Virginia 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 179)
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VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1406
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Report Pass
1/31/25
Engrossed
2/4/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Enrolled
2/18/25
Chaptered
3/21/25
Passed
3/21/25
Office of the Children's Ombudsman; foster youth's right to receive information. Requires the Department of Social Services or a local department of social services, a children's residential facility, or any child-placing agency to provide certain information along with the contact information for the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to a biological parent, prospective adoptive parent, or foster parent, as well as to any child in foster care age 12 or older upon the opening of a foster care case for such child. The bill also provides that, in relation to complaints made to the Ombudsman, if such child is the complainant, the Ombudsman need not gain the consent of the Department or local department of social services, the children's residential facility, the child-placing agency, or the foster parent or guardian of the child or other person having custody or care of the child to receive information from or communicate with the child. This bill is identical to HB 1777.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1407
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Report Pass
1/22/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Enrolled
2/20/25
Chaptered
3/21/25
Passed
3/21/25
Department of Environmental Quality; administrative regulations; mission-critical affected emergency generators; emergency. Specifies that the State Air Pollution Control Board's administrative regulations shall allow any affected emergency generator, defined in the bill, to operate up to 50 hours per year for nonemergency purposes, including planned outages and switch gear and related electrical system testing, so as to be consistent with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's regulations for such generators. The bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of the bill without further action by the State Air Pollution Control Board. The bill contains an emergency clause.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1408
Introduced
1/14/25
Refer
1/14/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Engrossed
2/14/25
Engrossed
2/18/25
Enrolled
2/21/25
Chaptered
4/2/25
Department of Health; waterworks; mandatory reporting. Requires owners of waterworks to report any critical equipment failure or malfunction or contaminant release to the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water as soon as practicable but no more than two hours after discovery. The bill also requires owners of waterworks that are required to submit a monthly operating report to the Office to include any noncritical equipment failure or malfunction that could adversely affect water quality, public health, or service continuity in such report. This bill is identical to HB 2749.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1409
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
1/17/25
Report Pass
1/22/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/7/25
Enrolled
2/17/25
Vetoed
3/24/25
Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use. Prohibits the use of isolated confinement, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities, subject to certain exceptions. The bill requires that before placing an incarcerated person in restorative housing or isolated confinement for his own protection, the facility administrator shall place the incarcerated person in a less restrictive setting, including by transferring such person to another institution or to a special-purpose housing unit for incarcerated persons who face similar threats. The bill requires that if an incarcerated person is placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement, such placement shall be reviewed every 48 hours and the facility administrator shall ensure that the incarcerated person receives a medical and mental health evaluation from certified medical and mental health professionals within one working day of placement in restorative housing or any form of isolated confinement. The bill also requires the facility administrator to notify the regional administrator in writing that an incarcerated person was placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement within 24 hours of such placement. Finally, the bill requires that formal reviews of an incarcerated person's placement in any form of isolated confinement shall be held in such person's presence, to inform him of any reason or reasons administrative officials believe isolated confinement remains necessary and give him an opportunity to respond to those reasons and that a formal ruling shall be provided to the incarcerated person within 24 hours. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026, and is identical to HB 2647.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1410
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Estimated tax; failure by individual, trust, or estate to pay. Increases from $150 to $1,000 the maximum underpayment of estimated tax for which no addition to tax shall be added.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1411
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
2/3/25
Engrossed
2/4/25
Refer
2/7/25
Lighted vehicle headlights; lawful stop by law-enforcement officer. Clarifies that any evidence discovered or obtained following the lawful stop by a law-enforcement officer of a vehicle displaying no lighted headlights may be offered as evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding if such evidence is otherwise admissible.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1412
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
2/3/25
Engrossed
2/4/25
Refer
2/7/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Engrossed
2/20/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Chaptered
3/21/25
Passed
3/21/25
Search warrants; electronic records; commercial enterprise; domestic and foreign corporations. Provides that, for the purposes of search warrants, "any object, thing, or person" includes electronic records stored within or outside the Commonwealth of a commercial enterprise, whether a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation, that is transacting or has transacted any business in the Commonwealth that constitute evidence of the commission of crime. The bill requires the affidavit for any search warrant issued for such records of a foreign corporation to contain a statement that the complainant believes such records are actually or constructively possessed by such foreign corporation and provides that, in order to comply with relevant law, any search of the records of a foreign corporation shall be deemed to have been made in the same place where the search warrant was issued.The bill establishes a procedure for the execution of a search warrant for such records or other information stored outside of the Commonwealth by a commercial enterprise, whether a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation, that is transacting or has transacted any business in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that (i) for the purposes of responding to a subpoena served pursuant to relevant law, a foreign corporation transacting business in the Commonwealth that has a registered agent in the Commonwealth shall be deemed to have consented to service and (ii) the provisions of the bill are intended to reverse the holding in Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc., 289 Va. 426 (2015). Lastly, the bill directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science and the Virginia State Crime Commission to (a) review existing statutes on service of process and subpoenas relating to electronic records and (b) provide recommendations to update such statutes relating to the use of technology in the criminal justice system. Such recommendations shall be made to the General Assembly by November 15, 2025.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1413
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/12/25
Engrossed
2/17/25
Engrossed
2/18/25
Enrolled
2/21/25
Chaptered
4/2/25
Public school buildings; indoor air quality; inspection and evaluation. Establishes several enumerated requirements for local school divisions to ensure indoor air quality in each public school building in the local school division, including providing for an inspection and evaluation program at least once every two years and an industry-recognized uniform inspection and evaluation at least once every four years. This bill is identical to HB 2618.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1414
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program. Establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program (the Program) to provide matching funds to employers in order to incentivize employers to contribute to the child care costs of their employees. The Program shall be administered by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (the Foundation). To participate in the Program, an employer shall agree to make child care contributions to the eligible mixed-delivery provider on behalf of the employee and shall provide any other information deemed necessary by the Foundation. To the extent funds are available, the Foundation shall issue a state match directly to such eligible mixed-delivery provider or to a third-party administrator. Program funds shall be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis; however, the Foundation is encouraged to prioritize awards to proposals involving contributions from small businesses. The bill requires the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation to provide an interim report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2026, and a summative report to the General Assembly by September 1, 2027, on the effectiveness and impact of the Program.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1415
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
1/22/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/13/25
Enrolled
2/20/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
3/24/25
Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase of testing kits during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat; exemption. Clarifies that the current exemption from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act for the purchase of personal protective equipment by the Governor for private, nongovernmental entities during a disaster caused by a communicable disease of public health threat for which a state of emergency has been declared includes communicable disease testing kits and associated safety equipment and supplies. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee to Study Pandemic Response and Preparedness in the Commonwealth.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1416
Introduced
1/15/25
Refer
1/15/25
Report Pass
2/3/25
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
Drivers to stop for pedestrians; vulnerable road users; penalties. Makes it a traffic infraction if a driver operating a motor vehicle fails to stop for pedestrians and makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor if such traffic infraction results in the serious bodily injury or death of a vulnerable road user lawfully crossing a highway.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1417
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Digital Content Authenticity and Transparency Act established; civil penalty. Requires a developer of an artificial intelligence system or service to apply provenance data to synthetic digital content that is generated by such developer's generative artificial intelligence system or service and requires a developer to make a provenance application tool and a provenance reader available to the public. The bill requires a controller of an online service, product, or feature to retain any available provenance data and requires a capture device to include a provenance application tool by default. The bill grants the Attorney General the exclusive authority to enforce such provisions and impose civil penalties pursuant to the bill. Under certain circumstances, the Attorney General may offer a developer an opportunity to cure a violation before imposing such civil penalties. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1418
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
1/30/25
Engrossed
2/3/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/11/25
Engrossed
2/14/25
Engrossed
2/18/25
Enrolled
2/21/25
Chaptered
5/2/25
Passed
5/2/25
Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; postpartum doula care; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment for up to 10 doula visits, with up to four doula visits during pregnancy and up to six doula visits during the 12 months after the individual gives birth. The bill requires the Department to report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on the implementation and outcomes of the provision, and requires the first such report to be submitted by December 31, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 1614.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1419
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
1/22/25
Engrossed
1/27/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/6/25
Enrolled
2/13/25
Chaptered
3/21/25
Passed
3/21/25
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; regulation of ear-piercers and ear-piercing salons and schools. Provides for the licensure of ear-piercing salons, ear-piercing schools, and ear-piercers by the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology. The bill distinguishes ear-piercing salons from body-piercing salons by definition and requires the Board to adopt regulations establishing the requirements for licensure of ear-piercing salons, ear-piercing schools, and ear-piercers. Additionally, the bill requires the Board to develop specific training and apprenticeship programs for ear-piercers and permits localities to regulate the sanitary conditions of ear-piercing salons. This bill is identical to HB 2680.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SB1420
Introduced
1/16/25
Refer
1/16/25
Report Pass
1/29/25
Engrossed
2/3/25
Refer
2/6/25
Report Pass
2/14/25
Engrossed
2/19/25
Engrossed
2/20/25
Enrolled
3/7/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Passed
3/24/25
Forfeited assets; law enforcement use. Provides that a state or local agency that receives a forfeited asset or an equitable share of the net proceeds of a forfeited asset from the Department of Criminal Justice Services may use such proceeds for equipment and training for law-enforcement officers. The bill also provides that such forfeited property or proceeds shall only be used by law enforcement in the course of employment and in the performance of their official duties and not for personal use.