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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB846

Introduced
1/2/25  
Refer
1/2/25  
Report Pass
1/15/25  
Engrossed
1/20/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/5/25  
Engrossed
2/10/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Engrossed
2/21/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Chaptered
3/19/25  
Access to minor's records; records stored or accessible from secure website. Specifies that for the purposes of allowing a parent to access the academic or health records of such parent's minor child such access includes any such records that are stored in or accessible from a secure website. This bill is identical to HB 1593.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB847

Introduced
1/2/25  
Refer
1/2/25  
Report Pass
1/29/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
2/14/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Chaptered
3/21/25  
Improper driving as a lesser included offense of reckless driving. Permits a jury to find an accused, where the degree of culpability is slight, not guilty of reckless driving but guilty of improper driving. Current law only permits the trial court to do so or the attorney for the Commonwealth to reduce a charge of reckless driving to improper driving at any time prior to the court's decision.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB848

Introduced
1/2/25  
Refer
1/2/25  
Report Pass
1/17/25  
Report Pass
1/22/25  
Engrossed
1/24/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
2/7/25  
Enrolled
2/17/25  
Purchase of certain firearms; age requirement; penalty. Prohibits any person under 21 years of age from purchasing an assault firearm, with exceptions for the purchase of an assault firearm by a law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, jail officer, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Virginia National Guard, or the National Guard of any other state. Accordingly, the bill prohibits a licensed dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person under 21 years of age. A violation of either prohibition is a Class 6 felony. The bill also expands the definition of assault firearm as the term applies to criminal history record information checks.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB849

Introduced
1/2/25  
Nonresident concealed handgun permits. Requires the Department of State Police to immediately issue a nonresident concealed handgun permit after 90 days from the receipt of the application for such permit if, within that 90-day period, the Department has not issued such permit or determined that the applicant is disqualified from receiving such permit. The bill further requires the Department to revoke such permit if the applicant is later found by the Department to be disqualified from receiving such permit.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB850

Introduced
1/2/25  
Refer
1/2/25  
Report Pass
1/13/25  
Engrossed
1/16/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Engrossed
2/12/25  
Engrossed
2/14/25  
Enrolled
2/18/25  
Chaptered
3/24/25  
Water utilities and wastewater utilities; eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement; cost recovery. Permits a water or wastewater utility to petition the State Corporation Commission for the approval of an eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement plan, as defined in the bill. The bill requires that a water or wastewater utility that receives approval for an eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement rider shall provide a proposed earnings test for informational purposes in each annual informational filing or base rate proceeding filed with the State Corporation Commission before December 1, 2030. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2035. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the State Water Commission. This bill is identical to HB 2711.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB851

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Engrossed
1/31/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Engrossed
2/17/25  
Enrolled
2/19/25  
Chaptered
3/21/25  
Local ordinances for the use of certain rainwater harvesting systems. Provides that existing local ordinances adopted prior to July 1, 2025, governing rainwater harvesting systems shall continue in force; however, in the event of a conflict between a Board of Health regulation and a local ordinance adopted prior to July 1, 2025, the Board regulation shall govern, except when the conflicting local ordinance is more stringent. The bill prohibits a locality from adopting any local ordinance requiring owners of Tier 4 rainwater harvesting systems to connect to any municipal water supply or impose any penalty, including condemnation proceedings, on such owner for failing to connect to a municipal water supply.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB852

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/16/25  
Engrossed
1/21/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
Report Pass
2/13/25  
Enrolled
2/20/25  
Chaptered
3/24/25  
Photo speed monitoring devices; proof of violation; retired law-enforcement officials. Allows a retired sworn law-enforcement officer, defined in the bill, to swear to or affirm a certificate for a vehicle speed violation enforced by a photo speed monitoring device.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB853

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/20/25  
Engrossed
1/23/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/6/25  
Enrolled
2/17/25  
Prevailing wage rate; apprenticeship requirements; RPS-eligible source work; penalties. Requires each public service company, including its contractors and subcontractors, or third-party developer to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. The bill requires each public service company to (i) ensure that 15 percent of the total labor hours of such work is performed by qualified apprentices and (ii) employ at least one qualified apprentice if four or more individuals are employed to perform such work. Under the bill, a public service company that fails to meet the requirements of its provisions is required to make penalty payments to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. This bill is identical to HB 2356.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB854

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/29/25  
Engrossed
2/3/25  
Refer
2/6/25  
Report Pass
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Engrossed
2/20/25  
Enrolled
3/7/25  
Chaptered
5/2/25  
Consumer Data Protection Act; social media platforms; responsibilities and prohibitions related to minors. Requires that any controller or processor that operates a social media platform shall (i) use commercially reasonable methods, such as a neutral age screen mechanism, to determine whether a user is a minor younger than 16 years of age and (ii) limit any such minor's use of such social media platform to one hour per day, per service or application, and allow a parent to give verifiable parental consent to increase or decrease the daily time limit. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026. 
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB855

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments and related student assessment methods; assessment development, implementation, and administration reform. Modifies provisions relating to assessment methods for determining the level of achievement of the Standards of Learning objectives by all students, including (i) requirements relating to assessment administration aimed at maximizing instructional time and optimizing time used for assessment administration; (ii) criteria and guidelines for the structure and content of Standards of Learning assessments and alternative assessments developed by local school boards, including criteria for the types of assessment items that shall be included; (iii) provisions relating to eligibility and timelines for students to retake assessments; and (iv) the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessments, including a requirement that all such assessments be scored on a 100-point scale. The bill requires the Board of Education to provide any teacher who participates in the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments professional development points toward renewal of his license for the time spent scoring such assessments. The bill also requires the Board of Education to develop and make available to each school board certain templates and guidelines relating to assessment content and structure and assessment scoring.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB856

Introduced
1/3/25  
Absentee voting in person; available beginning 14 days prior to election. Limits the availability of absentee voting in person to beginning 14 days prior to any election. Under current law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to any election.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB857

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/14/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Engrossed
1/23/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Report Pass
2/12/25  
Engrossed
2/17/25  
Engrossed
2/18/25  
Enrolled
2/21/25  
Chaptered
3/21/25  
Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance; Dam Safety Act; powers and duties of the Department of Conservation and Recreation; rights and requirements of dam owners; civil penalty. Amends various provisions of the Dam Safety Act to streamline the Department of Conservation and Recreation's enforcement powers for impounding structures under the Act and clarifies the Department's powers and duties during an active dam failure. The bill also makes changes to a dam owner's responsibilities under the Act, including adding requirements to obtain a general permit for a low hazard impounding structure, making a dam owner responsible for ensuring that his impounding structure that presents an imminent danger has a safety inspection performed as provided in the bill, and allowing a dam owner to identify the dam break inundation zone of his impounding structure by providing the limits of the dam break inundation zone in lieu of filing a map. The bill also changes certain criteria for applicants to receive funds from the Dam Safety, Flood Prevention and Protection Assistance Fund, including the project match requirements for grants or loans. Finally, the bill repeals the provisions providing civil penalties for violating the provisions of the Act and makes technical amendments related to such repeal. This bill is identical to HB 2000.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB858

Introduced
1/3/25  
Special license plates; Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for supporters of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival bearing the legend SHENANDOAH APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB859

Introduced
1/3/25  
Refer
1/3/25  
Report Pass
1/23/25  
Engrossed
1/27/25  
School boards; policies relating to volunteer student life counseling and support services; guidelines and requirements. Permits any school board to adopt a policy permitting certain individuals or groups to provide, on a volunteer basis, student life counseling or support services, as defined by the bill, on school property after regular school hours, in accordance with the requirements in the bill. The bill (i) requires a school board to hold a public hearing to provide an opportunity for public comment on the proposed policy prior to adopting such policy, to ensure that each student is free from pressure from the Commonwealth to engage in or refrain from religious observation on school property, and to ensure that the constitutional principles of freedom of religion and separation of church and state are observed at all times and (ii) requires such policy (a) to include background and criminal records check requirements for individuals volunteering to provide such support services; (b) to require written parental consent before any minor student participates in or receives such support services; (c) to require any approved individual or group to include on materials provided to students and parents information a parent or student may need in order to provide full and informed consent; (d) to be neutral with regard to religious preference, affiliation, or belief, or lack thereof, in the approval of an individual or group to provide such services and in the administration, oversight, or supervision of such services; and (e) to ensure that no such services are provided during regular school hours or in any manner that could cause conflict with instructional time.
VA

Virginia 2025 Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill SB860

Introduced
1/3/25  
Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Increases from 52 weeks to 500 weeks the maximum duration after the date of diagnosis that workers' compensation benefits are payable for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters acting in the line of duty. The bill also removes the prohibition on medical treatment, temporary total incapacity benefits, or temporary partial incapacity benefits from being awarded beyond four years from the date of the qualifying event that was the primary cause of the post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder. Additionally, the bill expands the definition of law-enforcement officer to include any civilian employed by a county, city, or town police department or by a sheriff's office as a crime scene investigator for the purposes of worker's compensation claims related to post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder.

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