VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1158
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/22/25
Report Pass
1/28/25
Engrossed
1/30/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Engrossed
2/20/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Chaptered
4/2/25
Eminent domain; condemnation proceedings. Makes various changes to provisions governing eminent domain, primarily relating to procedures in condemnation proceedings and the transfer of a defeasible title by certificate. The bill specifies that, in a condemnation proceeding initiated by an authorized condemnor or the Commissioner of Highways, a certificate transferring a defeasible title shall include certain information describing the property and any rights to the property being taken or damaged. Finally, the bill repeals the requirement that the court refer a matter initiating a condemnation proceeding to a dispute resolution orientation.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1159
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/20/25
Engrossed
1/23/25
Refer
2/3/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Enrolled
2/20/25
Chaptered
3/21/25
Passed
3/21/25
Motor vehicle insurance; underinsured motorist coverage; required notice. Revises the language of the notice required to be enclosed with all motor vehicle insurance policies issued, delivered, or renewed after July 1, 2026, in the Commonwealth. The bill requires such notice to provide that the insured may choose to change the way the insured's underinsured motorist coverage is calculated.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1160
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Electric utilities; emissions intensity target program. Requires the State Corporation Commission to develop an emissions intensity target program for Dominion Energy Virginia and American Electric Power to achieve net-zero emissions. The bill requires the Commission to promulgate regulations to implement its provisions by January 1, 2026. Upon the promulgation of such regulations, the bill repeals certain provisions that require Dominion Energy Virginia and American Electric Power to participate in a renewable energy portfolio standard program, authorize the State Air Pollution Control Board to promulgate certain regulations, and provide that the construction or purchase by a public utility of certain generation facilities is in the public interest.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1161
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Artificial Intelligence Transparency Act established. Requires developers of generative artificial intelligence systems made available in the Commonwealth to ensure that any generative artificial intelligence system that produces audio, images, text, or video content includes on such AI-generated content a clear and conspicuous disclosure that meets certain requirements specified in the bill. The bill also requires developers of generative artificial intelligence systems to implement reasonable procedures to prevent downstream use of such system without the required disclosures and requires any third-party licensee of a generative artificial intelligence system to also implement such procedures. The bill provides that a violation of the disclosure requirements constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill allows the Attorney General to offer developers a right to cure noncompliance that is noticed by the Attorney General and provides that a person or entity claiming to be injured due to a violation of the disclosure requirements shall be entitled to initiate an action for monetary damages or equitable relief.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1162
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Tobacco products tax; cigars. Caps the statutory tax rate imposed on the selling or distributing of cigars by a distributor or remote retail seller at 20 percent of the manufacturer's sales price or 30 cents ($0.30) per cigar, whichever is lower. Under current law, the effective rate is 20 percent of the manufacturer's sales price due to language in the appropriation act, which doubles the statutory rate. The bill also directs the Department of Taxation to update its form TT-8, Virginia Tobacco Products Tax Return (OTP), to begin collecting data on the number of premium cigars sold in the Commonwealth as a distinct category from all other cigars. The bill directs the Department to update such form as soon as practicable and provide a report of the data so collected and estimated fiscal impacts of adopting a cap of 30 cents ($0.30) per cigar or another rate on the tobacco products tax imposed on premium cigars to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Finance and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than December 1, 2025.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1163
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/31/25
Engrossed
2/4/25
Refer
2/7/25
Alcoholic beverage control; food-to-beverage ratio. Reduces the current 45 percent food-to-beverage ratio for certain mixed beverage licensees. The bill requires a mixed beverage restaurant, caterer's, or limited caterer's licensee with monthly food sales of at least $4,000 to have a food-to-beverage ratio that meets or exceeds 30 percent. The bill also requires that restaurants have at least as many seats at tables as at counters and prohibits mixed beverage licensees from serving mixed beverages once food is no longer being sold for on-premises consumption. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2027, and requires the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to collect data regarding the compliance of mixed beverage licensees with the provisions of the bill and the impact of the change to the food-to-beverage ratio on the gross amount of food consumed on a licensee's premises. The bill requires the Authority to report such data to the Chairmen of the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by November 1, 2026.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1164
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/28/25
Engrossed
1/30/25
Refer
2/4/25
Office of Medicaid Financial Oversight established. Establishes the Office of Medicaid Financial Oversight as an independent agency to provide financial oversight and fiscal accountability for the Commonwealth's Medicaid and children's health insurance programs.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1165
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/22/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Refer
2/11/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Chaptered
4/2/25
Virginia Public Procurement Act; solar photovoltaic equipment and facilities. Prohibits state and local agencies from including a provision in any request for proposal, procurement agreement, contract, ordinance, policy, permit, or accompanying document that directs the exclusion from use of any materials contained in or products associated with solar photovoltaic equipment and facilities that are manufactured in the United States. This bill is identical to HB 2024.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1166
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/21/25
Engrossed
1/24/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Engrossed
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/18/25
Enrolled
2/21/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
3/24/25
Invasive plant species; retail sales. Requires, for the retail sale of certain invasive plant species for outdoor use, a retail establishment to post in a conspicuous manner on the property located in proximity to each invasive plant signage identifying such plant as invasive, educating consumers regarding invasive plant species, and encouraging consumers to ask about alternatives. The bill requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to designate the format, size, and content of such signage no later than October 1, 2025, and requires the Commissioner to issue a stop sale order and mark or tag a plant in a conspicuous manner when an invasive plant is for sale at a retail establishment without appropriate signage. In such case, the bill requires the Commissioner to give written notice of a finding made to the owner, tenant, or person in charge of such retail establishment and requires the stop sale order issued to remain in effect until the required signage is posted. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 1941.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1167
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Transportation network companies; minimum compensation. Establishes minimum compensation rates for TNC partners. The bill also prohibits gratuities from passengers from being included in TNC partner compensation calculations, authorizes TNC partners to collect gratuity in cash or electronically, and prohibits transportation network companies from limiting the amount that can be paid as gratuity through such companies' digital platforms.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1168
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Practice of acupuncture; definition; health insurance; coverage for acupuncture treatments. Amends the definition of the "practice of acupuncture" as it relates to the practice of medicine and other healing arts to specify that it means the stimulation of selected points on the body to prevent or modify the perception of pain or to normalize physiological functions for the treatment of certain ailments or conditions of the body and includes acupuncture needle insertion, dry needling, electroacupuncture, cupping, gua sha, and moxibustion. Under current law, the "practice of acupuncture" means the stimulation of certain points on or near the surface of the body by the insertion of needles to prevent or modify the perception of pain or to normalize physiological functions for the treatment of certain ailments or conditions of the body and includes the techniques of electroacupuncture, cupping, and moxibustion. The bill requires health insurers, corporations providing health care coverage subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for acupuncture treatments. The bill applies to policies, contracts, and plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1169
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/28/25
Engrossed
1/31/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Engrossed
2/17/25
Enrolled
2/19/25
Chaptered
3/21/25
Passed
3/21/25
Marine Resources Commission; encroachment on subaqueous beds; permitting requirements. Increases the maximum total value of projects eligible for a permit to trespass upon or over or encroach upon a subaqueous bed belonging to the Commonwealth from $500,000 to $1,000,000. The bill requires the Commissioner of Marine Resources to update the total project value every five years using the Consumer Price Index and publish such increase or decrease on the Marine Resource Commission's website. This bill is identical to HB 1810.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1170
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; disclosure of digital assets. Directs the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council to require the disclosure of digital assets on the Statement of Economic Interests form. The bill defines "digital assets" to mean any digital representation of value recorded on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger or similar technology.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1171
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Local prohibition or regulation of gas-powered leaf blowers; civil penalty. Provides that any locality may by ordinance prohibit or regulate the use of gas-powered leaf blowers. The bill provides that the ordinance may include provisions for a civil penalty and that the funds from such civil penalties may be used by the locality to assist with the purchase of nonprohibited leaf blowers by residents and local businesses.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1172
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Sales and use tax; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Eliminates the remaining one percent local sales and use tax that is imposed on food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Under current law, no other sales and use tax is currently applied to such products. The bill requires an equivalent amount of revenue to be distributed to cities and counties on a monthly basis in compensation for the lost tax revenue. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026.