Rep. Irene Shin
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Kimchi Day; designating as November 22, 2022, and each succeeding year thereafter. [HJR-147]
Kimchi Day. Designates November 22, in 2022 and in each succeeding year, as Kimchi Day in Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj147er) on 03/01/2022
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Military spouses; burial fees. [HB-1044]
Burial fees for military spouses. Provides that, from such funds as may be appropriated, the Commonwealth shall pay the burial fees for any spouse or surviving spouse of an active duty member or veteran of the United States Armed Forces buried at a veterans cemetery operated by the Department of Veterans Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors. [HB-1002]
Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors. Provides that, for the purposes of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, "occupational disease" includes injuries from conditions resulting from repetitive and sustained physical stressors, including repetitive and sustained motions, exertions, posture stress, contact stresses, vibration, or noise. The bill provides that such injuries are covered under the Act. Such coverage does not require that the injuries occurred over a particular time period under the
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Commerce And Energy on 02/15/2022
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Higher educational institutions, public; admission, in-state tuition, and tuition waivers. [HB-1120]
Public institutions of higher education; admission, in-state tuition, and tuition waivers; members of certain American Indian tribes. Requires each public institution of higher education to establish and implement an admissions policy whereby a certain number of annual offers of student admission is reserved for individuals who are members of a state-recognized or federally recognized American Indian tribe that is headquartered in the Commonwealth. The bill declares eligible for in-state tuition charges regardless of domicile any non-Virginia student
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Barrier crimes; eliminates certain crimes from the definition, etc. [HB-805]
Barrier crimes. Eliminates Barrier crimes. Eliminates certain crimes from the definition of "barrier crime" and requires the State Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Board of Education, the State Board of Health, and the State Board of Social Services to each adopt regulations that develop and implement a waiver process for individuals who have been convicted of a barrier crime and who serve in a position or seek to serve in a position with any qualified entity subject to the regulations of the board. The bill eliminates
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/15/2022
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Health Workforce Development; creates position of Special Advisor to the Governor. [HB-191]
Health workforce development; Special Advisor to the Governor for Health Workforce Development; Virginia Health Workforce Development Fund. Creates the position of Special Advisor to the Governor for Health Workforce Development (the Special Advisor) in the Office of the Governor and creates the Virginia Health Workforce Development Fund to (i) provide incentives for the removal of barriers to educating and training health workforce professionals that include increasing eligible faculty, clinical placements, and residencies; (ii) incentivize the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
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Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund; created. [HB-141]
Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund established. Establishes the Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund for the purpose of awarding grants to eligible state-recognized and federally recognized Indian tribes, private nonprofit organizations, and localities for the eligible costs of acquiring land or permanent protective interest therein, and of undertaking preservation activities on such land, that is of cultural or historic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0185) on 04/07/2022
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Public schools; English language learners. [HB-1184]
Public schools; English language learners. Requires state funding to be provided to support new divisionwide ratios of English learner students in average daily membership to full-time equivalent teaching positions, as follows: (i) for each English language learner identified as proficiency level one, one position per 25 students; (ii) for each English language learner identified as proficiency level two, one position per 30 students; (iii) for each English language learner identified as proficiency level three, one position per 40 students; and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Practitioners, licensed; continuing education related to implicit bias and cultural competency. [HB-1105]
Board of Medicine; implicit bias and cultural competency. Requires all practitioners licensed by the Board of Medicine to complete two hours of continuing education in each biennium on topics related to implicit bias and cultural competency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Continued To 2023 In Health, Welfare And Institutions By Voice Vote on 02/10/2022
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Public elementary and secondary school students, certain; excused absences. [HB-1022]
Certain public elementary and secondary school students; excused absences; attendance at pow wow. Provides that, subject to guidelines established by the Department of Education, any student who is a member of a state-recognized or federally recognized tribal nation that is headquartered in the Commonwealth and who is absent from school to attend such tribal nation's pow wow gathering shall be granted one excused absence per academic year, provided that the parent of such student provides to the student's school advance notice of such absence in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0233) on 04/08/2022