Virginia 2024 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB534
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
1/25/24
Engrossed
1/30/24
Refer
2/13/24
Report Pass
2/22/24
Enrolled
3/4/24
Chaptered
4/17/24
Motor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise. Changes the deadline for a vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch to reject the sale or transfer of a dealership from 30 days prior to the effective date of the sale or transfer to 60 days from the receipt of notice from the dealer of the proposed sale or transfer and lists requirements for such notice from the dealer. The bill provides that an objection to a sale or transfer based on an applicant's years of motor dealer management experience is a reasonable objection but removes the right to object based on other applicant qualifications. The bill further provides that a franchisor's consent to a relocation of a business cannot be unreasonably withheld.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB535
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
1/25/24
Report Pass
2/6/24
Engrossed
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/9/24
Refer
2/15/24
School crossing zones. Expands the definition of "school crossing zone" to include areas surrounding schools where the presence of students reasonably requires a special warning to motorists and provides that the term "school" includes public institutions of higher education and nonprofit private institutions of higher education. Currently, the definition of "school crossing zone" includes only areas surrounding schools where the presence of children requires such warning. Existing provisions of law allowing photo speed monitoring devices to be installed in school crossing zones will apply to any location that meets the expanded definition. School crossing zones. Expands the definition of "school crossing zone" to include areas surrounding schools where the presence of students reasonably requires a special warning to motorists and provides that the term "school" includes public institutions of higher education and nonprofit private institutions of higher education. Currently, the definition of "school crossing zone" includes only areas surrounding schools where the presence of children requires such warning. Existing provisions of law allowing photo speed monitoring devices to be installed in school crossing zones will apply to any location that meets the expanded definition.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB536
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
1/22/24
Report Pass
2/7/24
Engrossed
2/9/24
Refer
2/15/24
Report Pass
2/20/24
Engrossed
2/23/24
Engrossed
3/6/24
Engrossed
3/7/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Chaptered
4/8/24
Passed
4/8/24
Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits; repayment of overpayments. Reinstates provisions of the Code that expired on July 1, 2022, relating to unemployment compensation. The bill provides that when a claimant has had a determination of initial eligibility for unemployment benefits, as determined by the issuance of compensation or waiting-week credit, payments shall continue, subject to a presumption of continued eligibility, until a determination is made that provides the claimant notice and an opportunity to be heard. The bill requires the Virginia Employment Commission to waive the obligation to repay any overpayment if (i) the overpayment was made without fault on the part of the individual receiving benefits and (ii) requiring repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience. Conditions for when overpayments are considered "without fault on the part of the individual" are outlined in the bill. The bill further provides that the Commission shall notify each person with an unpaid overpayment of benefits that he may be entitled to a waiver of repayment and provide 30 days to request such a waiver. This applies to outstanding overpayments established for claim weeks commencing on or after March 15, 2020. Finally, the bill adds overpayments that the Commission has waived the requirement to repay to the list of situations where specific employers are not responsible for benefit charges. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB537
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
1/25/24
Engrossed
1/29/24
Refer
2/13/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
Board of Health; hospital regulations; use of smoke evacuation systems during surgical procedures. Requires the Board of Health to amend its regulations to require that every hospital where surgical procedures are performed adopt a policy requiring the use of a smoke evacuation system for all planned surgical procedures. The bill defines "smoke evacuation system" as smoke evacuation equipment and technologies designed to capture, filter, and remove surgical smoke at the site of origin and to prevent surgical smoke from making ocular contact or contact with a person's respiratory tract. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, and is identical to
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB538
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
1/31/24
Engrossed
2/5/24
Refer
2/13/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Chaptered
4/8/24
Passed
4/8/24
Uniform Statewide Building Code; violations; fines. Increases from $2,500 to $5,000 the minimum amount and from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount that any person, firm, or corporation shall be fined when convicted of a third or subsequent offense of violating the provisions of the Uniform Statewide Building Code committed within 10 years of another such offense after having been at least twice previously convicted of such an offense. The bill also adds penalties for similar violations committed by owners of a blighted multifamily property.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB539
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
License plate readers; penalties. Provides requirements for the use of license plate readers, defined in the bill, by law-enforcement agencies. The bill requires such agencies to enter into an agreement with the license plate reader owners or other responsible non-law-enforcement entity to operate a data trust, defined in the bill, to store the data collected by a license plate reader and requires any such law-enforcement agency to apply to the data trust for access to such data. The bill limits the use of license plate readers to scanning, detecting, and identifying license plate numbers for the purpose of identifying vehicles involved in certain crimes.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB54
Introduced
12/22/23
Refer
12/22/23
Report Pass
1/25/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/15/24
Report Pass
2/26/24
Engrossed
2/29/24
Engrossed
3/8/24
Engrossed
3/8/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Chaptered
4/8/24
Passed
4/8/24
Early childhood care and education system; need-based and demand-based funding. Requires, for the purpose of addressing family demand and preferences for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education services, state general funds to be provided to support the provision of services to families for early childhood care and education, as specified in the general appropriation act. The bill requires the Department of Education to report each year by November 15 on the projected general funds needed for the upcoming two fiscal years based on cost of quality rate per child in order to (i) maintain the current number of slots at early childhood care and education programs, (ii) increase the number of slots using a projected growth report, and (iii) increase the number of slots to fully accommodate parent demand and eliminate waitlists. The bill requires such projected general funds to be based on the annual per-child cost, determined as set forth in the bill, for the Virginia Preschool Initiative, the Mixed Delivery Program, and the Child Care Subsidy Program, the current eligibility criteria for such programs, and maximization of certain regularly recurring federal funds. The bill requires each regional entity established by the Board of Education pursuant to applicable law, each local school division, and each locality to annually indicate the number of slots needed, respectively, in the region for the Mixed Delivery Program, the local school division for the Virginia Preschool Initiative, and the locality for the Child Care Subsidy Program. The bill requires the Department of Education to (a) reallocate by July 1 any slots with available funding from the Child Care Subsidy Program and the Mixed Delivery Program, (b) make adjustments based on family preferences following the fall enrollment periods, and (c) first expend all current-year state general funds in providing funding for slots.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB540
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
1/24/24
Report Pass
2/6/24
Engrossed
2/8/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/19/24
Enrolled
2/27/24
Chaptered
4/2/24
Passed
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 Senate Bill SB541
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
1/24/24
Report Pass
2/6/24
Engrossed
2/8/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Chaptered
4/2/24
Passed
4/2/24
Casino gaming; eligible host city. Removes the City of Richmond as an eligible host city for casino gaming establishments in the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB542
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
1/22/24
Report Pass
1/31/24
Engrossed
2/2/24
Refer
2/13/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Vetoed
3/14/24
Unemployment insurance; benefit eligibility conditions; lockout exception to labor dispute disqualification. Amends the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act's labor dispute disqualification to provide that a lockout by an employer shall not constitute a labor dispute and that locked-out employees who are otherwise eligible for benefits shall receive such benefits unless (i) the recognized or certified collective bargaining representative of the locked-out employees refuses to meet under reasonable conditions with the employer to discuss the issues giving rise to the lockout, (ii) there is a final adjudication under the federal National Labor Relations Act that such representative has refused to bargain in good faith with the employer, or (iii) the lockout is the direct result of such representative's violation of an existing collective bargaining agreement.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB543
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/15/24
Report Pass
2/20/24
Engrossed
2/23/24
Engrossed
2/27/24
Enrolled
3/4/24
Chaptered
4/2/24
Passed
4/2/24
Health insurance; emergency services; mobile crisis response services. Provides that emergency services, with respect to an emergency medical condition, include, as it relates to any mental health services or substance abuse services rendered at a behavioral health crisis service provider, (i) a behavioral health assessment that is within the capability of a behavioral health crisis service provider, including ancillary services routinely available to evaluate such emergency medical condition, and (ii) such further examination and treatment, to the extent that they are within the capabilities of the staff and facilities available at the behavioral health crisis service provider, as are required so that the patient's condition does not deteriorate.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB544
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/5/24
Engrossed
2/7/24
Refer
2/15/24
Report Pass
2/23/24
Engrossed
2/28/24
Engrossed
3/1/24
Enrolled
3/6/24
Chaptered
4/17/24
Short-term rental property; special exceptions. Prohibits a locality from barring the use of or requiring that a special exception, special use, or conditional use permit be obtained for the use of a residential dwelling as a short-term rental where the dwelling unit is also legally occupied by the property owner as his primary residence Short-term rental property; special exceptions. Prohibits a locality from barring the use of or requiring that a special exception, special use, or conditional use permit be obtained for the use of a residential dwelling as a short-term rental where the dwelling unit is also legally occupied by the property owner as his primary residence
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB545
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
1/18/24
Engrossed
1/23/24
Refer
2/13/24
Report Pass
2/22/24
Enrolled
3/4/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
Auto recyclers; database search. Clarifies the databases to be searched by the Department of Motor Vehicles upon notification by an auto recycler that he possesses a motor vehicle to be demolished but does not possess a certificate of title, salvage certificate, or nonrepairable certificate for such motor vehicle. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, and is identical to
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB546
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/9/24
Refer
2/15/24
Report Pass
2/16/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Chaptered
4/8/24
Passed
4/8/24
Emergency custody and temporary detention orders; evaluations; presence of others. Requires (i) the evaluator conducting the evaluation of an individual to determine whether such individual meets the criteria for temporary detention or (ii) the hospital emergency department and treating physician or other health care provider designated by the physician, when providing services to an individual who is being evaluated to determine whether the individual meets the criteria for temporary detention, to allow the individual's family member or legal guardian who is present and who may provide support and supportive decision making to be present with the individual unless the individual objects or the evaluator or treating physician determines that their presence would create a medical, clinical, or safety risk to the patient or health care provider or interferes with patient care.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB547
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/5/24
Report Pass
2/7/24
Engrossed
2/9/24
Refer
2/15/24
Report Pass
2/16/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Chaptered
4/8/24
Passed
4/8/24
Law-enforcement training; individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish compulsory minimum and in-service training standards for law-enforcement officers on communicating with individuals with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability, such as autism spectrum disorder, which shall include (i) an overview and behavioral recognition of autism spectrum disorder, (ii) best practices for crisis prevention and de-escalation techniques, (iii) an objective review of any relevant tools and technology available to assist in communication, and (iv) education on law-enforcement agency and community resources for the autism community on future crisis prevention. The bill requires that such training standards be established in consultation with at least one individual with autism spectrum disorder, one family member of an individual with autism spectrum disorder, one specialist who works with individuals with autism spectrum disorder, one representative from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and one representative from a state or local law-enforcement agency. The bill requires the Department to establish such training standards by January 1, 2027, and requires any person employed as a law-enforcement officer prior to July 1, 2024, to complete the compulsory in-service training by July 1, 2028.