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Virginia 2024 Regular Session All Bills

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Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB21

Introduced
12/7/23  
Refer
12/7/23  
Report Pass
1/25/24  
Report Pass
2/1/24  
Engrossed
2/2/24  
Engrossed
2/5/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Engrossed
2/26/24  
Engrossed
3/6/24  
Engrossed
3/7/24  
Enrolled
3/25/24  
Chaptered
4/4/24  
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; policies for establishing eligibility for accommodations; report. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, in consultation with representatives of public institutions of higher education, disability advocacy organizations, students enrolled at public institutions of higher education, higher education disability accommodation professionals, and a subject matter expert, to (i) study the processes by which each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth determines the eligibility for accommodations of an admitted or enrolled student with a temporary or permanent disability, (ii) identify in such processes any potential barriers to establishing eligibility, and (iii) make recommendations on reducing any such barriers and on the development and establishment of a uniform accommodations eligibility determination in the Commonwealth.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB210

Introduced
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/24  
Report Pass
1/22/24  
Report Pass
1/31/24  
Engrossed
2/2/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/16/24  
Engrossed
2/21/24  
Engrossed
2/23/24  
Enrolled
2/28/24  
Chaptered
3/26/24  
Manufacture, importation, sale, etc., of auto sears; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of an auto sear, defined in the bill as a device, other than a trigger activator, for use in converting a semi-automatic firearm to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for the forfeiture of any auto sear concealed, possessed, transported, or carried in violation of the prohibition.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB211

Introduced
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/24  
Report Pass
1/15/24  
Engrossed
1/17/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/16/24  
Engrossed
2/21/24  
Engrossed
2/23/24  
Enrolled
2/28/24  
Chaptered
3/20/24  
Violation of protective orders; venue. Allows a person to be prosecuted for a violation of a protective order charge in the jurisdiction where the party protected by the protective order resided at the time of such violation.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB212

Introduced
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/24  
Report Pass
1/15/24  
Report Pass
2/8/24  
Engrossed
2/12/24  
Engrossed
2/13/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Report Pass
2/20/24  
Engrossed
2/23/24  
Engrossed
3/1/24  
Engrossed
3/1/24  
Engrossed
3/4/24  
Engrossed
3/4/24  
Enrolled
3/7/24  
Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act established; regulation of skill game machines; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act for the purpose of providing a regulatory and registration scheme for skill game machines in the Commonwealth. The bill authorizes and specifies the registration requirements for the distribution, operation, hosting, and play of skill game machines, as defined in the bill. The bill imposes a 25 percent tax on the gross receipts from the play of each skill game machine from each distributor and provides for the use of such tax proceeds, with most being deposited into the PreK-12 Priority Fund, established in the bill. The bill directs the Virginia Lottery Board to promulgate regulations no later than January 1, 2027, to implement the provisions of the bill and authorizes the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to grant a provisional registration, beginning July 1, 2024, to any entity that provides a laboratory certification from a laboratory approved by the Authority that the game being distributed, operated, or placed in an establishment meets the definition and requirements of a skill game machine. Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act established; regulation of skill game machines; penalties. Establishes the Virginia Small Business Economic Development Act for the purpose of providing a regulatory and registration scheme for skill game machines in the Commonwealth. The bill authorizes and specifies the registration requirements for the distribution, operation, hosting, and play of skill game machines, as defined in the bill. The bill imposes a 25 percent tax on the gross receipts from the play of each skill game machine from each distributor and provides for the use of such tax proceeds, with most being deposited into the PreK-12 Priority Fund, established in the bill. The bill directs the Virginia Lottery Board to promulgate regulations no later than January 1, 2027, to implement the provisions of the bill and authorizes the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to grant a provisional registration, beginning July 1, 2024, to any entity that provides a laboratory certification from a laboratory approved by the Authority that the game being distributed, operated, or placed in an establishment meets the definition and requirements of a skill game machine.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB213

Introduced
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/24  
Report Pass
1/31/24  
Engrossed
2/5/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/15/24  
Enrolled
2/26/24  
Chaptered
3/26/24  
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; early termination for military personnel; stop movement order; emergency. Allows certain military personnel to terminate a rental agreement upon receipt of a stop movement order issued in response to a local, national, or global emergency that is effective for either an indefinite period or for a period of not less than 30 days and that prevents the service member from occupying the leased dwelling unit for a residential purpose. The bill also allows such military personnel to terminate a rental agreement after receiving any permanent change of station order or temporary duty order in excess of three months' duration. Current law allows such termination only for orders requiring a departure of 35 miles or more from the dwelling unit.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB214

Introduced
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/24  
Report Pass
2/7/24  
Engrossed
2/9/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Report Pass
2/23/24  
Engrossed
2/28/24  
Engrossed
3/1/24  
Enrolled
3/6/24  
Chaptered
4/4/24  
Service of garnishment summons upon corporation, limited liability company, etc.; garnishment designee. Requires a summons for garnishment against a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, financial institution, or other entity authorized to do business in the Commonwealth to be served on the garnishment designee, as that term is defined in the bill, of such corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, financial institution, or other entity, unless such garnishment designee is also the judgment debtor. The bill provides alternative methods of service if the judgment creditor certifies that such corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, financial institution, or other entity has no garnishment designee, such garnishment designee cannot be found at the designated address, or such garnishment designee is also the judgment debtor. Before a judgment creditor serves the registered or statutory agent of a financial institution, such creditor shall further certify that after exercising due diligence, no managing employee, as that term is defined in the bill, could be found, that such managing employee is the judgment creditor, or that such service has been authorized or requested by such institution. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. Service of garnishment summons upon corporation, limited liability company, etc.; garnishment designee. Requires a summons for garnishment against a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, financial institution, or other entity authorized to do business in the Commonwealth to be served on the garnishment designee, as that term is defined in the bill, of such corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, financial institution, or other entity, unless such garnishment designee is also the judgment debtor. The bill provides alternative methods of service if the judgment creditor certifies that such corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, financial institution, or other entity has no garnishment designee, such garnishment designee cannot be found at the designated address, or such garnishment designee is also the judgment debtor. Before a judgment creditor serves the registered or statutory agent of a financial institution, such creditor shall further certify that after exercising due diligence, no managing employee, as that term is defined in the bill, could be found, that such managing employee is the judgment creditor, or that such service has been authorized or requested by such institution. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB215

Introduced
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/24  
Report Pass
1/24/24  
Report Pass
1/31/24  
Engrossed
2/2/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/22/24  
Enrolled
3/4/24  
Chaptered
4/5/24  
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; removal of Virginia residency requirement for access to certain criminal investigation files. Removes the requirement that persons to whom non-ongoing criminal investigation files shall otherwise be disclosed be citizens of the Commonwealth. Current law limits disclosure of public records to individuals who are citizens of the Commonwealth unless a clear exception applies.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB216

Introduced
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/24  
Report Pass
1/18/24  
Report Pass
1/23/24  
Engrossed
1/25/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/22/24  
Enrolled
3/4/24  
Chaptered
3/26/24  
Special license plates; 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. The bill provides that the prepaid application requirements for special license plates shall not apply to such plates, that the provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2032, that such plates shall not be newly issued on or after such date, and that such plates may continue in use for a period of time determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB217

Introduced
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/24  
Report Pass
1/17/24  
Report Pass
2/12/24  
Engrossed
2/13/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Report Pass
2/20/24  
Engrossed
2/23/24  
Engrossed
3/7/24  
Engrossed
3/8/24  
Enrolled
3/25/24  
Chaptered
4/4/24  
Virginia Business Ready Expedited Permitting Program established; report. Establishes the Virginia Business Ready Expedited Permitting Program and directs the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to designate up to two sites and four projects for participation in the Program. Sites and projects eligible for the Program shall include only (i) sites eligible for a site development grant under the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program or (ii) projects with significant local, regional, or statewide economic impact that the governing body of the locality in which the project is located has either (a) approved following a public meeting or hearing or (b) submitted, by resolution, for consideration to be included in the Program. No more than two eligible sites or projects shall be designated as part of the Program within any locality annually. The Authority shall complete a review process within 45 days of designating a site to reduce permitting conflicts and provide relevant guidance to applicants. The bill also provides that no project shall be considered eligible to enter the Program after December 31, 2027, and requires annual reporting from the Authority. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025, and expires on June 30, 2028.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB218

Introduced
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/24  
Report Pass
2/6/24  
Engrossed
2/8/24  
Virginia retirement system; enhanced retirement benefits; animal control officers. Adds full-time animal control officers to the list of local employees eligible to receive enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service for service earned in such positions on or after July 1, 2025, and in certain circumstances service earned prior to that date. Under current law, localities may provide such benefits to first responders, including firefighters and emergency medical technicians, and certain other hazardous duty positions. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. Virginia retirement system; enhanced retirement benefits; animal control officers. Adds full-time animal control officers to the list of local employees eligible to receive enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service for service earned in such positions on or after July 1, 2025, and in certain circumstances service earned prior to that date. Under current law, localities may provide such benefits to first responders, including firefighters and emergency medical technicians, and certain other hazardous duty positions. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB219

Introduced
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/24  
Institutions of higher education; tuition grants; Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program. Makes several changes to the Virginia National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program, including (i) making the provisions relating to the requirements and conditions for eligibility for and award of grants under the Program subject to regulations as prescribed by the Adjutant General, (ii) eliminating the requirement to satisfy financial obligations with the institution of higher education at the beginning of each semester, (iii) simplifying the requirements relating to academic performance and good standing, and (iv) providing that any grant awarded shall be in an amount equivalent to the difference between the full cost of tuition and fees at the institution of higher education less any other educational benefits for which an individual is eligible as a member of the National Guard.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB22

Introduced
12/10/23  
Refer
12/10/23  
Report Pass
1/25/24  
Report Pass
1/31/24  
Engrossed
2/2/24  
Refer
2/13/24  
Report Pass
2/15/24  
Enrolled
2/22/24  
Chaptered
3/8/24  
Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. The Compact increases public access to dental services by permitting eligible licensed dentists and dental hygienists to practice in Compact participating states, provided that they are licensed in at least one participating state. The Compact has been passed in three states and takes effect when it is enacted by a seventh participating state or upon the effective date of the bill, whichever is later.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB220

Introduced
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/24  
Report Pass
2/8/24  
Report Pass
2/12/24  
Engrossed
2/13/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Engrossed
2/28/24  
Engrossed
3/1/24  
Enrolled
3/6/24  
Chaptered
4/4/24  
Special education and related services. Makes several changes relating to special education and related services for children with disabilities in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth, including requiring (i) the Department of Education to (a) develop, establish, review and update as necessary at least once every five years, and make available to each local school board an IEP writing, facilitation, tracking, and transfer system to be referred to as the Virginia IEP that includes, at a minimum, an IEP template component and a data system component and (b) develop and publish a data dashboard for the annual public reporting of state-level, division-level, and school-level special education data; (ii) each local school board to designate a faculty member to serve as a special education parent/family liaison to be a resource to parents and families to understand and engage in the referral, evaluation, reevaluation, and eligibility process if they suspect that their child has a disability and in the IEP process; and (iii) the Parent Training and Information Center in the Commonwealth designated pursuant to relevant federal law to establish special education family support centers in eight distinct regions of the Commonwealth that shall each be staffed by a regional special education family liaison employed by such center, coordinate with the designated special education parent/family liaisons in the local school divisions in the region, develop and implement outreach and support to parents of children with disabilities in its region, and track and report to the State Parent Ombudsman for Special Education data on questions and concerns raised by parents.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB221

Introduced
1/8/24  
Use, display, or concealment of firearm in committing certain felonies; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of a separate felony if he carries about his person any pistol, shotgun, rifle, or other firearm that is hidden from common observation while committing or attempting to commit certain other felonies. The bill also increases from three to five years for a first offense and from five to 10 years for a second or subsequent offense the mandatory minimum sentences for use or display of a firearm during the commission of certain felonies.
VA

Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB222

Introduced
1/8/24  
Refer
1/8/24  
Report Pass
2/7/24  
Report Pass
2/12/24  
Engrossed
2/13/24  
Refer
2/15/24  
Report Pass
2/19/24  
Refer
2/19/24  
Report Pass
2/21/24  
Enrolled
2/29/24  
Chaptered
4/4/24  
Commonwealth information security requirements. Exempts cybersecurity information, defined in the bill, from the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act while in possession of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA). The bill requires VITA to keep such cybersecurity information confidential unless the Chief Information Officer or his designee authorizes publication or disclosure of reports or aggregate cybersecurity information. Commonwealth information security requirements. Exempts cybersecurity information, defined in the bill, from the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act while in possession of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA). The bill requires VITA to keep such cybersecurity information confidential unless the Chief Information Officer or his designee authorizes publication or disclosure of reports or aggregate cybersecurity information.

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