Virginia 2025 Regular Session All Bills
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1143
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/30/25
Engrossed
2/3/25
Refer
2/6/25
Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools. Provides that, prior to the discharge of any minor admitted to inpatient treatment (i) who is a student at a public elementary or secondary school and (ii) for whom the facility deems (a) such discharge poses a threat of violence or physical harm to himself and others or (b) additional educational services are needed, such facility is required to provide to the school's mental health professional or school counselor the portions of such discharge plan relevant to the threat of violence or harm or the necessary additional educational services. The bill requires such facility to, prior to providing any such portions of any minor's discharge plan, provide to the parent of such minor student reasonable notice of the types of information that would be included in any portions of the discharge plan being provided and of the parent's right to, upon written request, refuse the provision of any such information.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1144
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/16/25
Report Pass
1/28/25
Engrossed
1/30/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Enrolled
2/18/25
Chaptered
3/18/25
Passed
3/18/25
Commonwealth Rail Fund; Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund. Removes the $4 million cap on those Commonwealth Rail Fund (Fund) moneys distributed to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation that may be applied to the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund and instead provides that up to 50 percent of such Fund moneys may be applied to the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund. The bill retains the current provisions granting 93 percent of Fund moneys to the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority and seven percent to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. This bill is identical to HB 1603.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1145
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/20/25
Engrossed
1/22/25
Refer
2/4/25
Action for civil trespass; GPS; private road or driveway. Provides that a person operating a motor vehicle is liable for trespass if such person enters a private road or driveway along which the owner of such private road or driveway has posted signs that may be reasonably seen that such road is a private driveway. The bill also provides that when such defendant relied upon a global positioning system (GPS) and such reliance resulted in the trespass, any corporation, company, or other entity responsible for the mapping function of the GPS may be added as a party to such action. The bill allows such corporation, company, or entity to provide in writing in advance of any proceeding in the action that such private road or driveway has been removed from the GPS and requires the court, upon receiving such evidence, to dismiss the action against such corporation, company, or entity.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1146
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/22/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/5/25
Persons under 21 years of age; possession or use of tobacco products or vape products on school grounds, etc.; civil penalties. Prohibits any person under 21 years of age from possessing a tobacco product on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity. The bill requires that each local school board implement an educational rehabilitation program for a first violation. The bill permits a law-enforcement officer to issue a summons upon a second violation within a single school year and requires a court to order up to eight hours of community service. Upon a third violation within a single school year, the bill adds a civil penalty of up to $50. For a fourth or subsequent violation within a single school year, the bill requires punishment include a civil penalty of up to $50 or up to eight hours of community service. Additionally, the bill requires that the civil penalty be paid in person at the courthouse for the locality by such person accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, unless such person is 18 years of age or older and not enrolled at the school where the offense occurred. The bill directs the Board of Education and local school boards to amend any affected policies by July 1, 2026.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1147
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/20/25
Report Pass
1/28/25
Engrossed
1/30/25
Refer
2/4/25
Prohibiting sale or distribution, etc., of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by persons younger than 21 years of age; penalties. Increases the penalties for an individual or separate retail establishment that sells or distributes, etc., retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking to persons younger than 21 years of age. The bill increases from $500 to $1,000 the civil penalty for a first violation. For a second violation within a three-year period, the bill requires the Department of Taxation to suspend any approved license, permit, or registration issued to the retail establishment. For a third violation within a three-year period, the bill requires a one-year suspension of such approved license, permit, or registration, and for a fourth violation within a three-year period, a permanent revocation of such approved license, permit, or registration.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1148
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/22/25
Crime victim rights; notification. Requires notification through the Virginia Statewide VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) System or other similar electronic or automated system to a victim regarding the commitment or release of a defendant who was acquitted by reason of insanity. The bill contains technical amendments.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1149
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Public school funding; composite index of local ability-to-pay; use value of real estate devoted to certain uses. Requires, for the purpose of determining the state and local shares of basic aid funding, that the composite index of local ability-to-pay utilize the use value of all applicable real estate (i) devoted to agricultural use, horticultural use, forest use, and open-space use in each locality that has adopted an ordinance by which it provides for the use valuation and taxation of such real estate and (ii) used in agricultural and forestal production within an agricultural district, forestal district, agricultural and forestal district, or agricultural and forestal district of local significance in each locality that provides for the use valuation and taxation of such real estate, regardless of whether it has adopted a local land-use plan or local ordinance for such valuation and taxation.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1150
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/13/25
Engrossed
1/15/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/7/25
Enrolled
2/17/25
Chaptered
3/21/25
Passed
3/21/25
Charter; Town of Shenandoah. Establishes a new charter for the Town of Shenandoah in Page County and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1926. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the town's government and contains powers typically granted to towns. This bill is identical to HB 2019.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1151
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/28/25
Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Insurance Premium Assistance Program and Fund established. Directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish and administer the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Insurance Premium Assistance Program. The bill allows any person to participate in the Program if such person (i) owns livestock that graze in the Commonwealth, (ii) is enrolled in the federal Rainfall Index Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage insurance program (PRF insurance) and provided proof of payment of his annual premium, and (iii) certifies to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that, within the past three years and in accordance with the general sampling recommendations from Virginia Cooperative Extension for the land enrolled in PRF insurance, soil samples have been taken from the land enrolled in PRF insurance and analyzed. The bill allows the Commissioner to request documentation of such soil sampling from a Program participant who receives reimbursement through the Program and requires the person to repay such reimbursement to the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Insurance Premium Assistance Program Fund if the person fails to provide the requested documentation. The bill allows the Department to reimburse 50 percent, up to a maximum of $500, of the Program participant's annual premium payment. The bill specifies that such reimbursement shall be provided on a first-come, first-served basis and shall be subject to availability of funds. Finally, the bill creates the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Insurance Premium Assistance Program Fund to be used for carrying out the provisions of the bill. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2030.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1152
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/30/25
Engrossed
2/3/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Engrossed
2/18/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Chaptered
3/21/25
Passed
3/21/25
Nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; professional liability insurance. Specifies that the required minimum amount of professional liability coverage and general liability coverage for nursing homes and certified nursing facilities is the amount per occurrence. The bill requires nursing homes and certified nursing facilities to provide at licensure renewal or have available to the Board of Health proof of such coverage.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1153
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/31/25
Engrossed
2/4/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Enrolled
2/20/25
Chaptered
4/2/25
Department of Social Services; assisted living facilities; appointment of receiver. Specifies the circumstances under which the Commissioner of Social Services may petition the court to appoint a receiver for an assisted living facility, which is permitted under current law, and describes the procedures to be followed (i) for the filing of such petition and (ii) when a receivership has been established.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1154
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/20/25
Engrossed
1/23/25
Refer
2/3/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Enrolled
2/13/25
Chaptered
3/19/25
Passed
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 HB 1628.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1155
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/24/25
Report Pass
1/29/25
Engrossed
2/3/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Revocation of postrelease supervision. Moves the supervision and oversight related to postrelease supervision from the Virginia Parole Board to the circuit court and probation office of the original sentencing jurisdiction.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1156
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Virginia Retirement System; enhanced retirement benefits for 911 dispatchers. Allows local governments to provide enhanced retirement benefits for hazardous duty service to full-time salaried 911 dispatchers. The bill provides that such enhanced retirement benefits apply only to service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher on or after July 1, 2026, but allows an employer, as that term is defined in relevant law, to provide such enhanced retirement benefits for service earned as a full-time salaried 911 dispatcher before July 1, 2026, in addition to service earned on or after that date. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1157
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/29/25
Engrossed
2/3/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/10/25
Enrolled
2/18/25
Chaptered
3/21/25
Passed
3/21/25
Application for change of name; person required to register on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; victim notification. Requires the attorney for the Commonwealth to make a reasonable effort to notify the victim of an offense for which a person is required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry or such victim's immediate family member if such victim has died when such registrant applies for a change of name with the court. This bill is identical to HB 1846.