Virginia 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB808
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Report Pass
2/6/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Failed
2/13/24
State psychiatric hospitals; temporary detention orders; delayed admission to determine medical needs. Allows state psychiatric hospitals to delay admission of an individual under a temporary detention order until the state psychiatric hospital has determined that the individual does not have potentially life-threatening medical needs that require immediate evaluation and treatment that the state psychiatric hospital is incapable of providing. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission and the Behavioral Health Commission.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB809
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Department of Energy; State Corporation Commission; federal funding resources for electric utilities; report. Directs the Department of Energy, in collaboration with the State Corporation Commission, to estimate and analyze total and discrete federal funding resources available to electric utilities in the Commonwealth for transmission, generation, distribution, or grid transformation projects. The bill directs the Department to develop a benchmarking and tracking system to encourage the maximum leveraging of federal funding resources by electric utilities no later than October 1, 2025. The bill requires the Department and the Commission to complete their meetings by November 30, 2024, and to submit an executive summary and report of their findings to the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB81
Introduced
12/27/23
Refer
12/27/23
Report Pass
1/26/24
Engrossed
1/31/24
Refer
2/2/24
Report Pass
2/28/24
Engrossed
3/4/24
Engrossed
3/5/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Vetoed
4/5/24
Common-law crime of suicide. Abolishes the common-law crime of suicide. Suicide is currently a common-law crime in Virginia, although there is no statutorily prescribed punishment. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, and also requires the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to review the effect and implication of abolishing the common-law crime of suicide on insurance throughout the Commonwealth and submit its findings and any recommendations by November 1, 2024, to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice. Common-law crime of suicide. Abolishes the common-law crime of suicide. Suicide is currently a common-law crime in Virginia, although there is no statutorily prescribed punishment. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025, and also requires the Bureau of Insurance of the State Corporation Commission to review the effect and implication of abolishing the common-law crime of suicide on insurance throughout the Commonwealth and submit its findings and any recommendations by November 1, 2024, to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB810
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Nonfamily adoption tax credit. Creates a $4,000 nonrefundable tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028 for an individual or married persons who, during the taxable year, finalize a legal nonfamily adoption as defined in the bill.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB811
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Toll relief; maximum charges. Limits to $200 per month the tolls charged to residents of the Commonwealth via electronic toll collection devices for the use of toll bridges, toll ferries, toll tunnels, or toll roads in the Commonwealth. The bill prohibits misusing, sharing, or transferring an electronic toll collection device for the purpose of (i) generating tolls to reach the toll limit or (ii) obtaining toll-free use of toll facilities in the Commonwealth. The bill authorizes the free use of all toll bridges, toll roads, and other toll facilities in the Commonwealth for drivers who are recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB812
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/22/24
Enrolled
3/4/24
Vetoed
5/17/24
Special license plates; Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee. Repeals authorization for the issuance of Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee special license plates and provides that such special license plates already in circulation will remain valid until their expiration and shall not be renewed. Special license plates; Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee. Repeals authorization for the issuance of Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee special license plates and provides that such special license plates already in circulation will remain valid until their expiration and shall not be renewed.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB813
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Parental access to minor's medical records; consent by certain minors to treatment of mental or emotional disorder. Adds an exception to the right of parental access to a minor child's health records if the furnishing to or review by the requesting parent of such health records would be reasonably likely to deter the minor from seeking care. Under the bill, a minor 16 years of age or older who is determined by a health care provider to be mature and capable of giving informed consent shall be deemed an adult for the purpose of giving consent to treatment of a mental or emotional disorder. The bill provides that the capacity of a minor to consent to treatment of a mental or emotional disorder does not include the capacity to refuse treatment for a mental or emotional disorder for which a parent, guardian, or custodian of the minor has given consent and that a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a minor shall be notified by a health care provider of the minor's drug abuse, substance abuse, or potential of self-harm.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB814
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Report Pass
1/30/24
Engrossed
2/2/24
Refer
2/6/24
Report Pass
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/29/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Chaptered
4/5/24
Passed
4/5/24
Virginia Tourism Authority; powers; historically accurate advertising. Requires the Virginia Tourism Authority, in consultation with The Library of Virginia, the Virginia African American Advisory Board, and other subject matter experts, to create guidelines for the Authority's publications and advertising materials to ensure the accurate representation in such publications and advertising materials of the experiences of enslaved persons at and the contributions of enslaved persons to properties in the Commonwealth with a historic link to slave ownership. Virginia Tourism Authority; powers; historically accurate advertising. Requires the Virginia Tourism Authority, in consultation with The Library of Virginia, the Virginia African American Advisory Board, and other subject matter experts, to create guidelines for the Authority's publications and advertising materials to ensure the accurate representation in such publications and advertising materials of the experiences of enslaved persons at and the contributions of enslaved persons to properties in the Commonwealth with a historic link to slave ownership.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB815
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/23/24
Enrolled
3/4/24
Chaptered
4/8/24
Passed
4/8/24
Medical cannabis program; product expiration; confidentiality; penalty. Increases from six months to 12 months the maximum expiration date allowable for a cannabis product after registration absent stability testing. The bill allows pharmaceutical processors to employ as pharmacy technician trainees individuals who have less than one year of experience and allows pharmaceutical processors to employ persons with less than one year of experience to perform certain other supervised duties for which current law requires two years of experience. The bill also provides for the confidentiality of certain records and other information of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority, including the exemption of certain information from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. Medical cannabis program; product expiration; confidentiality; penalty. Increases from six months to 12 months the maximum expiration date allowable for a cannabis product after registration absent stability testing. The bill allows pharmaceutical processors to employ as pharmacy technician trainees individuals who have less than one year of experience and allows pharmaceutical processors to employ persons with less than one year of experience to perform certain other supervised duties for which current law requires two years of experience. The bill also provides for the confidentiality of certain records and other information of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority, including the exemption of certain information from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB816
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/21/24
Enrolled
2/29/24
Chaptered
4/2/24
Passed
4/2/24
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; effective date of procedures for conducting meetings held through electronic communication means during declared states of emergency. Provides that the provisions for conducting a meeting by electronic means due to a state of emergency stated in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) are declarative of existing law since March 20, 2020, with respect to the Governor's declared state of emergency due to COVID-19. Under the bill, any meeting by a public body using electronic communication means occurring from that date until July 1, 2021, and any otherwise lawful action taken at it is validated with respect to FOIA if the body provided public notice, public access, and public comment commensurate with the requirements of existing FOIA provisions regarding electronic and closed meetings. The bill is a response to the case Berry v. Bd. of Supervisors (Va. 2023) and is a recommendation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB817
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Report Pass
2/6/24
Engrossed
2/9/24
Refer
2/13/24
Report Pass
2/21/24
Enrolled
2/29/24
Vetoed
4/5/24
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; retaliatory conduct prohibited. Adds numerous actions to the list of prohibited retaliatory actions by a landlord against a tenant under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act and specifies actions by a tenant for which a landlord may not retaliate. The bill modifies and expands the list of actions a landlord may take without violating the prohibition on retaliation. The bill allows a tenant, when the landlord has unlawfully retaliated, to recover actual damages and to assert retaliation as a defense in any action brought against him for possession. Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; retaliatory conduct prohibited. Adds numerous actions to the list of prohibited retaliatory actions by a landlord against a tenant under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act and specifies actions by a tenant for which a landlord may not retaliate. The bill modifies and expands the list of actions a landlord may take without violating the prohibition on retaliation. The bill allows a tenant, when the landlord has unlawfully retaliated, to recover actual damages and to assert retaliation as a defense in any action brought against him for possession.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB818
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Report Pass
2/8/24
Engrossed
2/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Report Pass
2/28/24
Engrossed
3/4/24
Engrossed
3/8/24
Engrossed
3/9/24
Enrolled
3/25/24
Chaptered
4/8/24
Passed
4/8/24
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definitions of meetings and public business. Exempts certain public meetings from the definition of "meeting" under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to clarify that three or more members of a public body may appear and participate in such public meeting without violating the Act, provided that no public business is transacted or discussed. The bill also exempts members of a public body who attend a public meeting of a second public body without violating the Act, provided that no public business is transacted or discussed. Finally, the bill defines "public business" as activity that a public body has undertaken or proposed to undertake on behalf of the people it represents. The bill states that its provisions are declarative of existing law.
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB819
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Report Pass
1/30/24
Refer
1/30/24
Report Pass
2/5/24
Engrossed
2/8/24
Refer
2/12/24
Report Pass
2/19/24
Report Pass
2/21/24
Engrossed
2/23/24
Engrossed
2/28/24
Enrolled
3/5/24
Vetoed
5/17/24
Health insurance; coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices. Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage, under any health insurance contract, policy, or plan that includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis, for contraceptive drugs and contraceptive devices, as defined in the bill, including those available over-the-counter. The bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from imposing upon any person receiving contraceptive benefits pursuant to the provisions of the bill any copayment, coinsurance payment, or fee, except in certain circumstances.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB82
Introduced
12/27/23
Refer
12/27/23
Unemployment compensation; maximum duration of benefits. Provides that the maximum duration for which a claimant may receive unemployment compensation benefits shall be calculated based on the average, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Commonwealth for the three months preceding the month in which such claimant files his first claim in a benefit year.
VA
Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB820
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Report Pass
1/25/24
Engrossed
1/30/24
Refer
2/1/24
Report Pass
2/22/24
Enrolled
2/29/24
Chaptered
4/2/24
Passed
4/2/24
Department of Medical Assistance Services; annual review of medication and treatment for sickle cell disease; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to conduct an annual review of all medications and forms of treatment for sickle cell disease, and services for enrollees with a diagnosis of sickle cell disease, that are eligible for coverage under the state plan for medical assistance services. The bill requires the Department to report its findings and recommendations by November 15 each year to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health and to the Joint Commission on Health Care. Department of Medical Assistance Services; annual review of medication and treatment for sickle cell disease; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to conduct an annual review of all medications and forms of treatment for sickle cell disease, and services for enrollees with a diagnosis of sickle cell disease, that are eligible for coverage under the state plan for medical assistance services. The bill requires the Department to report its findings and recommendations by November 15 each year to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health and to the Joint Commission on Health Care.