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Virginia 2024 Regular Session All Bills

VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB984

Introduced
1/9/24  
Refer
1/9/24  
Report Pass
1/31/24  
Early childhood care and education; expansion of Head Start program availability at comprehensive community colleges; work group. Requires the Department of Education and the Virginia Community College System to convene a stakeholder work group to evaluate and provide recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by October 1, 2024, on expanding the availability of Head Start programs at comprehensive community colleges.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB985

Introduced
1/9/24  
Refer
1/9/24  
Report Pass
2/7/24  
Engrossed
2/12/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/27/24  
Enrolled
3/8/24  
Chaptered
4/8/24  
High polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pavement sealants; prohibition; civil penalty. Prohibits the sale or distribution of any pavement sealant that contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations greater than one percent by weight on or after July 1, 2024, except that a retailer may continue to sell any existing inventory that remains in stock on that date. The bill also prohibits the application or use of such sealants on or after July 1, 2025. Any person who violates either prohibition is subject to a civil penalty of $250, to be paid into the Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB986

Introduced
1/9/24  
Refer
1/9/24  
Report Pass
2/2/24  
Engrossed
2/7/24  
Refer
2/9/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Enrolled
2/29/24  
Chaptered
4/2/24  
Notaries; fees. Raises from $5 to $10 the amount a notary may charge for taking and certifying the acknowledgment of any writing, or administering and certifying an oath, or certifying affidavits and depositions of witnesses.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB987

Introduced
1/9/24  
Refer
1/9/24  
Report Pass
2/1/24  
Engrossed
2/6/24  
Refer
2/8/24  
Report Pass
2/19/24  
Report Pass
2/29/24  
Enrolled
3/25/24  
Chaptered
4/5/24  
Proton radiation therapy; clinical evidence for decisions on coverage. Permits a health insurance carrier to consider (i) coverage of a proton radiation therapy treatment by Medicare, Medicaid, or any other governmental health care coverage for any type of cancer or (ii) a recommendation of proton radiation therapy by a patient's treating physician or radiation oncologist as a sufficient standard of clinical evidence to justify coverage of proton radiation therapy. Proton radiation therapy; clinical evidence for decisions on coverage. Permits a health insurance carrier to consider (i) coverage of a proton radiation therapy treatment by Medicare, Medicaid, or any other governmental health care coverage for any type of cancer or (ii) a recommendation of proton radiation therapy by a patient's treating physician or radiation oncologist as a sufficient standard of clinical evidence to justify coverage of proton radiation therapy.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB988

Introduced
1/9/24  
Behavioral health services in correctional facilities; report. Requires the Department of Corrections to report to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before October 1 of each year certain population statistics regarding the provision of behavioral health services to persons incarcerated in state correctional facilities. The bill also requires local correctional facilities to report to the State Board of Local and Regional Jails on or before October 1 of each year certain population statistics regarding the provision of behavioral health services to persons incarcerated in local correctional facilities and for the Board to report such statistics to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before December 1 of each year.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB989

Introduced
1/9/24  
Refer
1/9/24  
Report Pass
2/9/24  
Engrossed
2/12/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/20/24  
Report Pass
2/27/24  
Enrolled
3/5/24  
Chaptered
4/4/24  
Elections administration; duties of the Department of Elections; required election and voter participation information on the Internet. Requires the Department of Elections to provide information for voters on its website, including (i) the role of and contact information for the State Board of Elections, the Department of Elections, local electoral boards, and general registrars and (ii) information about absentee voting, polling hours, Virginia's voter identification requirements and acceptable forms of identification, the casting of ballots, and a means for voters to find their polling place. The bill requires such website to allow a voter to review his current voter registration information and voting history. The bill also requires that the Department provide a version of its website in which all parts are translated into any language that is spoken by a language minority group, including that any page linked to a translated page also be translated. Elections administration; duties of the Department of Elections; required election and voter participation information on the Internet. Requires the Department of Elections to provide information for voters on its website, including (i) the role of and contact information for the State Board of Elections, the Department of Elections, local electoral boards, and general registrars and (ii) information about absentee voting, polling hours, Virginia's voter identification requirements and acceptable forms of identification, the casting of ballots, and a means for voters to find their polling place. The bill requires such website to allow a voter to review his current voter registration information and voting history. The bill also requires that the Department provide a version of its website in which all parts are translated into any language that is spoken by a language minority group, including that any page linked to a translated page also be translated.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB99

Introduced
12/30/23  
Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers. Allows a retired law-enforcement officer to return to work full time as a law-enforcement officer and continue to receive his pension under the Virginia Retirement System. Such person shall be required to have a break in service of at least six calendar months before reemployment. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers. Allows a retired law-enforcement officer to return to work full time as a law-enforcement officer and continue to receive his pension under the Virginia Retirement System. Such person shall be required to have a break in service of at least six calendar months before reemployment. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB990

Introduced
1/9/24  
Refer
1/9/24  
Report Pass
1/30/24  
Engrossed
2/2/24  
Refer
2/7/24  
Report Pass
2/19/24  
Engrossed
2/22/24  
Engrossed
2/26/24  
Enrolled
2/29/24  
Prohibiting employer seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees; wage or salary range transparency; cause of action. Prohibits a prospective employer from (i) seeking the wage or salary history of a prospective employee; (ii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in determining the wages or salary the prospective employee is to be paid upon hire; (iii) relying on the wage or salary history of a prospective employee in considering the prospective employee for employment; (iv) refusing to interview, hire, employ, or promote a prospective employee or otherwise retaliating against a prospective employee for not providing wage or salary history; and (v) failing or refusing to disclose in each public and internal posting for each job, promotion, transfer, or other employment opportunity the wage, salary, or wage or salary range. The bill establishes a cause of action for an aggrieved prospective employee or employee and provides that an employer that violates such prohibitions is liable to the aggrieved prospective employee or employee for statutory damages between $1,000 and $10,000 or actual damages, whichever is greater, reasonable attorney fees and costs, and any other legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB991

Introduced
1/9/24  
Refer
1/9/24  
Report Pass
1/29/24  
Engrossed
2/1/24  
Refer
2/5/24  
Report Pass
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Engrossed
2/23/24  
Engrossed
2/27/24  
Enrolled
3/4/24  
Chaptered
4/2/24  
Illegal gambling; exemptions. Exempts from the provisions of Code prohibiting illegal gambling the placement or operation of or communication to and from data center equipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly authorized by another state or jurisdiction and regulated and operated consistent with and exclusively for the benefit of such state or jurisdiction, provided that wagering on such games is legally authorized in such other state or jurisdiction and the individuals wagering on such games are required by the laws or regulations of such other state or jurisdiction to be physically located within the geographic bounds of such other state or jurisdiction at the time the wager is initiated or placed.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB992

Introduced
1/9/24  
Refer
1/9/24  
Report Pass
2/6/24  
Engrossed
2/9/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
3/1/24  
Engrossed
3/5/24  
Engrossed
3/6/24  
Enrolled
3/25/24  
Local departments of social services; agreements with local workforce development boards; coordinated workforce development services. Directs each local department of social services (local department) to develop and enter into a written agreement with the local workforce development board serving the jurisdiction served by the local department. The bill requires that such agreement (i) provide for the coordinated provision of workforce development services to participants in the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training and (ii) comply with any other requirements established by the Department of Social Services. Local departments of social services; agreements with local workforce development boards; coordinated workforce development services. Directs each local department of social services (local department) to develop and enter into a written agreement with the local workforce development board serving the jurisdiction served by the local department. The bill requires that such agreement (i) provide for the coordinated provision of workforce development services to participants in the Virginia Initiative for Education and Work and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training and (ii) comply with any other requirements established by the Department of Social Services.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB993

Introduced
1/9/24  
Refer
1/9/24  
Report Pass
2/6/24  
Engrossed
2/9/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Engrossed
2/26/24  
Engrossed
2/28/24  
Enrolled
3/5/24  
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; prohibited fees. Prohibits landlords subject to the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act from requiring a tenant to (i) pay any fee for the maintenance or repair of any unit subject to such rental agreement unless necessitated by the tenant's violation of a requirement of the Act or (ii) pay any fee to submit periodic rent payments or other amounts due, unless the landlord offers an alternative method of payment that does not include additional fees.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB994

Introduced
1/9/24  
Refer
1/9/24  
Report Pass
2/9/24  
Engrossed
2/12/24  
Refer
2/14/24  
Report Pass
2/28/24  
Engrossed
3/5/24  
Engrossed
3/6/24  
Engrossed
3/6/24  
Engrossed
3/6/24  
Enrolled
3/25/24  
Chaptered
4/8/24  
Legal age for marriage. Establishes the legal age of marriage to be 18 years of age and eliminates the ability for a minor to be declared emancipated on the basis of the intent to marry. Legal age for marriage. Establishes the legal age of marriage to be 18 years of age and eliminates the ability for a minor to be declared emancipated on the basis of the intent to marry.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB995

Introduced
1/9/24  
Refer
1/9/24  
Report Pass
2/6/24  
Engrossed
2/9/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/29/24  
Enrolled
3/8/24  
Chaptered
4/4/24  
Board of Medicine; temporary licensure of physicians licensed in a foreign country. Permits the Board of Medicine to issue a provisional license to a physician licensed in a foreign country for no more than two years, then a subsequent renewable two-year license if the physician practices in a medically underserved area. After two years of practice under the renewable license in a medically underserved area, a physician licensed in a foreign country is eligible to apply for a full, unrestricted license to practice medicine. The bill specifies that eligibility for such licenses is conditional upon an applicant demonstrating certain educational and experiential qualifications to the Board and obtaining employment with a medical care facility that provides an assessment and evaluation program for physicians licensed in a foreign country. Board of Medicine; temporary licensure of physicians licensed in a foreign country. Permits the Board of Medicine to issue a provisional license to a physician licensed in a foreign country for no more than two years, then a subsequent renewable two-year license if the physician practices in a medically underserved area. After two years of practice under the renewable license in a medically underserved area, a physician licensed in a foreign country is eligible to apply for a full, unrestricted license to practice medicine. The bill specifies that eligibility for such licenses is conditional upon an applicant demonstrating certain educational and experiential qualifications to the Board and obtaining employment with a medical care facility that provides an assessment and evaluation program for physicians licensed in a foreign country.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB996

Introduced
1/9/24  
Refer
1/9/24  
Report Pass
2/6/24  
Engrossed
2/9/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/28/24  
Enrolled
3/25/24  
Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; notice of tenant screening criteria. Requires landlords governed by the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act or Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act to provide applicants for tenancy with (i) the amount and purpose of fees to be charged to such applicant, (ii) information that will be used to assess such applicant's eligibility for tenancy, and (iii) any criteria that may result in automatic denial of an application. The bill requires such landlords to notify applicants of certain rights protected by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act if the landlord takes an adverse action, as defined in the bill, after reviewing an application. Finally, the bill requires such landlords to refund any funds received in excess of the landlord's actual expenses and damages, after the landlord's rejection of an application or an applicant's failure to rent a unit upon being notified of his eligibility for tenancy. Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; notice of tenant screening criteria. Requires landlords governed by the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act or Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act to provide applicants for tenancy with (i) the amount and purpose of fees to be charged to such applicant, (ii) information that will be used to assess such applicant's eligibility for tenancy, and (iii) any criteria that may result in automatic denial of an application. The bill requires such landlords to notify applicants of certain rights protected by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act if the landlord takes an adverse action, as defined in the bill, after reviewing an application. Finally, the bill requires such landlords to refund any funds received in excess of the landlord's actual expenses and damages, after the landlord's rejection of an application or an applicant's failure to rent a unit upon being notified of his eligibility for tenancy.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB997

Introduced
1/9/24  
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team established; penalty; report. Establishes the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Team to develop and implement procedures to ensure that fetal and infant deaths occurring in the Commonwealth are analyzed in a systematic way. The bill requires the Team to compile triennial statistical data regarding fetal and infant deaths and to make such data available to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Department of Health. The bill provides that information and records obtained or created by the Team and portions of meetings of the Team at which individual fetal and infant deaths are discussed shall be confidential.

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