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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Standards of Learning; Board of Education to develop all assessments using UDL principles. [HB-500]
Standards of Quality; Standards of Learning assessments; development and administration of assessments; assessments in languages other than English; requirements. Requires the Board of Education to develop all Standards of Learning assessments using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, as defined in the bill. The bill also requires the Board to develop and implement policies providing for the development and administration of all Standards of Learning assessments in languages other than English that are identified as being present to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Laura Jane Cohen
Left In Education on 11/18/2024
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Voting equipment and systems; State Board approval process, printed receipt for cast ballot. [HB-907]
Elections; voting equipment and systems; State Board approval process; printed receipt for cast ballot. Requires voting systems approved by the State Board of Elections to produce a printed receipt for each voter who has cast a ballot that shows the date and time the voter's ballot was cast, the voter's number corresponding to the order in which ballots were cast, and a list of all the voter's selections on the ballot as recorded by the voting system.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Left In Privileges And Elections on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Pharmacy technician profession; Board of Pharmacy to review framework. [HB-1497]
Board of Pharmacy; pharmacy technician profession; work group; report. Requires the Board of Pharmacy to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to review and make recommendations related to the regulatory framework for the pharmacy technician profession, educational barriers to the pharmacy technician profession, compensation of pharmacy technicians, and the educational requirements of pharmacy technicians. The bill requires the Board to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health and Human Services
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives; joint licensing. [HB-978]
Board of Medicine; Board of Nursing; joint licensing of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives. Moves the professions of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives from being licensed jointly by the Board of Medicine and the Board of Nursing to being licensed by the Board of Nursing only.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments, etc. [SB-333]
State plan for medical assistance services; fertility preservation treatments; genetic material misuse; penalty. 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 coverage of fertility preservation for individuals diagnosed with cancer who need treatment for that cancer that may cause a substantial risk of sterility or iatrogenic infertility, as defined in the bill, including surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy. The bill also establishes
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Sponsored by: Sen. Saddam Salim
Left In Education And Health on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Public schools; Jt. Com. on Health Care to study impact of cell phone possession & use on students. [HJR-34]
Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; impacts of cell phone possession and use on students in public schools; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the impacts of cell phone possession and use in public schools on student learning outcomes, including the quality of learning and the ability of students to retain and recall information, student attention and focus, and student mental and behavioral health.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle Lopes-Maldonado
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. [SB-332]
Misdemeanor; maximum term of confinement. Reduces from 12 months to 364 days the maximum term of confinement in jail for a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments. The bill also requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to revise all labels on Sentencing Guidelines worksheets and instructions in the Sentencing Guidelines manual so that any conviction for an offense defined as a Class 1 misdemeanor or any other misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of 364 days of incarceration, as provided by the bill, shall be scored
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia First Manufacturing Incentive Program; Manufacturing Development Commission to create. [SB-302]
Virginia First Manufacturing Incentive Program. Directs the Manufacturing Development Commission (the Commission) to develop a budget and business plan to establish a Virginia First Manufacturing Incentive Program (the Program). The bill provides that the business plan shall identify existing manufacturers in the Commonwealth that are potential candidates for reshoring, near-shoring, or in-shoring manufacturing jobs and capital investments. The bill directs that the Program focus on expanding and recruiting manufacturing operations that produce
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Nonliving shoreline stabilization structures; regulations. [SB-730]
Nonliving shoreline stabilization structures; regulations; Marine Resources Commission. Directs the Marine Resources Commission to promulgate regulations regarding the types of repairs or maintenance to nonliving shoreline stabilization structures in existence prior to July 1, 2020, that are exempt from or require permits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Comprehensive community colleges; funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs. [HJR-29]
Study; Board of Workforce Development; adequacy of the funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs; work group; report. Requests the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to study the current funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs offered at comprehensive community colleges in order to identify areas of inadequacy and make recommendations on options for reforming the funding model to address those inadequacies and improve the sustainability of offering and providing noncredit workforce credential programs to ensure
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Sponsored by: Rep. Shelly Simonds
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Va. School for the Deaf & the Blind, Board of Visitors of the; authority to establish campus police. [HB-675]
Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; authority to establish campus police department. Permits the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to establish a campus police department, in compliance with the provisions of law relating to campus police departments established by institutions of higher education, and to employ campus police officers therein.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Runion
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Parent Data Portal; creation and maintenance by Board of Education. [SB-72]
Board of Education; creation and maintenance of Virginia Parent Data Portal. Requires the Board of Education, on or before July 1, 2025, to create and maintain the Virginia Parent Data Portal that, among other things, (i) displays individualized student assessment data on all state-supported assessments, as that term is defined in the bill, (a) in a format that shows both current and cumulative data over time and (b) within 45 days of a state-supported assessment window closing for each state-supported assessment; (ii) provides a description of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/19/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Environmental Resources, Board of; created. [SB-446]
State Air Pollution Control Board, State Water Control Board, and Virginia Waste Management Board consolidated; Board of Environmental Resources established. Consolidates the State Air Pollution Control Board, State Water Control Board, and Virginia Waste Management Board and transfers the duties of such boards into a new Board of Environmental Resources. The bill establishes membership, term, meeting, and recording requirements for the Board and also establishes the position, powers, and duties of the Executive Director of the Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Artificial intelligence; Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study advancements. [SJR-14]
Joint Commission on Technology and Science; study; advancements in artificial intelligence; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Technology and Science to study advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), including assessing (i) the impacts of deep fakes, data privacy implications, and misinformation; (ii) measures to ensure these technologies do not indirectly or directly lead to discrimination; (iii) strategies to promote equity in AI algorithms; and (iv) ways in which AI can be utilized to improve government operations and services, and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Suhas Subramanyam
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Comprehensive community colleges; funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs. [SJR-20]
Study; Board of Workforce Development; adequacy of the funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs; work group; report. Requests the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to study the current funding model for noncredit workforce credential programs offered at comprehensive community colleges in order to identify areas of inadequacy and make recommendations on options for reforming the funding model to address those inadequacies and improve the sustainability of offering and providing noncredit workforce credential programs to ensure
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lashrecse Aird
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Social Work Advisory Board; established, report, sunset date. [HB-178]
Social Work Advisory Board; established; report. Establishes the Social Work Advisory Board to advise the Governor on efforts to improve the social work profession in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Social Work Advisory Board to report annually by December 1 to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding its activities and recommendations. The bill contains an expiration date of June 30, 2027.
Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives; joint licensing. [SB-351]
Board of Medicine; Board of Nursing; joint licensing of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives. Moves the professions of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives from being licensed jointly by the Board of Medicine and the Board of Nursing to being licensed by the Board of Nursing only.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Legislature Modernization, Commission on; established, report. [HB-1031]
Commission on Legislature Modernization; report. Establishes the Commission on Legislature Modernization in the legislative branch for the purpose of studying the operation and functionality of the General Assembly and identifying ways to make the legislature more effective, efficient, responsive, reflective, and transparent on behalf of all Virginians. The Commission will consist of 17 members, which shall include 9 legislators, 6 nonlegislative citizen members, and 2 ex officio members. The Commission shall be convened for a period of two years,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Commending Gregg D. Kimball. [HR-182]
Commending Gregg D. Kimball.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Engrossed By House on 02/26/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Pharmacy technician profession; Board of Pharmacy to review framework. [HB-1497]
Board of Pharmacy; pharmacy technician profession; work group; report. Requires the Board of Pharmacy to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to review and make recommendations related to the regulatory framework for the pharmacy technician profession, educational barriers to the pharmacy technician profession, compensation of pharmacy technicians, and the educational requirements of pharmacy technicians. The bill requires the Board to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health and Human Services
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Willett
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024