' or 'X' when designating sex or gender. The bill contains technical amendments....	Cohen(D)	Committee General Laws Committee		1/10/25
campaign finance	HB 1686 Support	Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions more... Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee for personal use....	Convirs-Fowler(D)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/10/25
governance	HB 1725 Support	Medical Debt Protection Act; prohibited practices; penalties. more... Creates the Medical Debt Protection Act to prohibit a large health care facility or medical debt buyer, as those terms are defined in the bill, from charging interest or late fees on medical debt....	Delaney(D)	Sub L & C Subcommittee #2		1/11/25
campaign finance	HB 1761 Support	Public campaign financing; counties and cities may establish for certain offices. more... Authorizes the governing body of a county or city to establish by ordinance a system of public campaign financing for elected local offices....	Simon(D)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/10/25
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)	Committee Labor & Commerce		1/11/25
climate	HB 1883 Support	Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements; power purchase agreements. more... Amends certain renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements for Dominion Energy Virginia, including the annual percentage of program requirements to be met with behind-the meter solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion resources of three megawatts or less located in the Commonwealth. ...	Callsen(D)	Committee pending		1/11/25
education	HB 1954 Support	Equity in public school funding and staffing; special education students; at-risk students; English language learner students; support services positions; report. more... Requires state-funded add-ons to be provided to support special education students that are calculated by multiplying weights set forth in the general appropriation act by the relevant basic aid per-pupil amount for each such student....	Rasoul(D)	Committee pending		1/8/25
climate	HB 2126 Support	Virginia Energy Facility Review Board established ... l more... Establishes the Virginia Energy Facility Review Board as a political subdivision of the Commonwealth for the purposes of conducting critical interconnection reviews, conduct analysis and study policy options, review regional energy plans, local comprehensive plans, and local solar and storage ordinances and to facilitate the responsible siting of critical interconnection projects in the Commonwealth....	Sullivan (D)	Committee pending		1/11/25
campaign finance	HB 2140 Support	Elections; campaign finance disclosure reports; searchable electronic database. more... Requires the Department of Elections to provide an interface for the campaign finance database maintained by the Department that allows users to easily search for and sort information by individual candidates and types of elections, offices, committees...	Krizek(D)	Committee pending		1/8/25
campaign finance	HB 2165 Support	Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. more... Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee for personal use...	Cole(D)	Committee pending		1/8/25
campaign finance	HB 2173 Support	Campaign finance; coordination and required independent expenditure committee disclosure; civil penalties more... Provides a more detailed definition of the term "coordinated" or "coordination" in the context of campaign finance than current law. ...	Clark(D)	Committee pending		1/8/25
climate	HB 2346 Support	Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program. more... Requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants. ...	Hernandez(D)	Committee pending		1/11/25
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)	Committee pending		1/11/25
education	HB 2454 Support	Board of Education; public school accountability system; Three "E" Readiness Framework; include and incentivize work-based learning experiences. more... Directs the Board of Education to revise its Three "E" Readiness Framework: Employment, Enlistment, and Enrollment, adopted pursuant to the public school accountability system to measure high school student postsecondary readiness, to include as an indicator of postsecondary readiness and incentivize participation in and completion of work-based learning experiences....	Rasoul(D)	Committee pending		1/8/25
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	Committee pending		1/8/25
campaign finance	HB 2484 Support	Campaign finance; coordination and required independent expenditure committee disclosure; civil penalties. more... Provides a more detailed definition of the term "coordinated" or "coordination" in the context of campaign finance than current law....	Sickles(D)	Committee pending		1/9/25
women	HJ 1 Support	Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference). more... Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about all matters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, or otherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified by a compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictive means....	Herring (D)	Reported Privileges & Elections w. substitute (12-Y 9-N)		1/10/25
voting, justice	HJ 2 Support	Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. more... Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting....	Bennett-Parker(D)	Reported Privileges & Elections (12-Y 9-N)		1/10/25
rights	HJ 9 Support	Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage between two individuals; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. more... Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015)....	Sickles (D)	Reported Privileges & Elections w. substitute (16-Y 5-N)		1/10/25
campaign finance	HJ 4444 Support	Study; JLARC; Virginia's campaign finance laws; independent agency; report. more... Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study Virginia's campaign finance laws....	Jones(D	Committee pending		1/8/25
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)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/8/25
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)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/10/25
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)		Committee Commerce & Labor	1/8/25
campaign finance	SB 906 Support	Campaign advertisements; independent expenditures; electioneering communications; disclaimer requirements. more... Broadens the scope of disclaimer requirements for campaign advertisements to include electioneering communications, as defined in the bill, and messages advocating for the passage or defeat of a referendum. ...	Stanley(R)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/8/25
education	SB 977 Support	Public schools; Standards of Quality; certain calculations; support services. more... Requires the Department of Education (the Department) (i) in calculating nonpersonal costs in the Standards of Quality funding formula, to include the costs associated with work-related employee travel and leased facilities; ...	Hashmi(D)		Committee Education & Health	1/8/25
education	SB 979 Support	Department of Education; public school accountability; delayed implementation and review of revised public school accountability system; report; emergency. more... Directs the Department of Education to delay for a period of one year the implementation of the revised public school accountability system adopted pursuant to applicable Board of Education regulations in order to conduct a review of and establish a stakeholder advisory committee...	Hashmi(D)		Committee Education & Health	1/8/25
campaign finance	SB 1002 Support	Campaign finance; prohibited personal use of campaign funds; complaints, hearings, civil penalty, and advisory opinions. more... Prohibits any person from converting contributions to a candidate or his campaign committee for personal use. ...	Boysko(D)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/8/25
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)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/10/25
climate	SB 1040 Support	Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements; power purchase agreements. more... Amends certain renewable energy portfolio standard program requirements for Dominion Energy Virginia, including the annual percentage of program requirements to be met with behind-the meter solar, wind, or anaerobic digestion resources of three megawatts or less located in the Commonwealth. ...	VanValkenburg(D)		Committee Commerce & Labor	1/8/25
climate	SB 1100 Support	Electric utilities; virtual power plant pilot program more... Requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval to conduct a pilot program to evaluate methods to optimize demand through various technology applications, including the establishment of virtual power plants. ...	Hashmi(D)		Committee Commerce & Labor	1/8/25
climate	SB 1114 Support	Local regulation of solar facilities; special exceptions. more... Provides that a ground-mounted solar energy generation facility to be located on property zoned agricultural, commercial, industrial, or institutional shall be permitted pursuant to various criteria...	VanValkenburg(D)		Committee Local Government	1/8/25
campaign finance	SB 1185 Support	Campaign finance; coordination and required independent expenditure committee disclosure; civil penalties. more... Provides a more detailed definition of the term "coordinated" or "coordination" in the context of campaign finance than current law.	Carroll Foy (D)		Committee Privileges & Elections	1/10/25
climate	SB 1196 Support	Sales and use tax exemption; data centers. more... Requires data center operators to meet certain energy efficiency standards in order to be eligible for the sales and use tax exemption for data center purchases....	Deeds(D)		Committee Finance & Appropriations	1/8/25
campaign finance	SJ 255 Support	Study; JLARC; Virginia's campaign finance laws; independent agency; report. more... Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study Virginia's campaign finance laws. ...	Rouse(D)		Committee Rules Committee	1/8/25
voting	HB 1652 Oppose	Elections; voter identification containing photograph required; who may register up to and including the day of the election; absentee ballot application requirements; absentee voting in person availability; return of absentee ballots. more... Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote and provides that a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.....	Wyatt(R)	Committee Privileges & Elections		1/10/25

No. of bills: 36

General info

About the 2025 Session

2025 Session dates

Jan 8: Session begins
Feb 22: Session adjourns

Constitutional Amendments

Amendments to the Virginia Constitution require that a resolution be passed by a majority of both houses during a session and then held over to be passed again by the next elected legislature, with an election intervening between the two approvals. If it succeeds the second time, voters must approve the change in a referendum before it can take effect.

Glossary

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).

Engrossed. A legislative stage when a bill passes the second reading in the House of origin. Every bill has to be "read" on the floor three times before voting on it. The action or any debate or discussion usually comes on the day of the second reading or the third reading.

Enrolled. Legislation which has passed both the House of Delegates and the Senate, signed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, sent to the Governor, but not yet signed.

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

Incorporated. Rolled into someone another bill. Either because they're identical, or they have incorporated *some* of the language in, and the patron agreed to have her name on the other bill.

Patron. Bill sponsor. There can be many patrons.

PBI. Passed by Indefinitely. Action to allow a committee to reconsider legislation at a later meeting. If the committee takes no further action, the bill is dead. [Usually the bill is dead.]

Referred. The assignment of legislation to another standing committee with no stance on the policy of the measure (neither endorses nor rejects the legislation).

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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