Virginia 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB470
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Report Pass
2/2/24
Engrossed
2/7/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
2/19/24
Engrossed
2/21/24
Failed
3/9/24
Petition for child in need of services or in need of supervision. Authorizes a guardian ad litem representing a child to file a petition for such child alleging he is in need of services or in need of supervision. The bill also provides that if an intake officer refuses to file a petition alleging that a child is in need of services or in need of supervision when such petition is sought by the parent or legal guardian of such child, he shall provide a written explanation that details the reasons for such refusal and shall provide information to such parent or legal guardian regarding any agency other than the court that can provide services for such child. Petition for child in need of services or in need of supervision. Authorizes a guardian ad litem representing a child to file a petition for such child alleging he is in need of services or in need of supervision. The bill also provides that if an intake officer refuses to file a petition alleging that a child is in need of services or in need of supervision when such petition is sought by the parent or legal guardian of such child, he shall provide a written explanation that details the reasons for such refusal and shall provide information to such parent or legal guardian regarding any agency other than the court that can provide services for such child.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB471
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Uniform Statewide Building Code; multifamily residential housing construction projects; electric vehicle charging infrastructure standards. Requires the Board of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations for electric vehicle charging infrastructure standards for multifamily residential housing construction projects consisting of more than 25 residential dwelling units. The standards shall require a developer of such multifamily residential housing construction projects to ensure that at least 25 percent of the available parking spaces are electric vehicle charging ready during the design and construction process. Landlords, condominium unit owners' associations, and property owners' associations shall be authorized to negotiate with electric vehicle charging providers with respect to the installation and maintenance of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and any related revenue sharing. The bill also requires the Board to promulgate such regulations by January 1, 2025, and provides that such regulations shall only apply to any new multifamily residential housing construction projects approved by a locality after January 1, 2025.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB472
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Report Pass
1/23/24
Engrossed
1/26/24
Refer
1/30/24
Report Pass
2/16/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Chaptered
3/20/24
Passed
3/20/24
TANF; child care services; reporting; repeal. Repeals the requirement that the Department of Social Services (i) identify strategies for Virginia to obtain the maximum amount of federal funds available for child care services for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program recipients and families whose incomes are at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level and (ii) provide an annual report on these strategies to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and on Rehabilitation and Social Services.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB473
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Income tax; interest; employer retention credit. Provides authority to the Tax Commissioner to waive interest on taxpayers that received a federal employer retention tax credit. Such waiver shall only be permissible if the taxpayer was eligible for and received the federal tax credit, filed an amended return, and was found to have an additional tax liability due to the reduction in deductible wages that resulted from claiming the credit.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB474
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Report Pass
1/30/24
Refer
2/2/24
Report Pass
2/9/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
3/4/24
Engrossed
3/6/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Chaptered
4/8/24
Passed
4/8/24
Restroom Access Act. Requires a retail establishment that does not have a public restroom but has an employee toilet facility to allow any customer with an eligible medical condition, as defined in the bill, to use such employee toilet facility during normal business hours if certain conditions are met. A customer who suffers loss as a result of a violation may bring an action to recover damages not to exceed $100. Restroom Access Act. Requires a retail establishment that does not have a public restroom but has an employee toilet facility to allow any customer with an eligible medical condition, as defined in the bill, to use such employee toilet facility during normal business hours if certain conditions are met. A customer who suffers loss as a result of a violation may bring an action to recover damages not to exceed $100.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB475
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Child care; background checks. Allows applicants for employment and applicants to serve as volunteers to work in certain child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems pending the results of a full background check, provided that (i) the applicant has received qualifying results on a fingerprint-based background check through the Central Criminal Records Exchange or the Federal Bureau of Investigation and (ii) the applicant is supervised at all times by a person who received a qualifying result on a full background check within the past five years.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB476
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Vacant buildings; registration. Permits any county, city, or town to require, by ordinance, the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and (i) that meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law, (ii) that meets the definition of "criminal blight" in relevant law, or (iii) in which a locality has determined a person is living without the authority of the owner to register such building annually. Under current law, any city and certain towns are permitted to require the owner of any building that has been vacant for at least 12 months and meets the definition of "derelict building" in relevant law to register such building annually. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB477
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Report Pass
1/30/24
Engrossed
2/2/24
Refer
2/6/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Enrolled
2/22/24
Chaptered
3/8/24
Passed
3/8/24
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Eviction Diversion Pilot Program; expiration. Extends the expiration of the Eviction Diversion Pilot Program to July 1, 2025. Currently, the Program is set to expire on July 1, 2024. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB478
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Report Pass
2/2/24
Engrossed
2/7/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
2/19/24
Enrolled
2/27/24
Chaptered
4/8/24
Passed
4/8/24
Community revitalization fund; expanding use for all localities. Expands the current provisions of law allowing for the establishment of a community revitalization fund for the purpose of preventing neighborhood deterioration to apply to all localities. Currently, only the City of Richmond is authorized to establish such a fund.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB479
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Report Pass
1/23/24
Engrossed
1/26/24
Refer
1/30/24
Report Pass
2/23/24
Engrossed
2/27/24
Engrossed
2/29/24
Enrolled
3/6/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
Physical examination of prisoner; licensed nurse practitioner; licensed physician assistant. Provides that each person received by the Department of Corrections shall be examined by a licensed physician, licensed nurse practitioner, or licensed physician assistant upon his arrival, within 30 days prior to any work assignment in food services, medical services, or cosmetological services or a change in work assignment, and at such other times thereafter as may be deemed necessary. Under current law, such examination may be performed only by a licensed physician. Physical examination of prisoner; licensed nurse practitioner; licensed physician assistant. Provides that each person received by the Department of Corrections shall be examined by a licensed physician, licensed nurse practitioner, or licensed physician assistant upon his arrival, within 30 days prior to any work assignment in food services, medical services, or cosmetological services or a change in work assignment, and at such other times thereafter as may be deemed necessary. Under current law, such examination may be performed only by a licensed physician.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB48
Introduced
12/21/23
Refer
12/21/23
Report Pass
1/24/24
Engrossed
1/29/24
Refer
1/31/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Enrolled
2/21/24
Chaptered
3/8/24
Passed
3/8/24
Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; legacy admissions and admissions based on donor status prohibited. Prohibits any public institution of higher education from providing any manner of preferential treatment in the admissions decision to any student applicant on the basis of such student's legacy status, defined in the bill, or such student's familial relationship to any donor to such institution.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB480
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Simon's Law; health care; life-sustaining treatment for minors; exceptions. Requires a physician to obtain the written permission from at least one parent or legal guardian of a minor, defined in the bill as an unemancipated individual who is younger than 18 years of age and not under juvenile court supervision or on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States, before instituting a Do Not Resuscitate order or similar physician's order. The bill creates an exception for when a physician is unable to contact a parent or legal guardian of such minor within 72 hours of the initial contact attempt. The bill also prevents a physician from interfering with such parent's or legal guardian's efforts to obtain other medical opinions, hindering or delaying the necessary measures to facilitate a transfer of such minor to another medical facility, or refusing to continue providing life-sustaining treatment to such minor when such a transfer is imminent. Under the bill, such parent or legal guardian maintains all rights to determine whether life-sustaining treatment and cardiopulmonary resuscitation are used on such minor unless a court of law or equity determines that there is destruction of the circulatory system, respiratory system, and the entire brain. A parent or legal guardian may also request disclosure of the physician's policies involving cardiopulmonary resuscitation and life-sustaining treatment.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB481
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
First responders; proof of immunization; exemption. Provides that first responders shall not be required to show proof of immunization to attend trainings at medical care facilities, regardless of whether the administration of immunizing agents conflicts with their religious tenets or practices.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB482
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Reports of certain arrests and convictions of school employees; timing; method. Requires any probation and parole officer who is supervising a person employed by a local school division in the Commonwealth, upon discovering that such supervised person has been arrested for or convicted of a felony offense or an equivalent offense in another state, to report such arrest or conviction to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the designated division safety official in the local school division in which such supervised person is employed as soon as practicable but no later than 48 hours after such arrest. Current law requires such report to be made as soon as practicable. The bill also removes the requirement to report certain arrests and convictions of school employees enumerated in law via fax to the fax number identified for the division superintendent or the designated division safety official, as the case may be. However, the requirements in current law to make such reports via certified mail and email are preserved.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB483
Introduced
1/8/24
Refer
1/8/24
Income tax exclusion; veteran student loan forgiveness. Eliminates the sunset date and expands eligibility for the income tax exclusion for any income received by a disabled veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States from the discharge of federal student loan indebtedness.