Virginia 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1296
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Virginia Education Success Account Program established. Establishes the Virginia Education Success Account Program whereby the parents of qualified students, defined in the bill, who reside in school divisions in which the school board has, by majority vote, affirmed its participation in the program, may apply for a one-year, renewable Virginia Education Success Account that consists of an amount that is equivalent to a certain percentage of all applicable annual Standards of Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the school division in which the qualified student resides, including the per pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any per pupil share of state special education funding for which the qualified student is eligible. The bill permits the parent of the qualified student to use the moneys in such account for certain qualified expenses of the qualified student, including tuition, deposits, fees, and required textbooks at a private elementary school or secondary school that is located in the Commonwealth. The bill also contains provisions relating to program and account administration by the Department of the Treasury and a third party that serves as program administrator pursuant to a contract with the Department of the Treasury.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1297
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Recordation tax revenues; land protection and preservation. Provides that beginning July 1, 2026, after required distributions for transportation and localities under current law, up to $200 million of the remaining recordation tax revenues shall be distributed for specified land protection and preservation purposes.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1298
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Retail licenses.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1299
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Ignition interlock systems; penalty. Ignition interlock systems; penalty.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB13
Introduced
12/7/23
Refer
12/7/23
High school graduation requirements; passing score on select questions from U.S. Naturalization Test. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to require, except in the case of a high school student whose individualized education program indicates otherwise, each high school student to take and correctly answer at least 70 percent of the questions on a test composed of at least 25 but not more than 50 of the questions on the civics portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test in order to graduate high school with a standard or advanced studies diploma, provided that such student may take such test at any time during grades nine through 12 and as many times during such period as necessary to achieve the minimum 70 percent passing score.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB130
Introduced
1/1/24
Refer
1/1/24
Constitutional officers; dual office holding; prohibited for deputies and other persons. Provides that the current prohibition on dual office holding that is applicable to constitutional officers also applies to deputies of such officers and any persons serving in such officer's absence until a special election to fill the vacancy is held.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1300
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
"Occupational disease" definition.Clarifies that for the purpose of worker's compensation claims, an "occupational disease" does not include certain physical conditions resulting from repetitive and sustained physical stressors. "Occupational disease" definition.Clarifies that for the purpose of worker's compensation claims, an "occupational disease" does not include certain physical conditions resulting from repetitive and sustained physical stressors.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1301
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/26/24
Engrossed
2/29/24
Engrossed
3/4/24
Enrolled
3/8/24
Chaptered
4/5/24
Passed
4/5/24
Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act; definitions. Provides that for the purposes of the Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act, "consumer transaction" includes transactions involving the advertisement, sale, lease, license, or offering for sale, lease, or license of goods or services to be used for business purposes and the advertisement, sale, lease, license, or contract of employment services to be provided or procured for business purposes. The bill also amends the definition of "time of disaster" to mean the longer of (i) the period of time when a state of emergency declared by the Governor or the President of the United States as the result of a disaster, emergency, or major disaster is in effect or (ii) 30 days after the occurrence of the disaster, emergency, or major disaster that resulted in the declaration of the state of emergency. Under current law, the definition of "time of disaster" means the shorter of the time periods specified in clauses (i) and (ii).
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1302
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Refer
1/26/24
Election of certain governing bodies; conversion to single-member districts. Allows the governing body of a locality that has been subject to a court order imposing a remedial election system under voting rights laws to adopt an ordinance to convert one or more at-large members of such body to single-member districts. The bill provides that members of such governing body in office on the effective date of such ordinance shall complete their terms of office.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1303
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/1/24
Engrossed
2/6/24
Refer
2/8/24
Report Pass
3/1/24
Engrossed
3/5/24
General Assembly members; administrative and legislative assistants. Removes the obsolete title of secretary and replaces it with administrative assistant for the purposes of employment of staff for officers and members of the General Assembly. The bill also clarifies the distinction between administrative assistants, who are hired by the House and Senate Clerks, and legislative assistants, who are hired by each member of the General Assembly.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1304
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Refer
1/26/24
Required voting districts in certain cities. Requires every city with a population of 250,000 or greater to elect its council members by individual districts or wards, beginning with municipal elections held after January 1, 2025. The provisions of this bill supersede any contrary provisions of a city charter or any other provision of law.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1305
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Virginia College Savings Plan; Virginia College Opportunity Endowment and Fund. Directs the board of the Virginia College Savings Plan to deposit $250 million per year of surplus moneys from the Plan's fund into the Virginia College Opportunity Fund, established by the bill. The bill provides that such deposit shall not be made or shall be reduced in any year in which the College Opportunity Investment Advisory Committee determines that certain conditions relating to the Plan's funded status are not met. The Committee is established by the bill as an advisory committee for the Plan, for the purpose of determining the amount of deposits to be made to the Fund. Virginia College Savings Plan; Virginia College Opportunity Endowment and Fund. Directs the board of the Virginia College Savings Plan to deposit $250 million per year of surplus moneys from the Plan's fund into the Virginia College Opportunity Fund, established by the bill. The bill provides that such deposit shall not be made or shall be reduced in any year in which the College Opportunity Investment Advisory Committee determines that certain conditions relating to the Plan's funded status are not met. The Committee is established by the bill as an advisory committee for the Plan, for the purpose of determining the amount of deposits to be made to the Fund. The bill provides that financial management of the Fund is the responsibility of the board of the Plan but authorizes the board of the Virginia College Opportunity Endowment, also established by the bill, to manage a scholarship program funded by the Fund. The bill establishes an individual and corporate income tax subtraction for donations to the Fund. Under the bill, the Endowment provides scholarships to students who attend or plan to attend one of 12 eligible universities named in the bill. The bill provides that only such students who meet the eligibility requirements for a Federal Pell Grant and commit to being employed in Virginia, or being enrolled in postgraduate education in Virginia, for at least eight years after graduation from an eligible university are eligible for such scholarships.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1306
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Engrossed
2/13/24
Board of Veterinary Medicine; powers and duties; satellite offices. Permits the Board of Veterinary Medicine to regulate, inspect, and register all satellite offices where veterinary medicine is practiced. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1307
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; survey; baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; student application fees; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to survey each baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to determine, for the 2023–2024 academic year, (i) the median, average, and full per-student application fee charged by the institution; (ii) the total number and percentage of student applicants who receive an application fee waiver from the institution; (iii) the total number and percentage of student applicants who were charged the full student application fee by the institution; (iv) the total and per-student applicant revenue generated by the institution through student application fees; and (v) the total and per-student applicant cost to the institution to process student applications, including fully reviewing and acting upon such applications, disaggregated by each cost category deemed relevant by the Council and the institution. The bill requires each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to conduct such internal audits as it deems necessary to fully comply with and respond to such survey. The bill requires the Council to report its findings and any associated recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than November 1, 2024. State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; survey; baccalaureate public institutions of higher education; student application fees; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to survey each baccalaureate public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to determine, for the 2023–2024 academic year, (i) the median, average, and full per-student application fee charged by the institution; (ii) the total number and percentage of student applicants who receive an application fee waiver from the institution; (iii) the total number and percentage of student applicants who were charged the full student application fee by the institution; (iv) the total and per-student applicant revenue generated by the institution through student application fees; and (v) the total and per-student applicant cost to the institution to process student applications, including fully reviewing and acting upon such applications, disaggregated by each cost category deemed relevant by the Council and the institution. The bill requires each baccalaureate public institution of higher education to conduct such internal audits as it deems necessary to fully comply with and respond to such survey. The bill requires the Council to report its findings and any associated recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than November 1, 2024.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1308
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Tangible personal property tax relief; rate of taxation. Removes the $950 million cap, beginning in tax year 2025 and all tax years thereafter, on the amount of tangible personal property tax relief reimbursed to localities by the Commonwealth. The bill requires, for tax year 2025 and all tax years thereafter, each county, city, or town to reduce its local tax rate on qualifying vehicles to no greater than $0.000001 per $100 of assessed value of the qualifying vehicle.