Virginia 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1539
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Report Pass
2/9/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/28/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Vetoed
4/5/24
Abortion or other reproductive health care services; prohibitions on extradition for certain crimes; prohibited practices under Virginia Consumer Protection Act. Provides that no demand for extradition of a person charged with a criminal violation of the law of another state shall be recognized by the Governor if such alleged violation involves the receipt of or assistance with reproductive health care services, defined in the bill, within the Commonwealth unless the alleged criminal violation would also constitute a criminal offense under the laws of the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that such limit on extradition shall not apply when the person who is subject to such demand for extradition by another state was physically present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged offense and thereafter fled from such state. The bill adds obtaining, disclosing, selling, or disseminating certain enumerated personal reproductive or sexual health information without the consent of the consumer as a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB154
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Maximum number of judges in each judicial circuit. Increases from four to five the maximum number of authorized circuit court judges in the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1540
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Report Pass
2/1/24
Refer
2/6/24
The Virginia African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board; establishment.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1541
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Magistrates; appointment and supervision.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1542
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Refer
2/2/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/28/24
Engrossed
3/5/24
Engrossed
3/6/24
Engrossed
3/7/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Chaptered
4/8/24
Passed
4/8/24
Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters; statute of limitations; penalties. Adds aggravated sexual battery of a child and attempted rape, sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, or object sexual penetration of a child to the list of offenses for which a failure to report subjects a mandatory reporter to criminal liability.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1543
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Department of Transportation; quick-build traffic calming projects; report. Requires the Department of Transportation to convene a work group with relevant stakeholders to develop a process for localities in Planning District 8 to plan, prioritize, and implement quick-build traffic calming projects to address safety issues in school crossing zones. Department of Transportation; quick-build traffic calming projects; report. Requires the Department of Transportation to convene a work group with relevant stakeholders to develop a process for localities in Planning District 8 to plan, prioritize, and implement quick-build traffic calming projects to address safety issues in school crossing zones.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1544
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Southside Regional Recreation Authority.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1545
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Report Pass
2/6/24
Engrossed
2/9/24
Refer
2/13/24
Report Pass
2/29/24
Requisite training and education achievements of physician assistants. Permits the Board of Medicine to grant provisional licensure as a physician assistant to applicants pending the results of an examination, as defined in the bill. Such provisional license is valid for six months or until an applicant obtains full licensure, whichever is shorter. The bill directs the Board to revoke the provisional licensure of an applicant who fails an examination but provides that an applicant may reapply for provisional licensure if such applicant has failed no more than one examination. Under current law, the Board may grant provisional licensure pending the outcome of an examination at its discretion. Requisite training and education achievements of physician assistants. Permits the Board of Medicine to grant provisional licensure as a physician assistant to applicants pending the results of an examination, as defined in the bill. Such provisional license is valid for six months or until an applicant obtains full licensure, whichever is shorter. The bill directs the Board to revoke the provisional licensure of an applicant who fails an examination but provides that an applicant may reapply for provisional licensure if such applicant has failed no more than one examination. Under current law, the Board may grant provisional licensure pending the outcome of an examination at its discretion.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1546
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/19/24
Sales and use tax; exemption for data centers. Sales and use tax; exemption for data centers.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1547
Introduced
1/29/24
Refer
1/29/24
Alcohol safety action program; entry into program; fee. Increases from $300 to $400 the maximum fee a person may be required to pay when entering a court-ordered alcohol safety action program.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB155
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Report Pass
1/19/24
Engrossed
1/24/24
Refer
1/26/24
Report Pass
2/19/24
Report Pass
2/27/24
Engrossed
2/28/24
Engrossed
3/1/24
Enrolled
3/7/24
Chaptered
3/28/24
Passed
3/28/24
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund; claims. Provides that in claims for an award under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund involving claims of sexual abuse of a minor where the conduct constitutes a felony, the passage of time shall not be a barrier to when the victim can file a claim. Under current law, such claim involving sexual abuse of a minor shall be filed within 10 years after the minor's eighteenth birthday.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB156
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Report Pass
2/7/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/21/24
Enrolled
2/29/24
Chaptered
3/14/24
Passed
3/14/24
Exemptions from jury service upon request; age. Increases from 70 to 73 the age at which a person is exempt from jury service upon request.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB157
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Report Pass
1/18/24
Engrossed
1/23/24
Refer
1/25/24
Report Pass
2/26/24
Enrolled
3/6/24
Vetoed
3/28/24
Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees; temporary foreign workers. Eliminates the exemptions from Virginia's minimum wage requirements for (i) persons employed as farm laborers or farm employees and (ii) certain temporary foreign workers.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB158
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Refer
1/15/24
Report Pass
1/26/24
Engrossed
1/31/24
Refer
2/2/24
Firearm locking device required for sale or transfer of firearm; warning against accessibility to children; penalty. Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any firearm to any person other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for that firearm and the firearm is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the firearm, that firearms should be locked and kept away from children and that there may be civil and criminal liability for failing to do so. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement and governmental agencies.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB159
Introduced
1/2/24
Refer
1/2/24
Report Pass
1/26/24
Refer
1/26/24
Report Pass
2/2/24
Engrossed
2/7/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
2/16/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Chaptered
3/20/24
Passed
3/20/24
Use of canines in correctional and juvenile correctional facilities; prohibited acts. Makes it unlawful for any correctional officer or other employee of a state correctional facility who is permitted to handle canines to use a patrol or security canine in any state correctional facility unless such correctional officer or other employee (i) reasonably believes that the use of a patrol or security canine is immediately necessary to protect any prisoner or any officer or employee from the threat of serious bodily injury or death or (ii) has the prior approval of the warden or a supervisor to use a patrol or security canine to intervene in an altercation, fight, or other incident between three or more prisoners. The bill also makes it unlawful for any juvenile correctional officer or other employee of a juvenile correctional facility to use a patrol or security canine in any juvenile correctional facility. The bill specifies that such provisions shall not apply to the training or use of detector canines or detector canine handlers. Use of canines in correctional and juvenile correctional facilities; prohibited acts. Makes it unlawful for any correctional officer or other employee of a state correctional facility who is permitted to handle canines to use a patrol or security canine in any state correctional facility unless such correctional officer or other employee (i) reasonably believes that the use of a patrol or security canine is immediately necessary to protect any prisoner or any officer or employee from the threat of serious bodily injury or death or (ii) has the prior approval of the warden or a supervisor to use a patrol or security canine to intervene in an altercation, fight, or other incident between three or more prisoners. The bill also makes it unlawful for any juvenile correctional officer or other employee of a juvenile correctional facility to use a patrol or security canine in any juvenile correctional facility. The bill specifies that such provisions shall not apply to the training or use of detector canines or detector canine handlers.