Virginia 2025 Regular Session All Bills (Page 212)
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR22
Introduced
1/9/24
Refer
1/9/24
Report Pass
2/9/24
Engrossed
2/13/24
Refer
2/16/24
Report Pass
2/23/24
Refer
2/23/24
Study; Department of Taxation; reducing economic stress on retired Virginia State Police; report. Directs the Department of Taxation to study tax policy solutions for reducing economic stress on retired Virginia State Police.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR247
Introduced
11/25/24
Refer
11/25/24
Report Pass
1/14/25
Engrossed
1/21/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/7/25
Enrolled
2/13/25
Passed
2/13/25
Chaptered
3/25/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Constitutional amendment (first reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that such right shall not be denied, burdened, or infringed upon unless justified by a compelling state interest, defined within the text of the amendment, and achieved by the least restrictive means. The amendment allows the Commonwealth to regulate the provision of abortion care in the third trimester when it is medically indicated to protect the life or health of the pregnant individual or when the fetus is not viable. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or taking adverse action against an individual for exercising the individual's right to reproductive freedom or for aiding another individual in the exercise of such right.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR248
Introduced
11/25/24
Refer
11/25/24
Report Pass
1/14/25
Engrossed
1/21/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/7/25
Enrolled
2/13/25
Passed
2/13/25
Chaptered
3/25/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. The amendment provides that a person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction, but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him, such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The amendment also provides that a person adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as lacking the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote during this period of incapacity until his capacity has been reestablished as prescribed by law. Currently, the Constitution of Virginia provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR249
Introduced
11/25/24
Refer
11/25/24
Report Pass
1/14/25
Engrossed
1/21/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/7/25
Enrolled
2/13/25
Passed
2/13/25
Enrolled
2/13/25
Passed
2/13/25
Enrolled
2/13/25
Passed
2/13/25
Chaptered
3/19/25
Chaptered
3/25/25
Chaptered
3/24/25
Chaptered
3/19/25
Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from denying the issuance of a marriage license to two adult persons seeking a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of such persons. The Commonwealth and its political subdivisions are required to recognize any lawful marriage between two adult persons and to treat such marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex, gender, or race of such persons.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR250
Introduced
12/26/24
Refer
12/26/24
Report Pass
1/17/25
Engrossed
1/22/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Enrolled
2/20/25
Passed
2/20/25
Women Veterans Day. Designates June 12, in 2025 and in each succeeding year, as Women Veterans Day in Virginia.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR251
Introduced
12/31/24
Refer
12/31/24
Report Pass
1/24/25
Engrossed
1/29/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Enrolled
2/20/25
Passed
2/20/25
Study; JLARC; public school libraries; removal of certain books; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the removal of books from public school libraries in the Commonwealth between July 1, 2020, and December 31, 2024, on the basis of such books containing sexually explicit content or other content deemed objectionable for the purpose of identifying each book removed and, for each book removed, (i) the purported reason for its removal, (ii) the processes and procedures by which each book was identified as containing content necessitating its removal and for removing each book, and (iii) whether applicable state law directing the Department of Education to adopt model policies and each school board to adopt policies consistent with such model policies was used by any school division to justify the identification, removal, or process and procedures by which each book was identified or removed. The bill requires JLARC to complete its meetings by August 1, 2025, and directs the chairman to submit an executive summary of its findings and recommendations by October 1, 2025.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR252
Introduced
1/5/25
Refer
1/5/25
Study; Department of Transportation; traffic congestion reduction on Virginia State Route 55; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study traffic reduction on Virginia State Route 55. The study shall include the identification of methods and solutions for traffic reduction on Virginia State Route 55 and an assessment of the feasibility, cost, and impact on traffic flow of such methods and solutions.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR253
Introduced
1/6/25
Refer
1/6/25
Report Pass
1/17/25
Report Pass
1/23/25
Engrossed
1/29/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Enrolled
2/20/25
Passed
2/20/25
Enrolled
2/20/25
Passed
2/20/25
Study; joint subcommittee to study the consolidation and scheduling of general elections in Virginia; report. Creates a two-year legislative study on the consolidation and scheduling of general elections in Virginia. A 13-member joint subcommittee is established, consisting of eight members of the General Assembly, four nonlegislative citizen members, and one ex officio member, and is tasked with weighing the potential and probable effects of moving some or all of Virginia's state or local elections to even-numbered years in order to coincide with the federal election schedule. Any recommendations by the joint subcommittee to consolidate or reschedule Virginia's general elections must include recommendations for any amendments to the Constitution of Virginia and the Code of Virginia needed to effectuate the shift. The joint subcommittee is given two years to complete its study, with its final report due no later than the first day of the 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly. This resolution is identical to HJ 443.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR254
Introduced
1/6/25
Refer
1/6/25
Report Pass
1/17/25
Engrossed
1/22/25
Refer
2/4/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Enrolled
2/20/25
Passed
2/20/25
Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Awareness Month. Designates May, in 2025 and in each succeeding year, as Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Awareness Month in Virginia.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR255
Introduced
1/6/25
Refer
1/6/25
Report Pass
1/24/25
Engrossed
1/29/25
Refer
2/5/25
Study; JLARC; Virginia's campaign finance laws; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study Virginia's campaign finance laws. In its study, JLARC is directed to (i) identify any legal, technical, and staffing shortcomings in the current election and campaign finance laws relating to (a) reporting and investigating violations, (b) enforcing legal and regulatory requirements, and (c) implementing directions from state government at the local level and (ii) determine whether current budgetary allocations are sufficient to effectively carry out such aspects of the campaign finance system. To that end, JLARC is directed to analyze how existing campaign finance and election laws can be modernized to increase transparency and accountability using best practices from other jurisdictions across the United States and to produce a report of clear recommendations and best practices for improving the current system.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR256
Introduced
1/7/25
Engrossed
1/16/25
Enrolled
1/20/25
Passed
1/20/25
Commending the Rappahannock High School baseball team.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR257
Introduced
1/7/25
Engrossed
1/16/25
Enrolled
1/20/25
Passed
1/20/25
Celebrating the life of Dorothy Belle Scates Langmack.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR258
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/24/25
Engrossed
1/29/25
Refer
2/5/25
Study; JLARC to update its 2016 study of the impact of regulations on Virginia's manufacturing sector; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to update its 2016 study of the impact of regulations on Virginia's manufacturing sector. This bill is a recommendation of the Manufacturing Development Commission.
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR259
Introduced
1/7/25
Refer
1/7/25
Report Pass
1/24/25
Engrossed
1/29/25
Refer
2/5/25
Report Pass
2/17/25
Enrolled
2/20/25
Passed
2/20/25
Study; JLARC; methodology used to determine judicial allocations; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the methodology used to determine judicial allocations to state courts within the Commonwealth. JLARC is directed to submit its findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2027 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
VA
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Senate Bill SJR26
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Report Pass
1/26/24
Engrossed
1/31/24
Enrolled
1/31/24
Passed
1/31/24
Enrolled
1/31/24
Passed
1/31/24
Refer
2/15/24
Study; JLARC; scope and cost of penalizing possession of drugs as a felony. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the scope and cost of the current laws in the Commonwealth penalizing possession of drugs as a felony.