Virginia 2024 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1106
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/1/24
Engrossed
2/6/24
Refer
2/8/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Chaptered
3/14/24
Passed
3/14/24
Motor vehicle dealers; independent dealer-operator recertification; exam. Permits the recertification of independent dealer-operators by passing an examination administered by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Current law provides that such recertification requires completing one live instructor-led course and passing an examination administered by the course provider. The bill also directs the Department to collect the $50 exam fee at the time the exam is administered, transmit $48 from that fee to the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board within 15 days, and retain the remaining $2.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1107
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/1/24
Engrossed
2/6/24
Refer
2/8/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Chaptered
3/14/24
Passed
3/14/24
Motor Vehicle Dealer Board; examination costs. Authorizes the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board to establish the cost of an examination of licensee records, which existing law requires the licensee to pay if such examination shows a violation of law or order of the Board. The bill removes the authority of the Board to recover such costs in a court of competent jurisdiction and provides that failure to pay such examination costs may be grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking a license or certificate of dealer registration or qualification.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1108
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/1/24
Refer
2/1/24
Report Pass
2/7/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/28/24
Report Pass
3/4/24
Engrossed
3/6/24
Engrossed
3/8/24
Engrossed
3/8/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Chaptered
4/4/24
Passed
4/4/24
Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting. Requires state public bodies, covered institutions, and local public bodies to provide documentation of the processes used for the final selection of a construction contract to all the unsuccessful applicants upon request. The bill adds certain requirements for covered institutions, including posting all documents that are open to public inspection exchanged between the Department of General Services and the covered institution on the central electronic procurement website eVA. The bill requires approval by a majority vote of the covered institution's board of visitors or governing board if the covered institution chooses to proceed with construction management or design-build against the recommendation of the Department for (i) projects funded by funds other than those provided from the state general fund or (ii) projects of $65 million or more funded in whole or in part from state general funds. For projects under $65 million funded in whole or in part by state general funds, the bill provides that the covered institution shall obtain approval from the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, or their designees, and a representative of the Department. Virginia Public Procurement Act; construction management and design-build contracting. Requires state public bodies, covered institutions, and local public bodies to provide documentation of the processes used for the final selection of a construction contract to all the unsuccessful applicants upon request. The bill adds certain requirements for covered institutions, including posting all documents that are open to public inspection exchanged between the Department of General Services and the covered institution on the central electronic procurement website eVA. The bill requires approval by a majority vote of the covered institution's board of visitors or governing board if the covered institution chooses to proceed with construction management or design-build against the recommendation of the Department for (i) projects funded by funds other than those provided from the state general fund or (ii) projects of $65 million or more funded in whole or in part from state general funds. For projects under $65 million funded in whole or in part by state general funds, the bill provides that the covered institution shall obtain approval from the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, or their designees, and a representative of the Department. The bill requires a local public body to adopt a resolution or motion to use construction management or design-build, if required by its local governing body, prior to issuing a Request for Qualifications and to publish notice of such resolution or motion on its website or eVA. The bill provides that the Department shall report annually, for any construction management or design-build project, on the qualifications that made such project complex. Finally, the bill requires the Department, with the assistance of staff of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, to assess the implementation and administration of construction management and design-build projects and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by November 1, 2029.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1109
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/1/24
Engrossed
2/6/24
Refer
2/8/24
Report Pass
2/15/24
Enrolled
2/26/24
Chaptered
3/14/24
Passed
3/14/24
Toll invoices; mail. Authorizes the use of a trackable correspondence equivalent to certified mail for sending invoices for unpaid tolls to a vehicle owner prior to the Department of Motor Vehicles placing a registration stop on such vehicle due to unpaid tolls. Current law requires such invoices to be mailed by certified mail.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB111
Introduced
1/1/24
Refer
1/1/24
Report Pass
2/2/24
Engrossed
2/7/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
2/20/24
Enrolled
2/28/24
Chaptered
4/17/24
Electors for President and Vice President; binding of electors; vacancies. Provides that an elector who is selected by the state convention of any political party and who, at the convening of the electors after the election, refuses to present a ballot, presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violation of his oath stating that he would, if elected, cast his ballot for the candidates for President and Vice President nominated by the party that selected the elector, or as the party may direct in the event of the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of the party nominee, is deemed to vacate the office of elector. The bill provides that the other electors present shall immediately fill such vacancy in the same manner as a vacancy due to an elector's death or failure or inability to attend. The bill applies the same provisions to electors who are named in a petition of qualified voters not constituting a political party. The bill contains technical amendments that consolidate into a single chapter the provisions of Title 24.2 relating to presidential electors.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1110
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/22/24
Enrolled
3/4/24
Chaptered
4/4/24
Passed
4/4/24
Toll facilities; vehicle owner. Provides that, in the context of automated toll enforcement, the exemption from the definition of "owner" for vehicle rental or vehicle leasing companies applies only if such companies meet existing requirements related to handling toll invoices on rented or leased vehicles.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1111
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Refer
1/30/24
Department of Motor Vehicles; highway use fee; tiered flat rate system; work group; report. Directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to convene a work group to determine the feasibility of implementing a tiered flat rate system to accurately determine the correct amount of highway use fee to be charged at the point of sale of a motor vehicle. The bill directs the work group to complete its work and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate and House Committees on Transportation no later than November 15, 2024.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1112
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/22/24
Report Pass
2/28/24
Enrolled
3/7/24
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 House Bill HB1113
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/1/24
Engrossed
2/6/24
Refer
2/8/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Enrolled
2/22/24
Chaptered
3/8/24
Passed
3/8/24
Virginia Public Procurement Act; job order contracting; limitations. Increases from $6 million to $10 million the maximum threshold above which the sum of all jobs performed in a one-year job order contract term shall not exceed. The bill also increases the maximum threshold amount for any individual job order from $500,000 to $1 million. Finally, the bill increases from two to three the number of additional one-year terms for which job order contracts may be renewable, and the bill only applies to contracts entered into on or after the bill's effective date. Virginia Public Procurement Act; job order contracting; limitations. Increases from $6 million to $10 million the maximum threshold above which the sum of all jobs performed in a one-year job order contract term shall not exceed. The bill also increases the maximum threshold amount for any individual job order from $500,000 to $1 million. Finally, the bill increases from two to three the number of additional one-year terms for which job order contracts may be renewable, and the bill only applies to contracts entered into on or after the bill's effective date.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1114
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/2/24
Engrossed
2/7/24
Refer
2/9/24
Report Pass
2/19/24
Engrossed
2/21/24
Engrossed
2/23/24
Enrolled
2/28/24
Chaptered
3/20/24
Passed
3/20/24
Penalties for failure to appear; exclusion. Excludes any person who is (i) incarcerated in any correctional facility or (ii) (a) detained in any state or federal facility or (b) in the custody of a law-enforcement officer at the time such person is required to appear before any court or judicial officer from the penalty for willful failure to appear before any such court or judicial officer as required after such person has been charged with any offense or convicted of any offense and execution of sentence is suspended. Penalties for failure to appear; exclusion. Excludes any person who is (i) incarcerated in any correctional facility or (ii) (a) detained in any state or federal facility or (b) in the custody of a law-enforcement officer at the time such person is required to appear before any court or judicial officer from the penalty for willful failure to appear before any such court or judicial officer as required after such person has been charged with any offense or convicted of any offense and execution of sentence is suspended.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1115
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms. Prohibits a person that operates a social media platform that has knowledge that a user of the social media platform is a child under the age of 18 from implementing certain practices, designs, and features of the social media platform for any interaction with such child that includes infinite scroll, auto-playing videos, push notifications, gamification, and virtual gifts.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1116
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/28/24
Enrolled
3/8/24
Chaptered
4/5/24
Passed
4/5/24
Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement; certain construction projects. Allows a public body to establish purchase procedures, if adopted in writing, not requiring competitive sealed bids or competitive negotiation for single or term contracts for non-transportation-related construction projects if the aggregate or the sum of all phases is not expected to exceed $300,000. Current law places the limit at $200,000. Virginia Public Procurement Act; methods of procurement; certain construction projects. Allows a public body to establish purchase procedures, if adopted in writing, not requiring competitive sealed bids or competitive negotiation for single or term contracts for non-transportation-related construction projects if the aggregate or the sum of all phases is not expected to exceed $300,000. Current law places the limit at $200,000.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1117
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage performing arts facility license; Cities of Norfolk and Richmond; minimum patron capacity. Reduces from 1,400 to 400 the minimum patron capacity a performing arts facility in the City of Norfolk or Richmond is required to have as one of the conditions for being granted a mixed beverage license by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1118
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Alcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses. Allows the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to issue annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses to persons operating food concessions at any (i) performing arts facility located in the City of Charlottesville, provided that the performing arts facility (a) is occupied under a bona fide long-term lease or concession agreement, the original term of which was more than five years; (b) has a total capacity in excess of 550 patrons; and (c) has been rehabilitated in accordance with historic preservation standards; (ii) outdoor performing arts amphitheater, arena, or similar facility that has seating for more than 5,000 persons and is located in the City of Richmond; or (iii) outdoor performing arts amphitheater, arena, or similar facility that has seating for more than 2,500 persons and is located in the City of Charlottesville.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1119
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Local government powers; regulation of tobacco, nicotine, and hemp product retail sale locations. Permits localities to regulate by ordinance the location of retail sale locations established after July 1, 2024, that sell tobacco, nicotine, and hemp products. The bill provides that such ordinance may prohibit such retail sale locations within 1,000 linear feet of a public, private, or parochial school.