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VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1625

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Report Pass
1/16/25  
Report Pass
1/24/25  
Engrossed
1/29/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Report Pass
2/14/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
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.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1626

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Engrossed
1/27/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/13/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Engrossed
2/21/25  
Engrossed
2/21/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Chaptered
3/24/25  
Public elementary and secondary school teachers; certain training activities; requirements and limitations. Prohibits any public elementary or secondary school teacher from being required to participate in any non-academic training activity, as that term is defined in the bill, more frequently than once within six months of employment with the applicable school board and once every five years thereafter, except in the case of certain training relating to secure mandatory test violations upon determination by the school board or division superintendent that additional training is necessary. The bill also provides that the total frequency and duration of non-academic training activities in which each such teacher is required to participate pursuant to state law or regulation or policy or regulation of the applicable school board shall not exceed 25 hours every five years. This bill is identical to SB 822.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1627

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/24/25  
Engrossed
1/29/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Chaptered
3/24/25  
Dissemination of criminal history record information. Requires an attorney for the Commonwealth to provide a physical or electronic copy of a person's criminal history record information, including criminal history record information maintained in the National Crime Information Center and the Interstate Identification Index System that is in his possession, pursuant to the rules of court for obtaining discovery or for review by the court. The bill also provides that no criminal history record information provided shall be disseminated further.Current law provides that nothing shall preclude the dissemination of a person's criminal history record information pursuant to such rules of court but does not require the attorney for the Commonwealth to provide the copy nor identify specific types of information. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. This bill incorporates HB 2314 and is identical to SB 1193.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1628

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/16/25  
Engrossed
1/21/25  
Engrossed
1/22/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Enrolled
2/18/25  
Chaptered
3/19/25  
Fire insurance; assignment of claims prohibited. Prohibits a fire insurance policy or a fire insurance policy in combination with other coverages from assigning or otherwise transferring, in whole or in part, to any other person the duties, rights, or benefits of the insured under the policy arising from a claim or covered loss without written consent of the insurer. Any such contract provision is void and unenforceable under the bill. This bill is identical to SB 1154.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1629

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/24/25  
Engrossed
1/29/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Chaptered
3/21/25  
Health care records; fees; certain requests by a patient or his attorney. Requires that a health care provider provide one free copy of a patient's medical records per calendar year if requested by a patient or his attorney for the purposes of supporting a claim or appeal under certain provisions of the Social Security Act or any federal or state financial needs-based benefit program. The bill provides that any additional request for medical records in the same calendar year is subject to a reasonable fee.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1630

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/24/25  
Engrossed
1/29/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Discovery. Requires the Commonwealth, upon request of the accused or his counsel, to copy or photograph any discovery materials or evidence the accused is permitted to inspect and review, including relevant police reports, criminal records, and body-worn camera footage, and requires the Commonwealth to provide such copies or photographs, electronically or otherwise, to the accused or his counsel, unless such material is prohibited from being distributed by law or impossible to provide by electronic means. The bill requires the attorney for the Commonwealth in any district court to provide to counsel of record for the accused, if requested, by electronic means a copy of any police report at least 10 days prior to the date the case is set for trial or preliminary hearing, provided that counsel of record agrees to any reasonable redaction or restricted dissemination as requested by the attorney for the Commonwealth. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission. This bill is identical to SB 963.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1631

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Department of Social Services; foster care; new luggage; report. Directs the Department of Social Services (the Department) to establish and maintain a decentralized supply of new luggage to be used to transport the personal belongings of a child in foster care. The bill requires the Department to provide new luggage to a child who is entering or exiting foster care or moving from one foster care placement to another and prohibits the Department from using disposable bags or trash bags to transport any items for a child in foster care. The bill requires the Commissioner of the Department to report certain information related to new luggage to the General Assembly by no later than December 1 of each year.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1632

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
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  
Office of Data Governance and Analytics; oversight; Chief Data Officer; duties. Changes oversight of the Office of Data Governance and Analytics from the Office of the Secretary of Administration to the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. The bill directs the Chief Data Officer to obtain from VITA the office space and human resources, procurement, fiscal, and other administrative support and resources that are necessary to support the operations of ODGA. This bill is identical to SB 1137.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1633

Introduced
1/3/25  
Health insurance; coverage for speech therapy as a treatment for stuttering. Requires health insurance carriers whose health care plans include coverage for habilitative services and rehabilitative services, as such terms are defined in the bill, to provide coverage for habilitative speech therapy and rehabilitative speech therapy, as such terms are defined in the bill, as a treatment for stuttering. The bill provides that such coverage is not (i) subject to any maximum annual benefit limit, including any limits on the number of visits an insured may make to a speech-language pathologist; (ii) limited based on the type of disease, injury, disorder, or other medical condition that resulted in the stuttering; or (iii) subject to utilization review or utilization management requirements, including prior authorization or a determination that the habilitative or rehabilitative speech therapy services are medically necessary. The bill applies to health care plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on and after January 1, 2026.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1634

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/17/25  
Engrossed
1/23/25  
Refer
1/27/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Enrolled
2/17/25  
Charter; City of Portsmouth. Amends the charter for the City of Portsmouth by authorizing the City Manager to require city departments to implement appropriate enhancement or remedial measures consistent with prevailing law wherever there exists (i) a compelling government interest, (ii) an analysis that documents a statistically significant disparity between the availability and utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses, or (iii) direct evidence by minority-owned businesses or women-owned businesses of the impact of race by discrimination. This bill is identical to SB 872.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1635

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/30/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/13/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Chaptered
3/24/25  
Certified nurse midwives; licensed certified midwives; independent practice; organized medical staff. Permits licensed certified midwives who have completed 1,000 hours of practice under a practice agreement to practice without a practice agreement upon receipt of an attestation from the licensed physician or midwife with whom they entered into a practice agreement. The bill also permits certified nurse midwives and licensed certified midwives to enter into practice agreements with certified nurse midwives or licensed certified midwives who are authorized to practice independently. The bill directs the Department of Health to amend its regulations to clarify that an organized medical staff may include other practitioners, including independent practice midwives, in addition to physicians and dentists. This bill is identical to SB 1352.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1636

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Engrossed
1/24/25  
Refer
1/28/25  
Report Pass
2/13/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Chaptered
3/21/25  
Civil immunity; health care professionals; professional programs related to career fatigue and wellness. Expands civil immunity for persons who participate in professional programs related to career fatigue and wellness for health care professionals to include those who participate in programs for (i) any health care professionals licensed, registered, or certified by the Department of Health Professions or (ii) students enrolled in programs that are prerequisites to licensure, registration, or certification by the Department of Health Professions. Under current law, civil immunity extends only to persons participating in programs for (a) professionals licensed, registered, or certified by the Boards of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, or Pharmacy or (b) students enrolled in a school of dentistry, dental hygiene, medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, or pharmacy.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1637

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/23/25  
Engrossed
1/28/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Enrolled
2/12/25  
Chaptered
3/24/25  
Opioid antagonists; dispensing and administration by person acting on behalf of an organization. Permits persons acting on behalf of an organization that provides services to individuals at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or training in the administration of naloxone or other opioid antagonists to dispense other opioid antagonists. The bill also allows persons to whom other opioid antagonists are dispensed to possess and administer such opioid antagonists. Under current law, persons acting on behalf of such organizations may only dispense naloxone. This bill is identical to SB 1035.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1638

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Engrossed
1/17/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
2/5/25  
Engrossed
2/10/25  
Engrossed
2/13/25  
Enrolled
2/18/25  
Department of Housing and Community Development; Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; affordable housing; criminal record screening model policy. Requires the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, with input from a stakeholder group convened by the Department of Housing and Community Development, to develop a criminal record screening model policy for admitting or denying an applicant for affordable housing covered under the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's guidance on the application of the federal Fair Housing Act and maintain such model policy on its website. The bill prohibits a landlord of an affordable housing unit from basing an adverse action, in whole or in part, on an applicant's criminal or arrest record unless the landlord does so in accordance with the criminal record screening model policy developed by the Department of Housing and Community Development and posted on its website and provides the applicant with a written copy of such policy. The provisions of the bill other than the creation of the stakeholder group have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1639

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/16/25  
Engrossed
1/21/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Health insurance; tobacco surcharge; sunset. Removes the January 1, 2026, sunset on provisions of current law that eliminate the authority of a health carrier to vary its premium rates based on tobacco use and directs the State Corporation Commission to make its final report regarding the elimination of such tobacco surcharge by January 1, 2026. 

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