Virginia 2025 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1025
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Carrying a firearm or explosive material into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exception for rest areas. Provides that the prohibition on carrying a firearm or explosive material in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth does not apply to any rest area.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1026
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Authority of Attorney General; criminal cases; criminal sexual assault and commercial sex trafficking committed against children. Authorizes the Attorney General to institute or conduct criminal prosecutions in cases involving a violation of criminal sexual assault or commercial sex trafficking when such crimes are committed against children.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1027
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Firearms-related offenses; mandatory minimum sentences; penalty. Increases from five to 10 years for a second or subsequent offense the mandatory minimum sentences for use or display of a firearm during the commission of certain felonies.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1028
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/17/25
Engrossed
1/21/25
Refer
2/4/25
Department of Motor Vehicles; work group; design and implementation of new tow truck license plate; report. Directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to convene a work group to identify certain information needed to design and implement a new tow truck license plate to aid in the enforcement of registration of tow truck drivers and towing violations.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1029
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/22/25
Report Pass
1/29/25
Engrossed
1/31/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; procedure for responding to requests; charges; posting of notice of rights and responsibilities. Limits the fees charged for producing public records to the median hourly rate of pay of employees of the public body or the actual hourly rate of pay of the person performing the work, whichever is less, and provides that a public body may petition a court for relief from this fee limit if there is no one who can process the request at the median hourly rate of pay or less. The bill makes corresponding amendments to the required statement on charges in the notice of rights and responsibilities that must be posted on a public body's website. The bill also amends existing law providing that a public body may petition a court for additional time to respond to a request for public records to allow such petitions to be heard in either general district or circuit court, to give such petitions priority on the court's docket, and to toll the response time while such a petition is pending before a court. The bill makes technical amendments, including moving provisions regarding charges for the production of public records into a separate section of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1030
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/3/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/20/25
Engrossed
2/20/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
3/24/25
Public middle and high schools; student-athletes; pre-participation physical examination required. Provides that no public middle or high school student is permitted to be a participant on or try out for any school athletic team or squad with a predetermined roster, regular practices, and scheduled competitions with other middle or high schools unless such student has submitted to the school principal a signed report from a licensed physician, licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician attesting that such student has received a physical examination and was found to be physically fit for athletic competition no more than 14 calendar months prior to the date on which such report was signed. Current law requires that the signed report attest that any such student has received a physical examination within the preceding 12 months. The bill prohibits any public middle or high school from becoming a member of any organization or entity that regulates or governs interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation any student who has satisfied the requirements for eligibility in accordance with the provisions of the bill.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1031
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/28/25
Public elementary and secondary schools; compulsory attendance requirements; religious exemption; requirements. Amends the provisions permitting any child and his parents to receive an exemption from school attendance by reason of bona fide religious training or belief, as defined in relevant law, to require the parent of any such child, in order to receive such exemption, to provide (i) evidence of the parent's ability to provide an adequate education for his child; (ii) notice to the division superintendent by August 15 of each year, or as soon as practicable in the event that such child and his parents move into the school division or seek to receive an exemption after the start of the school year, of such child and his parents' intention to receive such an exemption and certification that the child will receive an alternative form of instruction, including a description of the curriculum to be studied in the coming year; and (iii) evidence of the child's progress in accordance with the provisions of the bill.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1032
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/3/25
Report Pass
2/5/25
Enrolled
2/11/25
Vetoed
3/24/25
Public school teachers; written notice of noncontinuation of continuing contract. Provides that written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract by the teacher must be given by June 15 of each year; otherwise, the contract continues in effect for the ensuing year in conformity with local salary stipulations, including increments. Current law provides that written notice of noncontinuation of a continuing teacher contract by either the teacher or the school board must be given by June 15 of each year; otherwise, the contract continues in effect for the ensuing year in conformity with local salary stipulations, including increments. This bill is identical to HB 1915.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1033
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Local school boards; powers and duties; binding arbitration agreements. Permits any school board to enter into a written agreement to submit any existing controversy to binding arbitration and to execute a contract, including a collective bargaining agreement, that contains a provision to submit to binding arbitration any controversy arising thereunder. This bill is incorporated into SB 917.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1034
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/3/25
Report Pass
2/5/25
Engrossed
2/10/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Engrossed
2/21/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
3/24/25
Students who need or use augmentative and alternative communication; documentation of needs on individualized education program; staff training. Requires each school division to document on the individualized education program of a student with a disability who needs or uses augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) such student's AAC and communication access and support needs prior to the provision of instruction or support to such student, including any extended school year period. The bill defines AAC as any method or tool other than oral speech that an individual uses to communicate, including gestures, facial expressions, writing, and speech-generating devices. The bill also requires each school division to provide to each employee or contractor who provides instruction or direct support to a student with a disability who needs or uses an AAC individualized training as an assistive technology to support the student's use of AAC and to ensure that access to curricula and instruction is designed or adapted as necessary to accommodate the student's unique communication access needs. The bill also establishes a timeline for such training based on certain circumstances. This bill is identical to HB 2219.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1035
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/3/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Enrolled
2/18/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
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 incorporates SB 790 and is identical to HB 1637.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1036
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/30/25
Engrossed
2/3/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Engrossed
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/18/25
Enrolled
2/21/25
Chaptered
3/18/25
Passed
3/18/25
Seizure rescue medications; administration by certain school employees; possession by certain students. Permits a prescriber to authorize an employee of (i) a school board, (ii) a school for students with disabilities, (iii) an accredited private school, (iv) a local governing body, or (v) a local health department who is trained in the administration of seizure rescue medications for the treatment of seizures resulting from a condition causing seizures to administer such medications to a student diagnosed with a condition causing seizures when the student is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a seizure pursuant to a written order or standing protocol issued within the course of the prescriber's professional practice and with the consent of the student's parents. The bill provides that any such authorized employee who administers or assists in the administration of such medications to a student diagnosed with a condition causing seizures when the student is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a seizure in accordance with the prescriber's instructions shall not be liable for any civil damages for ordinary negligence in acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment. The bill also permits any local school board to adopt and implement policies (a) permitting any student enrolled in any elementary or secondary school in the local school division who has a diagnosis of a condition causing seizures to possess seizure rescue medications during the school day, at school-sponsored activities, or while on a school bus or other school property if the student's parent has submitted a seizure management and action plan that includes written consent of the parent and written approval of the student's primary care provider for such self-possession or (b) for the administration of seizure rescue medications to any student enrolled in any elementary or secondary school in the local school division who has a diagnosis of a condition causing seizures, consistent with the provisions of the bill relating to prescriber authorization. This bill is identical to HB 2104.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1037
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Report Pass
1/29/25
Engrossed
1/31/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
3/24/25
School boards; student access to telehealth services; policies. Directs each school board to consider, for the purpose of increasing access to health care services for students, developing and implementing policies for permitting any public school student in the school division to schedule and participate in telehealth services, including mental health teletherapy services pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with a nationally recognized school-based telehealth provider developed in accordance with applicable law, on school property during regular school hours with parental consent. The bill requires any such policies developed and implemented by a school board to (i) require each public elementary and secondary school to designate a location in the school for student use for such telehealth appointments and implement measures to ensure the safety and privacy of any student participating in a telehealth appointment, (ii) prohibit any student from being subject to any disciplinary measure or consequence for participating in a telehealth appointment during regular school hours if such student would not be subject to any disciplinary measure or consequence for an absence for the purpose of receiving any health care services in person during regular school hours, and (iii) include such other requirements as the school board deems necessary and appropriate. Finally, the bill requires any school board that develops and implements any policies for permitting students to schedule and participate in telehealth services pursuant to the bill to provide and post in a publicly accessible location on its website at the beginning of each school year guidance relating to the implementation of such policies for administrative and instructional personnel. This bill incorporates SB 1130 and is identical to HB 1945.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1038
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/3/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Enrolled
2/20/25
Chaptered
3/21/25
Passed
3/21/25
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; best practice training; telehealth visits for patients with disabilities. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to develop and disseminate best practice educational training for health care providers on how to conduct telehealth visits for patients with disabilities. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1039
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/31/25
Engrossed
2/4/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
3/24/25
Department of Corrections; State Board of Local and Regional Jails; policies on inmate participation in telehealth. Requires the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to develop and implement policies for the accommodation in local, regional, state, and community correctional facilities of inmate participation in telehealth appointments, which shall include designating a private space for such telehealth appointments to occur. The bill requires the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to provide an update to the Joint Commission on Health Care by October 1, 2025, on (i) the status of the policies for the accommodation of inmate participation in telehealth appointments required to be developed and implemented pursuant to the provisions of this act; (ii) opportunities to expand telehealth programs in local, regional, state, and community correctional facilities; and (iii) recommended strategies to reduce gaps in or barriers to telehealth service delivery in such correctional facilities. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.