Virginia 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1567
Introduced
12/23/24
Refer
12/23/24
Report Pass
1/21/25
Engrossed
1/24/25
Refer
1/28/25
Report Pass
2/5/25
Enrolled
2/12/25
Chaptered
3/18/25
Passed
3/18/25
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority; operational plan submission. Requires the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to include in the annual report on its operational plan the most recent available audit report from the Auditor of Public Accounts' annual examination of the accounts and books of the Authority and removes the requirement that such report contain the audited financial statements of the Authority for the year ending the previous June 30. This bill is identical to SB 1089.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1568
Introduced
12/23/24
Refer
12/23/24
Report Pass
1/17/25
Engrossed
1/22/25
Refer
1/24/25
Report Pass
2/5/25
Enrolled
2/12/25
Chaptered
3/18/25
Passed
3/18/25
Law-enforcement jurisdiction; Frederick County. Provides that the Frederick County Sheriff's Department shall have, concurrently with the City of Winchester Police Department, jurisdiction to arrest perpetrators of all offenses committed in or upon the premises, buildings, rooms, or offices of the Joint Judicial Center or any other building located in the City of Winchester that is owned or occupied by Frederick County. Current law provides such jurisdiction only at the Joint Judicial Center located in the City of Winchester.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1569
Introduced
12/23/24
Refer
12/23/24
Fees for concealed handgun permits. Reduces from $50 to $25 the total amount assessed for processing an application for a concealed handgun permit by reducing the total amount charged by the local law-enforcement agency from $35 to $10.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1570
Introduced
12/23/24
Refer
12/23/24
Virginia Public Procurement Act; project labor agreements. Repeals the provision of the Virginia Public Procurement Act that authorizes any public body, including any state or local government, when engaged in procuring products or services or letting contracts for construction, manufacture, maintenance, or operation of public works, to require bidders to enter into or adhere to project labor agreements on the public works projects.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1571
Introduced
12/28/24
Refer
12/28/24
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
1/28/25
Refer
1/30/25
Report Pass
2/5/25
Enrolled
2/12/25
Chaptered
3/19/25
Passed
3/19/25
Funeral directors; requirement to report certain statistics removed. Removes the requirement that funeral directors report monthly to the State Registrar a list showing all caskets furnished, bodies prepared for disposition and transportation, and funerals performed where no casket was furnished by the funeral director for the preceding month.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1572
Introduced
12/30/24
Refer
12/30/24
Report Pass
1/22/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
1/29/25
Department of Taxation; tobacco products tax; cigars; report. 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 cigars sold in the Commonwealth at a sales price equal to or greater than $1.50 as a distinct category from all other cigars. The bill directs the Department to update such form or devise another appropriate method for data collection 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 this category of cigars to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Finance and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than January 15, 2026.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1573
Introduced
12/30/24
Refer
12/30/24
Absentee voting; absentee voting in person; available beginning 10 days prior to election. Limits the availability of absentee voting in person to 10 days before the election. Under current law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to the election.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1574
Introduced
12/30/24
Refer
12/30/24
Absentee voting; absentee voting in person; available beginning 10 days prior to primary election. Limits the availability of absentee voting in person in a primary election to 10 days before the election. Under current law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to any election, including primary elections.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1575
Introduced
12/30/24
Refer
12/30/24
Campaign fundraising; legislative sessions; enforcement of civil penalty. Provides that violations of the prohibition on campaign fundraising during legislative sessions are to be reported to the Attorney General who shall initiate civil proceedings to enforce the civil penalty currently assessed for such violations. The bill provides that in the case of an alleged violation by the Attorney General, the State Board of Elections shall request the Supreme Court of Virginia to appoint outside counsel to receive such violation report and such outside counsel shall be responsible for initiating civil proceedings to enforce the civil penalty.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1576
Introduced
12/30/24
Refer
12/30/24
Campaign fundraising; legislative sessions; enforcement of civil penalty. Provides that violations of the prohibition on campaign fundraising during legislative sessions are to be reported to the Attorney General, who shall initiate civil proceedings to enforce the civil penalty currently assessed for such violations. The bill provides that in the case of an alleged violation by the Attorney General, the State Board of Elections shall request the Supreme Court of Virginia to appoint outside counsel to receive such violation report and such outside counsel shall be responsible for initiating civil proceedings to enforce the civil penalty.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1577
Introduced
12/30/24
Refer
12/30/24
Centralized local government reporting system; unfunded mandates on localities. Requires the Department of Planning and Budget to establish a centralized electronic reporting system for all locality reporting requirements, including those required by state agencies. The bill also creates the Unfunded Mandate Review Task Force (the Task Force) consisting of four members of the General Assembly and five members appointed by the Governor. The bill states that localities may submit proposals to the Task Force for alternative approaches to implementing any unfunded mandate, defined in the bill, and provides that the Task Force shall: (i) meet quarterly to review proposals from localities regarding alternative approaches to implementing unfunded mandates; (ii) establish criteria for evaluating local proposals, including cost-effectiveness, achievement of mandate objectives, impact on public health and safety, and administrative feasibility; (iii) approve or deny local proposals within 90 days of submission; (iv) monitor implementation of approved alternatives; (v) maintain records of all decisions and the rationale behind such decisions; and (vi) submit annual reports to the General Assembly by November 1 of each year detailing its activities, decisions, and recommendations.The bill further provides that any bill that includes an unfunded mandate approved by the General Assembly shall have an implementation delay beginning at the end of the session in which the mandate was passed and ending at the adjournment of the following session; however, a bill containing an unfunded mandate that includes an emergency declaration shall not be subject to these requirements and shall be implemented immediately or on the date of implementation described in the bill containing the emergency mandate.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1578
Introduced
12/31/24
Refer
12/31/24
Report Pass
1/21/25
Engrossed
1/24/25
Refer
1/28/25
Report Pass
2/5/25
Enrolled
2/12/25
Chaptered
3/18/25
Passed
3/18/25
Office of the State Inspector General; behavioral health and developmental services; required reports. Adds the Behavioral Health Commission to the list of entities to whom the Office of the State Inspector General is required to report on certain issues related to behavioral health and developmental services. This bill is identical to SB 885.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1579
Introduced
12/31/24
Refer
12/31/24
Report Pass
1/22/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
1/29/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Enrolled
2/19/25
Chaptered
3/19/25
Passed
3/19/25
License taxes; local gas road improvement and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax; sunset. Extends from January 1, 2026, to January 1, 2028, the expiration date for provisions permitting any county or city to impose a license tax at a rate not to exceed one percent on every person engaged in the business of severing gases from the earth for the purposes of funding improvements to public roads or as otherwise provided for the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority.
VA
Virginia 2025 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. This bill incorporates HB 12.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia House Bill HB1580
Introduced
12/31/24
Refer
12/31/24
Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund; Tobacco Region Revolving Fund; eligible localities; Planning District 4. Adds Planning District 4 (New River Valley Region) to a group of localities that is eligible to receive funds from the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund and the Virginia Tobacco Region Revolving Fund.