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Virginia 2025 Regular Session All Bills

VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1715

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/31/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Enrolled
2/19/25  
Chaptered
3/19/25  
Mail theft; penalty. Creates the offense of mail theft, punishable as a Class 6 felony, for any person who (i) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent to deprive, injure, damage, or defraud another (a) takes, destroys, hides, or embezzles mail or (b) obtains any mail by fraud or deception; (ii) buys, receives, conceals, or possesses (a) mail and knows or reasonably should know that the mail was unlawfully taken or obtained; (b) any key he knows or reasonably should know is suited to any lock adopted by the United States Postal Service that provides access to any mail receptacle located in a cluster mailbox unit or other mailbox panel used for the purpose of centralized mail in any neighborhood, including any condominium or apartment complex; or (c) a counterfeit device or key designed to provide access to any lock described in clause (b); or (iii) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent to steal any mail inside damages, opens, removes, injures, vandalizes, or destroys any mail receptacle. This bill is identical to SB 939.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1716

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/16/25  
Engrossed
1/22/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
2/13/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Contraception; right to contraception; applicability; enforcement. Establishes a right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill clarifies that none of its provisions shall be construed to permit or sanction the performance of any sterilization procedure without a patient's voluntary and informed consent. The bill creates a cause of action that may be instituted against anyone who infringes on such right. This bill is identical to SB 1105.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1717

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Earned income tax credit. Allows eligible low-income taxpayers to claim a refundable income tax credit equal to 20 percent of the federal earned income tax credit claimed that year by the taxpayer for the same taxable year. The bill also states that individuals who would have been entitled to the federal equivalent of this credit but for the fact that the individual, the individual's spouse, or one or more of the individual's children does not have a valid social security number are eligible to claim this credit. Under current law, taxpayers may choose to claim either a nonrefundable tax credit equal to 20 percent of the federal earned income tax credit claimed that year or a refundable tax credit equal to 15 percent of the federal earned income tax credit claimed that year.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1718

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Engrossed
1/17/25  
Refer
1/21/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enforcement by localities. Provides that if a condition exists in a rental dwelling unit that constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or with any provision of law that, if not promptly corrected, constitutes a fire hazard or serious threat to the life, health, or safety of tenants or occupants of the premises, a locality may institute an action for injunction and damages to enforce the landlord's duty to maintain the rental dwelling unit in a fit and habitable condition, provided that (i) the property where the violation occurred is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the locality and (ii) the locality has notified the landlord who owns the property, either directly or through the managing agent, of the nature of the violation and the landlord has failed to remedy the violation to the satisfaction of the locality within a reasonable time after receiving such notice.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1719

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Engrossed
1/31/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies; noncompliance with rental agreement. Increases from five days to 14 days the mandatory waiting period after a landlord serves written notice on a tenant notifying the tenant of his nonpayment of rent and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid before the landlord may pursue remedies for termination of the rental agreement. This bill is identical to SB 812.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1720

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services benefit; work group. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance for violence prevention services, defined in the bill, provided by a qualified violence prevention professional to an individual who receives medical treatment for an injury sustained as a result of community violence, defined in the bill, and who is determined by a health care provider to be at risk of repeat injury or retaliation. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group to advise the Board on the design and implementation of the violence prevention services benefit and to post on its website the date upon which violence prevention services may be provided and billed pursuant to the provisions of the bill.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1721

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/17/25  
Engrossed
1/22/25  
Refer
1/24/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Engrossed
2/21/25  
Engrossed
2/22/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Condemnation of conservation or open-space easement; compensation; Uniform Easement Relocation Act. Provides that if a person takes by condemnation proceedings any land or right-of-way or similar interest therein that is subject to a conservation easement or an open-space easement, the person shall compensate, in amounts proportionate to the land or interest therein being condemned, (i) the Commonwealth for the value of any tax credit received by the landowner under the provisions of the Virginia Land Conservation Incentives Act of 1999 during the pendency of the conservation easement or open-space easement and (ii) the locality in which the land or interest therein is located for any property tax avoided by the landowner during the pendency of the conservation easement or open-space easement. The bill further requires that compensation required to be paid to the Commonwealth pursuant to the provisions of the bill shall be in addition to (a) any compensation required by the provisions of the conservation easement due to the landowner and holder or compensation required by the provisions of the open-space easement due to the landowner and the public body and (b) fulfillment of the requirements pertaining to the conversion or diversion of open-space land.Subject to reenactment by the 2026 Session of the General Assembly, the bill further creates the Uniform Easement Relocation Act, which allows the owner of real estate burdened by an easement to obtain a court order to relocate the easement if the relocation does not materially impair, among other impairments, (1) the utility of the easement holder or (2) the physical condition, use, or value of the benefited property. The Act requires that the burdened property owner file a civil action, give notice to other potentially affected real property interest owners, and bear the costs of relocation. Under current law, the owner of land that is subject to an easement may seek relocation of the easement on the servient estate upon petition to the circuit court and notice to all parties in interest, and the petition will be granted if, after a hearing held, the court finds that (A) the relocation will not result in economic damage to the parties in interest, (B) there will be no undue hardship created by the relocation, and (C) the easement has been in existence for not less than 10 years. The bill directs the Boyd-Graves Conference to conduct a study on the provisions of such Uniform Easement Relocation Act and report any findings of such study to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees for Courts of Justice by November 1, 2025.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1722

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/23/25  
Engrossed
1/28/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Enrolled
2/19/25  
Chaptered
3/18/25  
Special license plates; LUPUS AWARENESS. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the Social Butterflies Foundation bearing the legend LUPUS AWARENESS.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1723

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Report Pass
1/31/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/7/25  
Enrolled
2/17/25  
Chaptered
5/2/25  
Department of Social Services; improving access to and maximizing participation in federal food assistance programs; work group; report. Requires the Department of Social Services to convene a work group to evaluate methods to improve access to and maximize participation in federal public assistance programs relating to assistance with food access and improving food security. The Department shall report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committees on Health and Human Services and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2025.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1724

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Report Pass
1/27/25  
Engrossed
1/30/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Report Pass
2/14/25  
Engrossed
2/18/25  
Engrossed
2/18/25  
Engrossed
2/19/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Prescription Drug Affordability Board established; drug cost affordability review. Establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products. The bill requires the Board to meet in open session at least four times annually, with certain exceptions and requirements enumerated in the bill. Members of the Board are required to disclose any conflicts of interest, as described in the bill. The bill also creates a stakeholder council for the purpose of assisting the Board in making decisions related to drug cost affordability. The bill tasks the Board with identifying prescription, generic, and other drugs, as defined in the bill, that are offered for sale in the Commonwealth and, at the Board's discretion, conducting an affordability review of any prescription drug product. The bill lists factors for the Board to consider that indicate an affordability challenge for the health care system in the Commonwealth or high out-of-pocket costs for patients. The bill also provides that any person aggrieved by a decision of the Board may request an appeal of the Board's decision and that the Attorney General has authority to enforce the provisions of the bill. The bill provides that the Board shall establish no more than 12 upper payment limit amounts annually between July 1, 2026, and January 1, 2029.The bill requires the Board to annually report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly, beginning on December 31, 2026. Provisions of the bill apply to state-sponsored and state-regulated health plans and health programs and obligate such policies to limit drug payment amounts and reimbursements to an upper payment limit amount set by the Board, if applicable, following an affordability review. The bill specifies that Medicare Part D plans are not bound by such decisions of the Board.The bill also requires the nonprofit organization contracted by the Department of Health to provide prescription drug price transparency to provide the Board access to certain data reported by manufacturers. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1725

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/23/25  
Engrossed
1/28/25  
Refer
1/30/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/19/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Chaptered
5/2/25  
Medical Debt Protection Act; prohibited practices; penalties. Creates the Medical Debt Protection Act to prohibit a large health care facility or medical debt buyer, as those terms are defined in the bill, from using certain extraordinary collection actions to collect medical debt or from charging interest or late fees on medical debt until 90 days following the due date applicable to the final invoice. The bill specifies that no such interest or late fees shall exceed three percent of the amount of such medical debt per annum. The bill provides that a violation of its provisions constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1726

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/31/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Engrossed
2/4/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Engrossed
2/14/25  
Engrossed
2/18/25  
Enrolled
2/20/25  
Chaptered
3/24/25  
Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility; penalty. Creates a Class 4 felony for any person who knowingly, intentionally, and without authorization causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter the property of and obtains or attempts to obtain any videographic or still image that contains or reveals any controlled technical information located within a contracted defense facility, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill also provides that the owner or operator of a contracted defense facility and its employees shall be immune from criminal prosecution and civil liability as a result of preventing, stopping, deterring, interrupting, or repelling, or attempting to prevent, stop, deter, interrupt, or repel, an unmanned aircraft system from entering the property of such contracted defense facility or from stopping, interrupting, or repelling, or attempting to stop, interrupt, or repel, an unmanned aircraft system that has entered such property, provided that such action does not result in injury to any person. This bill is identical to SB 757.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1727

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/24/25  
Engrossed
1/30/25  
Refer
2/3/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Chaptered
3/24/25  
Establishment of parent and child relationship; persons who have committed sexual assault. Provides that no parent and child relationship shall be established when a biological parent has been convicted of rape, carnal knowledge, or incest, or has been found by clear and convincing evidence to have engaged in such prohibited conduct, and the child was conceived of such violation or conduct. The bill further provides that a person with a legitimate interest in the child does not include a person whose interest derives from or through a person who has been convicted of or found to have engaged in such conduct by clear and convincing evidence. The bill provides that consent for adoption is not required of a birth father when such father has been found by clear and convincing evidence to have engaged in rape, carnal knowledge, or incest and the child was conceived of such conduct; under current law, such consent is not required when the birth father has been convicted of rape, carnal knowledge, or incest.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1728

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/17/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Engrossed
1/27/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/10/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Engrossed
2/14/25  
Engrossed
2/18/25  
Enrolled
2/20/25  
Chaptered
3/21/25  
Child victims and witnesses using two-way closed-circuit television or other securely encrypted two-way audio and video technology; standard. Allows the court to order that the testimony of a child be taken by two-way closed-circuit television or other securely encrypted two-way audio and video technology if it finds that the child is unavailable to testify in open court in the presence of the defendant, the jury, the judge, and the public if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, based upon expert opinion testimony, that the child will suffer at least moderate emotional trauma that is more than nervousness or excitement or some reluctance to testify as a result of testifying in the defendant's presence and not in the courtroom generally where such trauma would impair the child's ability to communicate.Under current law, the court may order such testimony be taken by two-way closed-circuit television if it finds that (i) the child has a substantial inability to communicate about the offense or (ii) there is a substantial likelihood, based upon expert opinion testimony, that the child will suffer severe emotional trauma from so testifying.The bill also extends the application window for the party seeking such order from seven to 14 days before the trial date or such other preliminary proceeding to which such order is to apply.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia House Bill HB1729

Introduced
1/4/25  
Refer
1/4/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Engrossed
1/27/25  
Refer
1/29/25  
Report Pass
2/5/25  
Engrossed
2/7/25  
Engrossed
2/22/25  
Engrossed
2/22/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Chaptered
3/19/25  
Retail sales and use tax; aircraft components. Extends the sunset date for the sales and use tax exemption for parts, engines, and supplies used for maintaining, repairing, or reconditioning aircraft or any aircraft's avionics system, engine, or component parts to July 1, 2030. This bill incorporates HB 2248 and is identical to SB 942.

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