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Virginia 2024 Regular Session All Bills

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Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB101

Introduced
1/3/24  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
2/12/24  
Engrossed
2/13/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Report Pass
2/16/24  
Enrolled
2/26/24  
Chaptered
4/8/24  
Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license. Provides that no person authorized to issue a marriage license shall deny the issuance of such license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill also requires that such lawful marriages be recognized in the Commonwealth regardless of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill provides that religious organizations or members of the clergy acting in their religious capacity shall have the right to refuse to perform any marriage.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB102

Introduced
1/3/24  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
2/12/24  
Engrossed
2/13/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Report Pass
2/23/24  
Enrolled
3/4/24  
Chaptered
4/5/24  
Wills and trusts; tangible personal property; nonexoneration. Provides that if a trust instrument that was revocable, as defined in relevant law, immediately before the settlor's death refers to a written statement or list of items of tangible personal property and their intended recipients with reasonable certainty and is signed by the settlor, such written statement or list shall be given the effect of a specific bequest although it does not satisfy the requirements for a trust instrument. The bill also provides that real or personal property that is the subject of a specific devise or bequest in a trust instrument that was revocable immediately before the settlor's death shall be passed without the right of exoneration. Under current law, the provisions that govern separate writing identifying recipients of tangible personal property apply only to wills, and the provisions that govern the nonexoneration of a specific devise or bequest of real or personal property apply only to wills and transfer on death deeds.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB103

Introduced
1/3/24  
Motor vehicle sales and use tax; exemptions; transfers; limited liability companies. Provides that no motor vehicle sales and use tax shall be imposed on vehicle transfers from (i) an individual, partnership, or limited liability company to a corporation or limited liability company or (ii) from a corporation or limited liability company to an individual, partnership, or limited liability company if (a) the transfer is incidental to the formation, organization, or dissolution of a corporation or limited liability company in which the individual, partnership, or limited liability company holds the majority interest in both entities and (b) the transfer to a limited liability company is not a precursor to a transfer of control of the assets of the company to avoid motor vehicle sales and use taxes. Under current law, transfers from (1) an individual or partnership to a corporation or limited liability company or (2) from a corporation or limited liability company to an individual or partnership are exempt from the motor vehicle sales and use tax if the transfer is incidental to the formation, organization, or dissolution of a corporation or limited liability company in which the individual or partnership holds the majority interest.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB104

Introduced
1/3/24  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
1/11/24  
Report Pass
2/8/24  
Engrossed
2/12/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Report Pass
2/19/24  
Refer
2/19/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Engrossed
2/26/24  
Engrossed
2/28/24  
Enrolled
3/4/24  
Average teacher salary in the Commonwealth; national average. Requires the Governor's introduced budget bills for the 2025, 2026, and 2027 Regular Sessions of the General Assembly to propose funding for, and state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act enacted during any regular or special session of the General Assembly during 2025, 2026, or 2027 to fund, the Commonwealth's share of compensation supplement incentives for Standards of Quality-funded instructional and support positions sufficient to increase the average teacher salary in the Commonwealth to at least the national average teacher salary by the end of the 2026–2028 biennium and establishes a detailed timeline and process for satisfying such requirement.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB105

Introduced
1/3/24  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
1/11/24  
Report Pass
2/8/24  
Engrossed
2/12/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Engrossed
2/26/24  
Engrossed
3/8/24  
Engrossed
3/8/24  
Enrolled
3/25/24  
Public school staffing and funding; National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund; At-Risk Program; English language learner students. Renames the National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund as the National Board Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund, expands eligibility for incentive grant awards from such Fund pursuant to such Program from solely teachers who have obtained national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to all public school staff who are candidates for initial national certification or maintenance of national certification to cover certain costs of obtaining or maintaining such certification and all public school staff who have successfully obtained or maintained such certification, and permits certain teachers to apply for additional incentive grants pursuant to such Program and Fund. The bill also establishes the At-Risk Program for the purpose of supporting programs and services for students who are educationally at risk, including prevention, intervention, or remediation activities required pursuant to relevant law, teacher recruitment programs and initiatives, programs for English language learners, the hiring of additional school counselors and other support staff, and other programs relating to increasing the success of disadvantaged students in completing a high school degree and providing opportunities to encourage further education and training. The bill also contains provisions relating to certain funding requirements for the At-Risk Program. Finally, the bill requires state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act to support ratios of instructional positions to English language learner students based on each such student's English proficiency level, as established in the general appropriation act.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB106

Introduced
1/3/24  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
1/15/24  
Engrossed
1/17/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/16/24  
Enrolled
2/26/24  
Chaptered
4/2/24  
Charter; City of Portsmouth; emergency. Amends the charter for the City of Portsmouth by aligning dates for nomination of candidates and the filling of city council vacancies with state law. The bill also updates a Code of Virginia reference and contains an emergency clause.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB107

Introduced
1/3/24  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
2/6/24  
Campaign finance; fundraising during special sessions prohibited. Prohibits campaign fundraising by a member of the General Assembly or statewide official on any day the General Assembly is scheduled to meet during a special session. Currently, such campaign fundraising is prohibited only during regular sessions of the General Assembly.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB108

Introduced
1/3/24  
Virginia taxable income; standard deduction. Removes the sunset on elevated standard deduction amounts for single individuals and married persons that was scheduled to expire for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2026.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB109

Introduced
1/3/24  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
1/16/24  
Engrossed
1/19/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/16/24  
Engrossed
2/21/24  
Engrossed
3/4/24  
Engrossed
3/5/24  
Enrolled
3/8/24  
Chaptered
3/28/24  
Elections; candidates for office; conduct of primaries; declaration of candidacy. Provides that the declaration of candidacy include a statement that if the signer's name appears on the primary ballot and he is not nominated then his name is not to be printed on the ballots for that office in the succeeding general election.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB11

Introduced
11/21/23  
Refer
11/21/23  
Report Pass
1/23/24  
Engrossed
1/26/24  
Engrossed
1/30/24  
Engrossed
1/31/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/28/24  
Enrolled
3/7/24  
Chaptered
4/4/24  
Cruelty to animals; possession and ownership of animals. Provides that any person convicted of felony cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of companion or equine animals for life and any person convicted of misdemeanor cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of such animals for a period of up to five years. Under current law, such prohibition is limited to companion animals and a period equal to the statutory maximum period of incarceration. The bill also specifies that a court may order that any animal possessed or owned by such person may be disposed of by a local governing body or delivered to another person with a right of property in the animal. Cruelty to animals; possession and ownership of animals. Provides that any person convicted of felony cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of companion or equine animals for life and any person convicted of misdemeanor cruelty to animals may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of such animals for a period of up to five years. Under current law, such prohibition is limited to companion animals and a period equal to the statutory maximum period of incarceration. The bill also specifies that a court may order that any animal possessed or owned by such person may be disposed of by a local governing body or delivered to another person with a right of property in the animal. The bill further provides that any person who has his rights to possession or ownership of companion or equine animals prohibited pursuant to a felony conviction may petition the court where such conviction occurred for a restoration of his rights after five years from the date of conviction.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB110

Introduced
1/3/24  
Sales tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Provides an exemption from local sales and use tax beginning July 1, 2024, for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. The bill also provides an allocation of state revenues to fund the distribution to localities for funding that would have been distributed to them absent the exemption created by the bill. Under current law, such products are exempt from state sales and use tax but are subject to the standard local rate of one percent.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB111

Introduced
1/3/24  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
1/11/24  
Engrossed
1/15/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Refer
2/16/24  
Report Pass
2/22/24  
Enrolled
3/4/24  
Chaptered
3/28/24  
Drug Control Act; Schedule I; Schedule II; Schedule IV; Schedule V. Adds certain chemicals to Schedules I, II, IV, and V of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB112

Introduced
1/3/24  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
1/15/24  
Engrossed
1/17/24  
Engrossed
1/18/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/16/24  
Enrolled
2/26/24  
Chaptered
3/28/24  
Charter; City of Colonial Heights. Amends the charter of the City of Colonial Heights by updating language related to the duties of the City Manager and City Attorney, including elimination of the City Attorney's duties to the school board and school superintendent. The bill also includes the update or repeal of various outdated provisions related to appropriations, purchasing, and capital improvements.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB113

Introduced
1/3/24  
Refer
1/3/24  
Department of Veterans Services; Veteran's Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program. Creates, within the Department of Veterans Services, the Veteran's Fellowship for State Government Pilot Program (the Program) through which the Department shall collaborate with Virginia Commonwealth University to recruit veterans to participate in undergraduate-level and graduate-level cohorts to assist such veterans in pursuing educational pathways to employment with the Commonwealth. The Department shall report annually to the General Assembly by November 1 regarding the progress of the participants, the return on investment for the Commonwealth, and recommendations for Program enhancements. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB114

Introduced
1/4/24  
Local tax credits; emergency services providers. Enables localities to by ordinance provide a credit against taxes and fees imposed by the locality to an individual who provides approved emergency services in the locality. As defined in the bill, "approved emergency services" include professional or volunteer local law enforcement or first responders who provide emergency services to a nonprofit organization or to the locality. The bill specifies that the credit shall not be applied against any property taxes or payments in lieu of property taxes but otherwise gives localities discretion to determine which taxes or fees are permissible uses of the credit. Under current law, localities may only provide such credit to volunteer first responders. Local tax credits; emergency services providers. Enables localities to by ordinance provide a credit against taxes and fees imposed by the locality to an individual who provides approved emergency services in the locality. As defined in the bill, "approved emergency services" include professional or volunteer local law enforcement or first responders who provide emergency services to a nonprofit organization or to the locality. The bill specifies that the credit shall not be applied against any property taxes or payments in lieu of property taxes but otherwise gives localities discretion to determine which taxes or fees are permissible uses of the credit. Under current law, localities may only provide such credit to volunteer first responders.

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